Berg to Norsholm

We started the day with an hour wait at the 'down' locks at Berg. As it is a set of seven, it takes some planning. A group of 3 boats was being locked 'up'. From the top the 'staircase' looks like this:





Once we got into the first lock, it went quickly. When locking 'up' there is a lot of turbulence in the lock and they dose the water flow relatively carefully. But when going down there is no such problem and the gates are opened fully. In 40 minutes we were down and from there you see this:





Quite spectacular, is it not?

From there, you cross Lake Roxen which is 14nm, a bit over two hours. Wonderful scenery again, we find the Eastern part of the canal a lot more scenic than the Western part.





At the eastern end of Lake Roxen is Norsholm, a little place with a 0.8m drop lock. The Gästhamn along the canal was empty when we got here, but now it is full. People are having dinner at the tables that are placed on shore for that purpose:





It is not very quiet as Norsholm is between a busy railway line and an equally busy motorway. Not very noisy but background noise all the time.

Tomorrow the destination is Söderköping, supposedly one of the highlights of the canal. To get there, there are 11 locks to navigate. All downhill though :-)

Location:Göta kanal,Norsholm,Sweden