The first week of our SIMP module was held at Hesselby Slott which is a quaint noble house in the suburbs of Stockholm. We were under the impression that we were going to be staying at a castle...........Nevertheless, the quaintness of the place and its beauty charmed us.
Hesselby Castle was built in the mid 1600s and was bought over by the city of Stockholm in 1931. Today it is owned by Tomas Ledin, a Swedish singer and is used for musical events including a music festival. The rooms at the main house are quite comfortable for a conference or a training program with a welcoming library and lovely cosy seating areas. The walls of the common areas are covered with memorabilia of Tomas Ledin, making it some kind of shrine to himself.
The estate has a unique baroque garden which was laid out at the beginning of the 1700s. Every morning we walked or jogged through the park to the lake nearby. The calming environment was perfect for us to bond in and absorb all the gyaan on sustainability. :)
On our last evening, we walked to the lake and came across hundreds of birds.
The walls are covered with tributes to the world's music greats.
In a way, a kind of Nobel prize for music.
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