Activities: The sites opening times

Bastnäsfältet - Bastnäs mining fields. Rich mineral site.
Self-guided tour. To book a guided tour
call +46 (0)222-133 30.
Tourist office +46 (0)222-450 45
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Borgåsunds hamn - Borgåsund harbour and strategic opening to the Strömsholm canal
Guest harbour June-Aug 10am-8pm.
The Harbour Lunch café, +46 (0)220-430 87.
Bike and boat rental, boat charter.
Tourist office +46 (0)220-241 86
Information: Hallstahammar tourism.

Bränntjärnstorpet - Bränntjärn cottage, the home of a widow and her five children, the grandmother of the poet Dan Andersson
Self-guided tour. To book a guided tour
call +46(0)240-66 53 31, Rikkenstorp.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Cassel’s donation - Cassel’s donation, famous concert hall donated by Sir Ernest Cassel. The architecture inspired by Bank of England.
Open Mon-Fri 8am-3pm all year around.
Book guided tours at +46 (0)240-200 39
The Cassels’ Music Day in September.
Disponentparken Garden café +46 (0)240-207 00
open June-Aug daily 10am-5pm. Light lunches, coffee,
home baked bread. Green house, herb garden, shop.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Dunshammar - Primitive blast furnaces from the Iron Age 1 500 years ago. The ore came from the lake.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Tourist office +46 (0)223-131 00.
Information: Fagersta tourism.

Ebba Brahes lusthus - Ebba Brahe’s folly from 1636,
possibly the oldest in Sweden
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Café Bockhammar +46 (0)222 260 66.
Open in summer. Handicraft and garden.
Tourist office +46 (0)450 45
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Engelsbergs Bruk - Engelsberg Ironworks,
listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO 1993
Daily tours summertime.
Also dramatised tours.
Combination ticket with Oil Island.
Lilla Slaggarboden +46(0)223-30035.
Tourist information, shop and café.
Visitors centre Ängelsberg Station +46 (0)223-444 64.
Tourist office +46 (0)223-131 00..
Information: Fagersta tourism.

Flatenbergs hytta - Flatenberg Blast furnace, Well preserved smelting house that once belonged to peasant miners
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Special iron-days in July.
Guided tours or dramatised tours.
Combination ticket with Flogberget Mine.
For details please contact +46(0)70-790 41 56.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Flogbergets gruvor - Flogberget mine.
Open-cast mine drained by underground tunnel.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Open with daily tours summertime. Dramatised tours.
Theme park and guided tours for children.
Miners house +46 (0)240-284 44, summer café and shop.
Combination tickets with the Flatenbergs hytta.
For information and guided tours please call +46(0)70-790 41 56.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Färna herrgård - Färna Manor, distinguished heritage with beautiful park
Self-guided tour. Signposted walk.
Famous mausoleum in a beautiful park.
Theme park for children.
Manor shop +46 (0)222-281 81.
Färna Manor hotel +46 (0)222-281 90, accommodation and food.
Tourist office +46 (0)450 45
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Grangärde Kyrkby - Grangärde Church village.
Peasant miner’s village from the 14th century.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Medieval market in June. The Grangärde week in July.
Café Gamla Gästis +46 (0)240 64 12 01.
Open all year around Tue-Sun 11am-5pm.
Light food, café, buffet of cookies, exhibitions,
handicrafts, garden. Theme park for children.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Gravendal and Strömsdal -Two villages in the Finnmark, once producing bar iron and pig iron for export

GRAVENDAL:
Activities summertime.
Demonstration of the Forge Hammer.
Try smithery. Baking of flat bread.
The Gravendal Day and Hammer days in July.
For detailed information please call
+46 (0)591-400 18 or +46 (0)21-527 82.
Activities in the village during the Säfsen week in July.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

