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Brekken is a small mountain community 700m above sea level, between Roros and the Swedish border. 35 km away from Roros and 40 km west of Funasdalen (in Sweden).
Brekken is a small mountain community 700m above sea level, between Roros and the Swedish border. 35 km away from Roros and 40 km west of Funasdalen (in Sweden).
The Brekken district is characterized mainly by gentle hills and mountains, with some high peaks and occasional deep valleys. There are large expanses of wilderness, untouched forest and highland.
The Brekken district is suitable for tours both summer and winter, also possible to pick berries and mushrooms.
For the angler, the Brekken district is a kind landscape with lots of lakes and tarns, rivers and brooks.Solendet nature reserve has an especially rich flora with 12 sorts of orchids, and several quite rare species are present in local abundance. Two nature trails have been laid out, traversing the most interesting parts of the reserve.
In the Brekken district you can also find other places that are of special interest for botanists, geologists and ornithologists.In wintertime there are several ski tracks in Brekken, and after 15 minutes drive you will come to Tanndalen ski center (in Sweden) with 17 ski lifts.
In Brekken you will find a foodstore, a petrol station, post office and a bank.
Brekken is an old community, with a great deal of voluntary communal work and a lot of different societies and activities for instance the folk music weekend "Brekkendagan", the dancing evening at the beach "Aursundskvell" and the traditional food weekend
"Gammelmathelga".Brekken was earlier the center of Brekken local authority, but in 1963 Brekken together with Glamos and Roros become Roros local authority.
On the Internet we can find sites that speak of our Brekken, but also Brekken-sites that refer to totally other things.