The Göta Canal is now open for this year's sailing season. The inauguration at the lock in Mem, outside Söderköping, took place with cannon shots.
The canal is of great importance not only for the tourism industry in the county but for the entire country's population. The new cycle path will be the country's seventh official and internationally recognized cycle route. Watch him in the video above tell how the "new" war strategy against Russia fixed the financing of the canal construction.