Things To Do in Mora

Mora is home to a Santa complex (tel. 0250/287-70), which features a "replica" Santa's house and factory. Visitors can meet Santa and see his helpers making and wrapping presents for children all over the world, and kids can enroll in Santa School and participate in troll and treasure hunts.

Lisselby is an area near the Zorn Museum made up of old houses that now are used as arts-and-crafts studios and boutiques. The area was formerly home to Anders Zorn (1860-1920), Sweden's most famous painter.

In Nusnäs, about 9.5km (6 miles) southeast of Mora, you can watch the famous dalahäst (wooden Dalarna horse) being made. You're free to walk around the workshops watching the craftspeople at work, and the finished products can be purchased at a shop on the premises. They also sell wooden shoes and other crafts items. Nils Olsson Hemslöjd (tel. 0250/372-00) is open from June to mid-August Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm; and from mid-August to May Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, and Saturday 10am to 2pm. To find Nusnäs, take the signposted main road east from Mora, turning off to the right at Farnas. From Mora, bus no. 108 also runs to Nusnäs.