A fun - an extremely thorough - look at the #GävleGoat tradition

Though I disagree with their description of the destruction being malevolent (sometimes the gods must be appeased 🤷‍♀️ ) I'm glad the 2024 Goat survived

https://www.commondreams.org/further/the-gavle-goat-lives

#YuleGoat #Gavlebocken #GavleGoat

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me - one dismantled goat.

The Gävle goat is coming down right now, as Gävle and everywhere else gets back to work and normality after the holidays.

So meet you all back here on Sunday 30th November, the first day of Advent, for GoatWatch 2025!

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

For the last time of asking... Has the goat burned?

No! It's snow joke, folks. The Gävle goat has made it to 2025. Happy new year! 🎊 

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

ANOTHER year of no one burning the goat???

https://www.youtube.com/live/vDFPpkp9krY?si=Ue2iK02HTERaCx09

Do I gotta do everything myself around here?
      

#GavleGoat #gavlebocken

The Gävle Goat has made it to 2025! It's now after midnight in Gävle. Lots of fireworks going off, so fingers crossed it makes it through until dawn without catching a spark!
#GavleGoat #gavlebocken #Goatwatch2024

https://www.youtube.com/live/vDFPpkp9krY

Has the goat burned?

No! Our remote vigil watching the Gävle goat is almost over and there it stands, magnificent as ever. I'm hoping to see it with a blanket of snow for the final check in tomorrow as snow is forecast all night for Gävle.  

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

Has the goat burned?

No! Countdown to 2025 goes on, and the Gävle goat is still in the game. 

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

Has the goat burned?

No! With three more days until New Year, the Gävle goat continues to stand. A quiet year so far for the goat. 

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

Has the goat burned?

No! As dawn breaks on the last Saturday of the year, the Gävle goat remains unburned. Time grows short for anyone who wants to see it end 2024 in a blaze of glory. 

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

Has the goat burned?

No! We're into the weird time between Christmas and New year, when you don't even know what day it is. But today you know the Gävle goat is still there! (Also, it's Friday. AKA, Frigga's Day.) 

#GävleGoat #GävleBocken #Goatwatch2024

Live stream
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat