Vandringsled "Kulturstigen" - Stenfors naturreservat

The Stenfors cultural trail is a mix of dirt roads, forest roads and paths. The paths are overgrown with tall grass in the summer and then it is advisable to follow the road instead. The cultural trail sometimes passes ancient monuments and industrial history from the past when this was a lively place mainly known for its ironworks. The area at the north end of the loop is the most beautiful if you just want to visit the place and stay a little while.

During the 17th century there was an active iron working community here. Here were the important resources to be able to produce iron: Sjömalm in Tiken, forest for charcoal production and hydropower in Bräkneån. Today this is a very scenic area and a nice place for a picnic!

This place is interesting as you go through woodland and remains of human activities from the last 500 years. The ironworks at the rapids in Bräkneån, just below the outlet from Lake Tiken, developed at the end of the 17th century. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the area around Stenfors housed several different mills and mill operations. Today, Stenfors mill is an abandoned industrial landscape by Bräkneån. Here you can walk around the cultural trail and see a large number of ruins from the mill's various operations, both forges, other workshops and storage buildings.