Sleeping giant revealed
As I moved away from the brooding quiet of the sleeping giant, it became clear that it was no giant…
The helmet of a god?
No, some Norse god had carelessly discarded his helmet and left it to rust on the forest floor. Look at the helmet’s leafy plumes!
You don’t believe me?
Well, at first I thought I had come across some shelters or bunkers from the Second World War.
You can see that the bunker is half buried in the ground with lots of half-rusted doors. In fact, the backbone and the helmet part make up a large T shape with many doors and openings along its length.
Some online research proved me wrong: these military bunkers are actually remnants from the First World War, when Sweden was preparing itself from possible attack from the north. These bunkers were part of a series called ‘The Northern Front’.
Come on in!
Although one of the doors was wide open and seemed to be inviting me in, I didn’t take it up on its offer.
You know, just in case that giant or Norse god was still inside.
Who says what?