It is loading heavily in Hemavan for next week. Funny think Pontus Lindh who is also delighted with the whole mountain world.

- It is wonderfully fun that people come here to the area but also to all other places in the Western botanical mountain world, says Pontus Lindh, Marketing Manager at Hemavan Alpint.

Dear view from the east

And it is mainly the Finns who have returned to Tärnaby Hemavan.

- It's a lot thanks to the ferry that crosses Kvarken again. The Vasabas almost see our mountains as their home mountains, says Birgitta Corin, who runs Tärnaby mountain hotel.

Assessors in the area also believe that the corona virus and climate issue make people choose to go to the Swedish mountains instead of going far to Thailand.

- I follow the news about the corona virus but am not very scared. Then we took trains here from Stockholm a lot considering the climate. Nice that we got lucky with the weather too, says Carina Hallgren from Stockholm and holds up a cup of chocolate to her son Gustav.