The small town of Hjo with its wooden houses is located on Lake Vättern near Göteborg in Sweden. Lake Vättern is Sweden’s second largest lake. The deepest point is 128 m. The water supply above ground is smaller than its discharge, but the difference is apparently supplemented by subterranean water flows. Locally the shore may be very steep and offering a lot of natural beauty. I noticed some dead, mossy birch trees at the rim of the beach, giving the impression of being carved in the past.