Älvdalen

Settlements

• Älvdalen
• Idre
• Särna

While virtually everyone speaks standard Swedish, and understands English, the municipality is home to the Elfdalian language (älvdalska), with around 2,000 speakers. Though it has never had legal standing as a language, it is unintelligible to Swedish-speakers, and was written with runes well into the 20th century.
The dialects in Idre and Särna are considered Norwegian. In the northern edge of the province, Sami is the traditional language.

By plane

The airport at Sveg can be used to go to Idre. Connections to Idre are by car or taxi only, 132 km.

By train

There are trains from Stockholm over Arlanda to Mora. Bus connections to Älvdalen, Särna and Idre exist. Tickets from SJ.

By bus

Dalatrafik organises buses from e.g. Mora to Älvdalen, Särna and Idre. In the winter there are direct buses between Stockholm and the Idre ski resort.

In winter, there is a bus from Särna to Mörket. Its first stop is at the Konsum store in Särna.

• towerfrom where you can see the entire area

• Gamla KyrkaIn the center of town, there is a lovely wooden church from the mid 17th century

• Fulufjäll National ParkSweden's largest waterfall (94 m high), the Njupeskär, is located in the park. A well-marked 4-km trail leads you to the waterfall and back to the parking lot. Wooden walkways are built over the more wet areas along the trail. This is a perfect outing for inexperienced mountaineers. Along the way you can enjoy the varied plant life: 'hjortron' (Cloudberry) in the open areas and in the woods lingon (Cowberry) and blueberry. The woods are a mix of pine and birch. There are bears, wolves and a particularly large type of moose living in the reserve.

• Porphyry & Hagström Museum

  phone: +46 251 314 02
  address: Dalgatan 81, 796 30 Älvdalen
  A museum dedicated to the local findings of porphyry rocks and the Hagström factory in Älvdalen, which manufactured 700,000 accordions and 120,000 guitars in the period 1925–1983. The Hagström electric guitars were played by stars like Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley. Amongst the museum exhibits is a copy of an Elvis Presley guitar.

Summer - Hiking, Fishing, Bird Watching, the largest waterfall in Sweden in the Fulufjället National Park, Moose Adventure, Beaver watching.
Winter - Husky Adventure, Snow Shoe Hiking, Snow Scooter trails, Skiining in Idre or Särna.

There are a few places to eat, in Idre, 35km from Mörkret and Särna 25km from Mörkret

Close to the Fulufjället National Park, one would find , consisting of 22 fully equipped cottages.