STRÖMSDAL:
Activities summertime.
Try smithery in the forge.
The Strömsdal day and Local history day in July.
For detailed information please call +46 (0)591-410 13.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Hammarbacken - Part of the first Crown ironworks
founded by the King Gustav Vasa in 1550
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
A smith’s dwelling, small museum.
Summer café with activities as music.
The Hammarbacken day in June.
The Knife-makers week in July.
Flea market every Sat during summer.
To book a guided tour +46 (0)240-171 75.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Högfors bruk - Imposing blast furnace relics from 1950
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
For information please contact
Högfors station +46 (0)223-217 88,
Slow Food-inspired café
For information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Johan Ahlbäck - Expressive painter, pictures from Bergslagen’s industries
The Ahlbäck Room in the library
follows the library opening hours.
The Ahlbäck studio is open for guided tours.
To book a tour please call +46 (0)70-790 41 56.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Karmansbo bruk - Karmansbo Ironworks.
Well preserved Lancashire forge with water wheel.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
The Lancashire furnaces open summertime for tours.
The Karmansbo market in June.
The ”Iron Day” in July, demonstration of Lancashire-technique.
Old fashion lunch is served in the Charcoal house.
For detailed information please call +46 (0)222-30519.
Tourist office +46 (0)450 45.
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Klackbergs gruvfält - Mentioned as ”Steel mountain” already in 1303.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
For information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Klenshyttan - Klenshyttan smelting house. Blast furnace and ruins.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
During summer also guided tours.
For information call the tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Kopparverket - Copper works,
here copper has been produced since the Middle Ages.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Walking-paths along the rapids.
Old farm with animals: sheep, ducks, hens, rabbits.
Run by the Viking-association Tuhundra Naempdinne.
For detailed information please call +46 (0)222-130 22.
Tourist office +46 (0)450 45.
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Landforsens hytta - Well preserved timber clad blast
furnace from the end of 18th century
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Gamla Hemmet Gästhem tfn 0223-217 88
Lodging. Summer café in Karbenning.
For information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Lienshyttan - Lienhyttan blast furnace
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Tour inside the blast furnace and around the slag hill
once a week summertime.
Café Lokstallet 1093, +46 (0)222-132 33, May-Aug daily.
Coffee, light lunches, handicrafts, second-hand bookshop.
Tourist office +46 (0)450 45.
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Lokmuseet - Railway museum. The Bergslagen Railway built 1870.
Jun-Aug open daily 10am-4pm. Closed 23 June.
For information and guided tours please call
+46 (0)240-204 93 or +46 (0)240-207 35.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Ludvika Gammelgård och Gruvmuseum - Ludvika Homestead and
Mining museum from the 1920’s. First open-air museum of industrial
heritage in the world.
Homestead and Mining museum. Mineral collection.
Open June-Aug. Other times self-guided tour.
Herb garden, old farm. Summer café. Activities.
For details and to book a guided tour
please call +46 (0)240-100 19.
The mineral exhibition +46 (0)240-150 69.
Ecomuseum Bergslagen Visitors centre
+46(0)240-66 30 82.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Malingsbo bruksmiljö - Malingsbo Ironworks.
Carolinian wooden manor from 1700 in old village.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
To book a guided tour please call +46 (0)240-351 32
or +46 (0)240-251 42.
The Malingsbo Hostel, +46 (0)240-351 55
The Gåsmossens Vänner, +46 (0)240-351 33, café, shop, garden.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Mårten & Kullens kyrkstigar - The church-paths of Mårten and Kullen,
two old Finnish villages.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
For information about activities and tours
in the village Kullen, please call +46 (0)240-64 40 50.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Norberg Gruvmuseum - Mining museum
Self-guided tour in the environment.
The museum is open summertime
Sat-Sun at 1-3pm .
For more information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223-291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Nya Lapphyttan - Visitor centre. Medieval village.
Homestead open-air museum.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
The site is open summertime.
The association ”Iron at Lapphyttan”
arrange workshops and activities
about iron production.
The open air museum Karlberg +46 (0)223-205 00
A homestead museum with activities and café
all year around. Playground for children.
For details and information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Oljeön - The Oil Island outside Ängelsberg.
The world’s oldest remaining oil refinery.
Daily guided tours summertime,
boat departs from quay by Ängelsberg station.
Also dramatised tours.
Combination ticket with Engelsberg Ironworks.
For tickets and information contact
the Visitors centre Ängelsberg Station +46 (0)223-444 64
Tourist office +46 (0)223-131 00.
Information: Fagersta tourism.

Polhemshjulet - Polhem’s wheel, a large water wheel from 1876
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
You may borrow a key to
the wheelhouse in “Storkiosken” nearby.
For a guided tour or information
please contact the tourist office
+46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Röda Jorden - The Red Earth. The oldest evidence of iron production in Bergslagen and Sweden, more than 2 000 years old.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
The Red Earth Family day in June.
The ”Red Earth Day” iron making day in august.
For details and information please call
the tourist office +46 (0)450 45.
Information: Skinnskatteberg tourism.

