Krakaborg och Vinbäcken

When you stand in the parking lot at the bath with your back to the entrance, you look out over the most important place in Arboga during the time of the asatrons. It is a landmark both in Arboga's past and today. Ridges, plains and waterways converge here. To the left of the ridge rises Törnberget. It was a place to light candles in times of trouble, and in modern times it has been a popular spot with a miniature golf course. Next to Törnberget to the south is Krakaborg. Krakaborg is probably named after the main god Odin's advisory birds, the ravens. It has been the site of a sanatorium, a summer café and a place for motorized youth to tinker with their vehicles. It has also served as a campsite. On the south side, where you are standing, you will see on the left a yellow well house of later date. It hides one of three sacrificial wells that existed, and the fact that there were three was considered magical. Today, two of them remain. When Christianity was introduced, the springs were Christianized and became Trinity springs, of the Father, the Son and the Spirit. They have more recently been used for drinking wells. The area is now called Vinbäcken and includes the summer pavilion used as a party pavilion. South of Vinbäcken is Arboga Folkets Park. What were once places of worship and play still function today as public gathering areas. At the playground, Glasäter, which stretched behind the baths and past today's football pitches to Saint Sven's spring, people met to socialize after making offerings and drinking from the springs. An important part of survival to avoid inbreeding in both humans and animals. To the right is the sacrificial grove where blood sacrifices were offered. Even today, the stone remains, Frejas harg.