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\u00c5re Bergbana is an 800-meter-long lift with a wagon on each end with a connecting iron cable. The track is driven by an electric motor which is located in the upper station house. The two carriages leave at the same time, one from the mountain station and the other from the valley station and the lower carriage is counterweight to the upper one. The two wagons meet at the middle station formerly known as Fj\u00e4ll\u00e4ngen (parallel height to Tott Hotel). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Funicular with grand vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00c5re was to become Sweden\u2019s Davos \u2013 an international winter sports resort that could measure up with the big ones. Thanks to the railway\u2019s entry into the late 1800s and great visionaries in the early 1900s, the foundation was laid for the tourism and the \u00c5re we see today. One of the great visionaries was the engineer Carl Olof Rahm who was also the man who made sure that the track became to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funicular that starts at \u00c5re Square and rises 200 fall height meters up to the Hotell Fj\u00e4llg\u00e5rden was supposed to be built further up the mountain. But, those plans were never implemented and today they have the same stretch and function as one hundred years ago with the only difference being that it is now open year around. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n \"A\n \n Visitors outside the \u00c5re Funicular way back in the days.\n <\/span>\n
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Lift baskets up to Hummeln<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The planned second stage of the track, from Hotell Fj\u00e4llg\u00e5rden on \u00d6stra Plat\u00e5n up to M\u00f6rvikshummeln, 865 meters above sea level could not be carried out for financial reasons. In 1953, so-called basket line tracks were built in two stages up to the M\u00f6rvikshummeln before the Alpine World Ski Championships in \u00c5re in 1954. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c5re Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the upper station of Bergbanan you will find a small museum showcasing the local culture history. \u00c5re Museum was inaugurated in 2013 in this historical building<\/a> and tells the story how \u00c5re evolved from a farming village to an internationally known tourism destination. You will find objects and pictures telling stories about the S\u00e1mi people, the peasant community, the many health care guests coming for rehabilitating in the clean air, the significance of curling and bobsleigh for the development of \u00c5re and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of Skistar\u2019s lift system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, the funicular is included in Skistars lift pass system and you can ride the funicular to and from Hotell Fj\u00e4llg\u00e5rden, winter and summer. See timetable at skistar.com\/are<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n \"\u00c5re\n \n \u00c5re Bergbana, built in 1910, was one of the first ski lifts in \u00c5re.\n <\/span>\n \n Photo: Emrik Jansson\n <\/span>\n
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