Änggård Mountains
Rocky hills of heather, forest lakes and planted woodland, with trails to a 118-metre summit.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Änggård Mountains in Gothenburg starts with a ledger, kept by someone who counted every sapling planted on these bare hills in the 1860s. It goes back to the two farms, Stora and Lilla Änggården, and to Arvid Gren, the pharmacist who took over one of them in 1847 with a plan for an English park. Best heard looking down into a valley, ideally in spring.
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