Today, on a wonderful Swedish autumn weekend, we went to Kivik at the east coast of Skåne. There we went to a so called “Skördefest” an harvest festival which was all about apples. Yes, you read right: an apple festival! What an amazing thing. 😀 There we saw documentaries about apple orchards, apple growing and harvest, landscapes made out of apples and more amazing things.
Check out the website: https://www.appelmarknaden.se
Then there was also a market where you could buy any product that you can imagine made out of apples: jam, juice, wine, liquor, chocolate apples, … we tasted several apple and pear varieties and had a very nice lunch. The most amazing thing was a big picture (approx. 10×20 meter) made of apples (see picture below).
In front of that apple picture a group was performing traditional Swedish folk dance. As accompaniment they had their own band with traditional and ancient instruments. We really enjoyed it to ave a little insight in the Swedish culture and like to share that here with you.
The “Applemarknaden” in Kivik happens every year and for each year they “paint” a new apple wall painting. So you can be exited to visit the festival next year if you are going to study here in Alnarp.
Cheers, Ludwig