Västmanlands län
Take the opportunity to make an extra trip when you walk on Bruksleden and see Svartberget Nature Reserve. Here you will find everything from interesting plants to fine wildlife. A good place to stop and soak up the peace and quiet. If it is a really nice s…
A small area that is a nature reserve. Jönsbackens Nature Reserve invites you to see old remains of the limestone quarries of the past. There is also dense forest here. Animal and bird life. A few hundred meters away along Bruksleden you come to Skrikboravi…
A slightly larger nature reserve in the area where Bruksleden stage 15 runs. The area consists of mixed forest with a very rich wildlife. The nature is very varied and can change dramatically. Jättåsarna is classified as one of Västmanland's highest "mounta…
At the beginning of the 17th century, a bar iron forge with three hammers was built at Bockhammar. The mill was bought shortly afterwards by the king Magnus Brahe, who already owned the mill in Uttersberg. His daughter Ebba Brahe inherited Bockhammar in 163…
Iron ore has probably been mined and processed around the town and municipality of Norberg for over 1,000 years. An archaeological excavation north of the nearby village of Olsbenning revealed a complete mediaeval iron blast furnace in a place that has long…
In Krampen, two miles from Skinnskatteberg, there used to be a refugee camp for Soviet soldiers. At the end of the Second World War, a barracks camp was built, which has now been demolished. A few traces remain in the area and signs with text and photograph…
Just over half a mile from Krampen - a site formerly used as a camp for Soviet Russian soldiers who fled from German-controlled war camps to Sweden - stands Rysstenen. The stone was erected in memory of the men who were sent back to the Soviet Union in 1944…
The place name Karmansbo comes from the medieval name Karlman. It was originally called Frölischhammar after the man who founded the mill in the 1600s. He gathered many of the small forges that existed along Hedströmmen and merged them into a larger one at…
På Västanfors hembygdsgård finns det mycket att upptäcka i den kulturhistoriska miljön med röda stugor, blomsterplanteringar, herrgårdsparken och inte minst historiska Strömsholms kanal. Här kan du ta en fika- eller glasspaus vid Kaffestugan eller varför in…
Visit Hängmatteskogen at the top of Landsberget and enjoy the peace and quiet during or after your hike. At the top there is also a barbecue area, picnic furniture and shelter. About 300 meters down from the top you will find a viewpoint overlooking Lake Åm…
The Lancashire forge was in operation from 1855 until 1964, when this last forge in the world was closed. Lancashire forging is a type of bar iron forging technology that came from England and characterized the Swedish iron industry for more than 100 years.
The Västerås steam power plant was built in 1915 and is today partly converted into a hotel, swimming pool and school. But the various parts together form a very valuable industrial whole that describes the development of energy and steam technology in the…
At Kokplatten in Kajstaden on Öster Mälarstrand, Joakim Ojanen's artwork Ode to Lake Mälaren, inaugurated on April 19, 2023, is one of Ojanen's sculpture series My Place in Bronze created for Kajstaden. Since the installation of The Time Traveler in 2020, f…
"A commercial garden in a cozy mansion environment." Take a walk around their beautiful garden, have an ice cream or a cold drink and enjoy.
