Editing Rättvik Municipality (section)

==Town==
The contiguous urban area, or [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] of Rättvik lies on [[Lake Siljan]], and  had 4,588 inhabitants in 2005;<ref name=scb>{{cite web | title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2000 och 2005 | publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] | url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls | format=xls | language=Swedish | accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> it is widely known for  its [[Music of Sweden|old tradition of folkmusic]] and the beauty of the surroundings close to  Lake Siljan; it is included on many tours of Sweden as an example of a traditional Swedish and Scandinavian way of living.

Its culture and landscape are by some{{whom|date=December 2021}} regarded as being genuinely Swedish as it gets. For instance, Rättvik still has its [[picturesque]] old church located by the water, where it is surrounded by old "church stables" where the church visitors used to leave their horses.

Every year the [[folk music]] festival "Music at Siljan" is held in Rättvik, by the shores of Siljan.

The annual summer opera festival, the [[Dalhalla Opera]], takes place 7&nbsp;km north of the town in an open-air theatre located in a former limestone quarry.

The [[bandy]] club [[IFK Rättvik]] has an indoor arena.

[[Image:Rattvik kyrka.jpg|left|thumb|Rättvik's church]]
[[Image:Rättvik från ovan (5).JPG|thumb|centre|IFK Rättvik's bandy arena]]

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