Last day on our trip before we get back to my parents house in Fagersta. Today's activity was a visit to the Falun copper mine. The mine is a world heritage and the whole site is very interesting with different museums, cafés, the open-pit mine and of course the mine under ground that is possible to visit.
We took a tour in the mine and got dressed in helmet and cape to protect our clothes. The mine is rather dirty and wet. The picture shows a look-out on the way down into the mine, overlooking the open pit mine. We then walked stairs down to 67 meter under ground and walked around with a guide that talked about the work in the copper mine when it still was open. It closed 1997.
last summer we visited a mine, too! It was really fantastic and fascinating!
ReplyDeleteIt must be very interesting!!
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone dressed in the orange helmet and cape? That IS really interesting. Did you feel claustraphobic when you were underground?
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