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GUIDE Örebro Kumla Hallsberg Lekeberg Tiveden ”JOHANSSON” av Peter Johansson Peter av ”JOHANSSON” 2 WELCOME! TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICES Örebro - Kumla - Hallsberg - Lekeberg - Tiveden ÖREBRO KUMLA Örebro slott turistbyrå Stadshuset, servicecenter The beautiful Närke Plain spreads out between Berg- All yaer Torget 1. Tel: +46 19 58 80 00 slagen’s formidable forests and Tiveden’s enchanting Tel. +46 19 21 21 21 www.visitkumla.se wilderness. This has been the meeting place of the most www.visitorebro.se important roads in Svealand since the Middle Ages, [email protected] HALLSBERG contributing to the region’s rich history and excellent Järnvägsstationen transport links. There are so many exciting things to do Gustavsviks Camping Tel. +46 582 68 53 36 here – just look around. Pop into one of our tourist offi- Summer www.visithallsberg.se ces or visit any of the InfoPoints and we’ll tell you more. Tel. +46 19 19 69 50 [email protected] www.gustavsvik.se [email protected] LAXÅ/TIVEDEN Centrumtorget 10 Summer Tel. +46 584 109 20 All yaer www.visitorebro.se www.tiveden.se [email protected] www.visitkumla.se INFOPOINTS www.visithallsberg.se Our InfoPoints around the destination provide have basic tourist information and a small selection of brochures www.visitlekeberg.se and maps material. To see all the InfoPoints, go to www.tiveden.se www.visitorebro.se/infopoints 3 ÖREBRO SLOTT SVAMPEN WADKÖPING Castle tours all the year round A magnificent view Open-air museum Many chapters of Swedish accommodation. In the The water tower Svam- Discover what Örebro used history have been written shop you’ll find souvenirs pen (the mushroom) was to look like in Wadköping. inside the thick walls of with connection to Örebro built 1955-57 and officially The open-air museum, Örebro Castle. as well as designer Örebro opened in May 1958. The which opened in the items. designer and architect was 1960s, consists of farm Sweden’s first Parliament Sune Lindström, AB Vat- buildings that were saved Act was adopted here, and In the summer, there are tenbyggnadsbyrån Stock- from demolition in central it was also here that Karl XIII daily guided tours of holm. Since its opening, Örebro. Today, it is hard received the news that the Örebro Castle that take Svampen has been one to imagine that the small 1810 Parliament in Örebro you back in time. Listen to of Örebro’s most popular wooden farmhouses were had chosen Jean Baptiste stories about the nobility, attractions, giving some 8 once Örebro’s grandest Bernadotte as the heir to prisoners and servants, million visitors the chance buildings. the Swedish throne. and well-known and to see Örebro from above. little known events in the Nowadays, the small The oldest parts of the cast- castle’s history. The rest of The tower is 58 m high houses are home to craft le date from the 14th cen- the year, there are guided and holds 9 million litres of shops, boutiques and mu- tury, and, at the end of the tours every Saturday and water. It has a sister tower seums, and some are also 16th century, Duke Karl, later Sunday. in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, used as dwellings, making King Karl IX, transformed which is 33% bigger. Wadköping a vibrant part the then dilapidated medie- Easter is Witch Week for of Örebro. Enjoy the atmo- val castle into a magnificent both children and adults, Svampen is still used as a sphere! Relax with a cup of Renaissance castle. and for Halloween, Örebro water tower, with the water coffee in the square, smell is transformed into a being pumped up into the the freshly baked bread Örebro Visitor Centre is Ghost Town with zombies cap, which acts as a reser- from the bakery, watch the located in the castle’s roaming the streets and voir and pressure equaliser wood-turner at work, or vi- southwest tower. The visitor ghosts and other creepi- for Örebro’s drinking water. sit the exhibitions in Cajsa centre provides informa- ness haunting the castle. Wargs Hus (Cajsa Warg’s tion and inspiration on House, former home of the everything there is to see Dalbygatan 4 cookbook pioneer) and and do in Örebro. You can Örebro castle Visitor center +46 19 611 37 35 Kungsstugan (The King’s also buy tickets to castle +46 19 21 21 21 svampen.nu Lodgings) from the 16th tours and get help booking visitorebro.se/slottet century. There is always something going on in Wadköping, so don’t forget to check the calendar on the home page for musical enter- tainment, summer theatre, puppetry and markets, including the popular Christmas and medieval markets, antiques and bric- a-brac, and the ‘turn-of-the century’ market. Wadköping, Örebro +46 19 21 62 20 www.orebro.se/wadkoping 