Page 145 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Sweden

EASTERN SVEALAND  143

50 buildings, operated between Kopparstigen (Copper
the 17th and 19th centuries. Trail) takes in 28
Oljeön, the world’s oldest places of interest.
preserved oil refinery (1875– Along the way is
1902), lies 1.5 km (1 mile) from Kopparbergs
the ironworks. Miljömuseer, a
Running through Fagersta is complex including a
the 200-year-old Strömsholm goldsmiths’ museum,
canal from Lake Mälaren to postal museum and
Smedjebacken in Dalarna. 1880s photography
Completed in 1795, it was a studio. The 17th-century Grythyttan’s inn with its beautifully renovated
vital transport link for the courthouse and a 17th-century interior
Bergslagen foundries. Twenty- wooden church from
six locks, six of them in Fagersta, 1635 are also worth looking at. spa founded in the 1720s. The
raise boats a total of 100 m site has state-of-the-art facilities,
(330 ft). Passenger ferries E Kopparbergs Miljömuseer but the old spa, with its gardens
operate on the canal. Gruvstugutorget. Tel 0580-805 55. and spring, has been preserved
Open Jun–Aug: daily. - in the Swedish spa museum.
E Engelsbergs Bruk You can sample the spring
15 km (10 miles) E of Fagersta. water and view the restored
Tel 08-788 50 00. Open for guided j Grythyttan bathhouse, pharmacy, clinic
tours only (call to book). and royal kitchen built in 1761.
& 8 - 0 Västmanland. * 900. £ to Örebro,
then bus. 0
P Måltidens Hus i Norden
A local vein of silver brought Sörälgsvägen 4. Tel 0591-340 60. 8
prosperity and town status to - 0 end of Jun–mid-Aug: daily;
Grythyttan in 1649, but when other times: Mon–Fri. = daily.
the silver ran out 33 years later, E Loka Brunn
the town charter was withdrawn. 15 km (9 miles) S of Grythyttan.
Today, Grythyttan has awakened Tel 0591-631 00. Pool: Open daily.
from its long slumber and is now Museum: Open summer only. &
a gastronomic centre. 8 museum. - 0 = 7
The Engelsberg Bruk ironworks, founded in It all started when the inn,
1681 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1640, was given a new
lease of life in the 1970s, thanks
h Kopparberg to inspired innkeeper Carl Jan k Nora
Granqvist. Now, in addition to
Västmanland. * 3,300. Västmanland. * 6,500. £ to Örebro,
n Gruvstugutorget, 0580-805 55. Grythyttan’s wooden houses then bus. n Stationhuset on
_ Gold panning competitions (end and red-painted church, there is Norasjön side, 0587-811 20. _ Nora
Jun). ∑ bergslagen.se a catering college centred on Festival (Jul), Noramarken fair (4th
Måltidens Hus i Norden. It weekend in Aug). ∑ nora.se
The discovery of copper in the occupies Sweden’s spectacular
early 17th century attracted pavilion built for EXPO 1992 in This idyllic wooden town is
miners from Falun, who brought Seville. A varied range of an ideal place to stroll around,
with them the name of their activities offers something for with its cobbled streets and
old mine and called the place everyone interested in food and charming shops, many in
Nya Kopparberget (New Copper cooking, alongside exhibitions 18th-century buildings.
Hill). Today, the town shares its and a cookery book museum. Göthlinska Gården (1793) is
name with the famous brand South of Grythyttan lies an interesting museum
of pear cider, which is produced Loka Brunn, a classic Swedish furnished in the style of a
locally. The 2.5 km (2 mile) middle-class family home from
around 1900.
The highlight of the Nora
mining area’s monuments is
Pershyttan, 3 km (2 miles) west
of the centre, where the
charcoal blast furnace dates
from 1856. In summer, a steam
train operates from Nora on the
Nora Bergslags Veteranjärnväg,
Sweden’s first normal-gauge
railway. Nora’s train sheds house
historic steam trains, diesel
Kopparberg’s old mining community, now an idyllic wooden village engines and carriages.

142-143_EW_Sweden.indd 143 11/07/16 11:49 am