Schisshyttans vandringsled - Schisshyttan marked trail
through the forest passing old industrial remains.
Four km walking path. Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Semlaområdet - Semla old Ironworks. Remains from 1580.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Tourist office +46 (0)223-131 00.
Information: Fagersta tourism.

Skantzen - Skantzen area and canal country,
old centre for the canal administration
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Houses and Canal museum daily open summertime,
Summer café by Mekanikus. Theme park for children.
Walking and bike paths along the canal.
Åsby Farming museum, Trångfors forge,
Trångfors old electric power station open in July.
For details and guided tours please call +46 (0)220-174 09.
The Canal café, +46 (0)220-161 10 open all year around,
serves light food and coffee.
Tourist office +46 (0)220-241 86.
Information: Hallstahammar tourism.

Skattlösberg / Luossastugan - Once the ”capital” of the Finnmark, birthplace of the poet Dan Andersson
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
The Luossa cottage with singing guide
open daily May-Aug. Walking-paths.
Music and singing activities.
Traditional food at the old Finnish farm in July.
The Dan Andersson-week in end of July.
For details and information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Smedjebackens hamn - Smedjebacken harbour, the
highest situated harbour in Sweden, 100 m above sea.
The beginning of the Strömsholm Canal.
Self-guided tour in the old harbour.
To visit the Lokstallet museum, please contact
the tourist office nearby to borrow a key.
Only possible during summer.
For a guided tour please call +46(0)70-790 41 56.
Kiosk and café with miniature golf in the harbour.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Stimmerbo bergsmansby - Stimmerbo peasant miners village,
well preserved with interesting remains
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Stollbergs gruva - Stollberg mine, also called the ”Silver mountain”.
Rich mineral site.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted. Well marked path.
A watchtower from the top of the mine.
Guided tours certain days during the summer.
Old-fashioned market in June.
“The Fight over the Silver”, a play about Stollberg mine,
based on a true story from the 17th century.
Traditional food is served afterwards.
For details, tickets and information contact
the tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Stora Hagen - Mining worker’s housing area built after English model.
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
The miners’ dwelling museum open all year around,
Mon-Fri 9am-1pm.
For details and information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)240-860 50.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Strömsholms Kanal - Strömsholm Canal, 100 kilometres and 26 locks.
Canal and locks open for leisure boats
middle of June to middle of August.
Bike and boat rental along the canal.
For information: www.stromsholmskanal.se
Tourist office +46 (0)220-241 86
Information: Hallstahammar tourism.

Strömsholms slott - Strömsholm castle, baroque from 1670,
belongs to the Swedish Crown
Self-guided tour around the park. Well signposted.
The castle is open daily during summer.
For guided tours please contact
the Castle information +46(0)220-430 35.
The Castle Café in the park follows the opening hours.
Tourist office +46 (0)220-241 86.
Information: Hallstahammar tourism.


Svinryggens gruvor - A narrow ridge between two rows of
old mine pits from 17th century
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
For more information please contact
the tourist office +46 (0)223-291 30
Information: Norberg tourism.

Söderbärke hembygdsgård - Söderbärke Homestead museum,
a peasant miner’s farmhouse
Self-guided tour around church and homestead.
Well signposted. Open daily during summer.
Summer café and guided tours.
For detailed information +46 (0)240-65 11 85.
Tourist office +46 (0)240-66 01 45.
Information: Ludvika & Smedjebacken tourism.

Trångfors smedja - Trångfors forge, undergoing interesting restoration
Self-guided tour. Well signposted.
Lancashire furnace with Water wheel is being restored.
Open certain days with guided tours in July.
Evening by the charcoal stack in June.
The Trångfors day in the middle of August.
Walking and cycling paths along the canal.
For detailed information please contact
the Canal Museum +46 (0)220-174 09.
Tourist office +46 (0)220-241 86
Information: Hallstahammar tourism.

Västanfors hembygdsgård - Västanfors Homestead museum,
open-air museum by the lake
Self-guided tour around the homestead. Well signposted.
The site is open 10am-6pm all year around.
Theme park for children with canal and locks.
Exhibitions in the houses. Famous Christmas activities.
The Ekomagasinet old-fashioned shop +46 (0)223-175 78
The Coffee-house, also old-fashioned, +46 (0)223-104 76.
Tourist information at the site during summer +46(0)223-197 00.
Tourist office +46 (0)223-131 00.
Information: Fagersta tourism.