4 SIGHTS ST. NICOLAI CHURCH KARLSLUND JÄRLE STATION BREVENS BRUK TÅNGERÅSA CHURCH Nature and culture Vintage railway Historical village Stortorget (the city Karlslund Culture Reserve In Järle, you really can The small industrial com- square) is one of Örebro’s is a scenic area with a long travel in time. The vintage munity of Brevens Bruk, most important historical history, just 5 km from train departs from the 50 km southeast of Öre- places and the location Örebro centre. This idyll small station to the mining bro, is a cultural treasure. of St Nicolai Church, the has beautiful nature, cul- community of Pershyttan The village differs from city’s main church since tural and industrial history, and the idyllic wooden other mining communi- the Middle Ages and the craft workshops, shops, town of Nora. In fact, ties due to all its yellow place where Jean Baptiste a garden for children and Järle is the oldest station buildings from the 17th Bernadotte was elected the technology museum in Sweden. It was built in century onwards that can heir to the throne in 1810. Tekniska Kvarnen. 1854 next to Sweden’s first be seen throughout the The neo-Gothic city hall railway line. Vintage trains well-preserved village. with its glockenspiel is also depart throughout the Don´t miss the midsum- in the square. Karlslund Manor House summer. mer celebration. Every +46 19 21 62 20 year thousands of people www.orebro.se/karlslund In Tångeråsa, you can visit visit Brevens Bruk to one of Sweden’s oldest Ervalla, Järle +46 587 502 90 experience this beautiful wooden churches. nbvj.nu Swedish summer event. Brevens bruk brevens.se BOO MANSION RISEBERGA KVARNGÅRDEN HALLSBERG A cultural treasure Monastery ruins Historic mill environment Railway station Discover a real cultural Riseberga Monastery out- Kvarngården in Mullhyttan Hallsberg plays a central treasure in the forests near side Fjugesta was founded is a living historic environ- role in the Swedish rail the border to Östergötland in the 12th century. At ment. There is an old mill network. The marshalling with the fairy tale castle its height, it owned 240 used by the village since yards are the largest in Boo with its pinnacles and properties in six provinces, the 18th century. Organi- Scandinavia. turrets, and Boo mansion but Gustav Vasa and a cally grown wheat and rye and its grounds. Many of great fire in 1546 put a stop are milled into flour using Hallsberg was built as a the buildings were built in to its activities, and the a 2.4 m waterwheel and result of the development ancient Greek style. There buildings were left to fall then sold. The wood-fired of the main line between is also exciting flora and into disrepair. Guided tours baker’s cottage bakes Stockholm and Gothen- rich wildlife to enjoy. on wednesdays 28/6-30/8 ‘Hyttkaka’ and ‘Kvarnbröd’. burg, which was comple- at 6 pm. ted in 1862, with the station area being finished a few Boo, Hjortkvarn Riseberga, Fjugesta Kvarngården, Mullhyttan years later. +46 582 405 40 +46 706 57 91 94 +46 70 657 91 94 boohembygdsforening.se hembygd.se/riseberga Road 204 towards Mullhyttan Road 51 towards Norrköping 3 km south of Fjugesta 5 Summer at the castle Visitors Centre and daily guided tours. Welcome to Örebro castle! www.visitorebro.se/slottet www.visitorebro.se/karleksstaden 6 SIGHTS MILITARY MUSEUM SHOE INDUSTRY STONEWORK MUSEUM VW-MUSEUM Sannahed MUSEUM Kumla Hällabrottet Pålsboda Today, the small communi- At the shoe industry Stone has been quarried and Do you remember the ty of Sannahed, between museum in Kumla, time worked east of Kumla since Beetle? Holmgren’s Kumla and Hallsberg, is has stood still. One of the the Middle Ages. A new Volkswagen museum is a quiet place, but 100 floors still looks exactly as museum is being created the world’s largest private years ago, it was one of it did the day the old shoe here showing the history of collection of VWs. Stroll Sweden’s largest military factory Bengtar-sko closed the stonework with a marble through the history of the practice grounds and bar- down. Handmade shoes are collection and a unique col- classic car model with all racks. Here you can enjoy manufactured here and sold lection of full-scale plaster of the models from 1949 to a walk on the 2.5 km trail in the shop. models used by sculptors 1975. There’s even a beetle ‘Regementsmarschen’ (the and ornament makers. built in 2004 – one of the regiment march). The museum was voted last of the original design. Working Life Museum of There is a newly opened the Year 2017. Yxhultsvägen 13, Hällabrottet www.visitorebro.se/slottet equipment store 150 m Information/guided tours Gjuterivägen 25, Pålsboda +46 19 58 80 00 +46 582 400 10 north of the military muse- Sveavägen 19, Kumla um.