Where to Stay in Hoverberg, Jämtland County

What is Hoverberg known for?

The wooded height of Hoverberget rises above lake Storsjön, and within it runs Scandinavia's deepest fissure cave, drawing walkers and the curious into the dark of the porphyry. Bergs kyrka, the parish church, serves the surrounding farms. Views open wide from the top.

Hoverberget gave its name to both the village and Berg Municipality, and its summit has a café.

What are the main landmarks in Hoverberg?

The hill defines the village. Hoverberget rises wooded above lake Storsjön, and the fissure cave within it, Scandinavia's deepest, draws walkers down into the cool dark of the porphyry. Bergs kyrka, the parish church, stands among the farms below and serves the surrounding district.

Wide views reward the climb. Bergs kyrka is large by Jämtland standards, and the village also keeps a homestead museum, a steamboat jetty and a dairy café, Kossan i Berg, run by two nearby farms.

What is the history of Hoverberg?

Hoverberg grew below its hill. Farms settled the good ground along lake Storsjön long ago, drawn by the water, the fishing, and the shelter of the wooded height that gave the village its name. The hill shaped everything.

Hoverberget stood over the farms as a landmark seen far across the lake, and the cave within its rock drew the curious from early times into the dark beneath the trees. Bergs kyrka rose to serve the scattered farms of the district, and the village settled into the quiet farming life it has long kept. Generations worked the lakeside fields.

Hoverberg stayed small. In the 19th century steamboats such as the S/S Thomée brought goods to its jetties at Eltnäset; when the Inland Line was built across the lake in the early 1900s, Svenstavik grew into the new centre and every service but the church moved there.

Where is Hoverberg?

Hoverberg lies by a lake. The village, made up of Bergsbyn, Eltnäset and Vattviken, sits on the southern and eastern slopes of the wooded Hoverberget, which stands on a peninsula in lake Storsjön; county road 574 runs right round the hill. Water spreads wide before the farms below the height.

Around them rises the great inland forest, a country of pine, lake, and limestone rock. It stands south of Östersund, across the broad water of the lake.

What is the climate of Hoverberg?

The climate runs cold and sharply continental. Winters are long and snowy, with lake Storsjön freezing over and the inland forests of northern Sweden holding deep snow through the dark months of the year. Summers by the lake stay short and mild.

Long northern daylight warms the lake shore briefly before autumn turns the wooded hill to gold and the early frosts return. Distance from the sea makes the seasons swing hard between summer warmth and biting winter cold.

How do you get to Hoverberg?

The lakeshore road from Östersund is how nearly all visitors reach Hoverberg. Hoverberg lies between Svenstavik and Myrviken, and county road 574 circles the hill, so a car brings you in past the lake and the villages. Roads follow the shore.

Drivers come up readily. The nearest large airport lies near Östersund, an easy drive to the north around the water.