Travel Bug Dog Tag The Goat of Gävle

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Released:
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Origin:
Gävleborg, Sweden
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Hello!

Take me to all the 50 capitals in Europe. Take a photo of me and a famous building in each capital.

I like to move on. Dont keep me more than a week.

Take me back to Gävle in Sweden when i have visit all capitals.

About This Item

The Goat Of Gävle

The Gävle Goat is world’s largest Christmas goat of straw on wooden frames which since 1966 set upin Gävle, Sweden before the on Sunday of 1th Advent each year. The tradition is maintained by some local buissnes.

The Gävle Goat is erected every year on the first day of Advent, which according to Western Christian tradition is in late November or early December, depending on the calendar year. Because the fire station is close to the location of the goat, most of the time the fire can be extinguished before the wooden skeleton is severely damaged. If the goat is burned down before Lucia (feast day of Saint Lucy, 13 December), the goat has been rebuilt. The skeleton is then treated and repaired, and the goat reconstructed over it, using straw which the Goat Committee has pre-ordered.
From 1988 onward, English bookmakers took bets on the goat's survival. In 1996 the Southern Merchants introduced camera surveillance to monitor the goat 24 hours a day. The goat was in Guinnes World Record book.

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Tracking History (53096.4mi) View Map

Visited 7/30/2023 CacheMySoul took it to Uddbyfallet Stockholm, Sweden - 892.06 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/29/2023 CacheMySoul retrieved it from HMS Belfast London, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Didn't realize it was of Swedish origin when I grabbed it. It now sits at home with me in Stockholm, but I will make sure it moves on before long.
Dropped Off 7/29/2023 Michl63 placed it in HMS Belfast London, United Kingdom - 639.37 miles  Visit Log

Gute Weiterreise!
Visited 7/5/2023 Michl63 took it to TB-Pension A96 - Kreuzlinger Forst Nord Bayern, Germany - 97.64 miles  Visit Log

Kurzer besuch u weiter gehts
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2023 Michl63 retrieved it from Wolfgangsee Longboarding "Kapelle Franzosenschanz" Salzburg, Austria   Visit Log

Dich nehmen wir ein Stück mit auf die Reise!
Discovered It 6/3/2023 -Iti- discovered it Salzburg, Austria   Visit Log

I have seen in it in Austria, Salzkammergut. Thank you!
Dropped Off 5/25/2023 sommersprosse28 placed it in Wolfgangsee Longboarding "Kapelle Franzosenschanz" Salzburg, Austria - 16.28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/24/2023 sommersprosse28 took it to Mozarts Wohnhaus Salzburg, Austria - .31 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/24/2023 sommersprosse28 took it to M O Z A R T S T E G - Easy Touristcache Salzburg, Austria - .27 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/24/2023 sommersprosse28 took it to Salzburger Brücken - Karolinenbrücke Salzburg, Austria - .37 miles  Visit Log
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