Eurotourism www.eurotourism.com Eskilstuna Tourist Guide The four “Must See and Do’s” when visiting Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Art Museum Open Air Museum The Rademacher Forges Sigurd stones Municipality Facts 01 Population 93 101 Area 1 257,53 km² Regional Center Eskilstuna County Södermanland More Information 02 Internet www.eskilstuna.se www.eskilstuna.nu Newspapers Eskilstuna-Kuriren med Strengnäs Tidning www.ekuriren.se Folket www.folket.se Eskilstuna Tourist Bureau Stora Fristadshuset, Rademachersmed jorna,Rademachergatan 50, Eskilstuna Photo: Joakim Serrander +46 16-710 70 00 Notes 03 Welcome to Eskilstuna Emergency 112 Many call it logistics in Eskilstuna, instead, The Park Zoo with newly arrived Police 114 14 we talk about taking the road to the good life. Hippopotamuses, shopping, horseback Country Code +46 Everything is very central and is easy to find. riding, boat trips and golf. You realize pretty Area Code 016 A straight track to the castle, shopping, golf, quick there is much to do during your visit to culture, etc.. A city in the middle of Mälardalen Eskilstuna.. that gives you time over for other things. E.I.S. AB: Box 55172 504 04 Borås Sweden Tel +46 33-233220 Fax +46 33-233222 [email protected] Copyright © 2007 E.I.S. Protected by international law; any violation will be prosecuted. 1 An Independent Tourist Information Company Eurotourism www.eurotourism.com Tourist Guide Eskilstuna See and Do Swimming Bathing Places Outdoors: You can find bathing places at the following areas; Sundbyholm, Mälarbaden, Vilsta, Skjulsta, Borsökna, GillbergaNäs, Hjälmaresund, Stora Sundby och Hållsta grusgrop. www.eskilstuna.se/badplatser The Park Zoo - Bathing Heated outside pool. +46 16-10 01 10 www.parkenzoo.se Vattenpalatset (The Water Palace) Vattenpalatset (The Water Palace) is an indoor swimming adventure place and swimming pool, along with relaxation. +46 16-10 87 00 www.vattenpalatset.se Fishing Fishing Eskilstunaån (river) in the middle of Eskilstuna, is filled with “ädelfiske”, a fishing license is required. The River offers traditional fishing, upstream and downstream fishing is free. Photo: Shutterstock Fishing equipment rental available. Fishing licenses and items can be found at OKQ8 Västergatan, Jakthuset (The Hunting Shop) and at Görans Sport Fishing. At The Eskilstuna Tourist Office, you can buy a daily fishing license (not an annual pass). Näshultasjön (lake) is 12 km SE of Eskilstuna. Here you can catch pike- perch and pike. Fishing licenses can be purchased at Svalbovikens Bus. +46 16-830 00 Hjälmaren and Mälaren. Free fishing with a handheld fishing line. Perch, pike-perch and eel can be caught here. Free information can be found at Eskilstuna Tourist Office. +46 16-12 65 08, +46 70-915 85 27 www.eskilstuna.sportfiskarna.se Photo: Shutterstock Photo: Shutterstock E.I.S. AB: Box 55172 504 04 Borås Sweden Tel +46 33-233220 Fax +46 33-233222 [email protected] Copyright © 2007 E.I.S. Protected by international law; any violation will be prosecuted. 2 An Independent Tourist Information Company Eurotourism www.eurotourism.com Tourist Guide Eskilstuna See and Do Photo: Shutterstock Photo: Shutterstock Photo: Shutterstock Lake Hjälmaren and Lake Photo Bäckstrand library has a large The museum shop offers art books, graphic Mälaren number of images from Torshälla. Ebeling sheets, textiles, ceramics, glass, jewelry, In Lake Hjälmaren and Lake Mälaren, one Museum also arranges regular temporary postcards and much more small goods for can fish for free if using a handheld line. exhibitions. sale. There is also a restaurant. Perch, pike-perch and eel can be caught Eskilstunavägen 5, Torshälla here. Free information can be found at +46 16-710 73 Art Workshop & The Media Lab offers special Eskilstuna Tourist Office. eskilstuna.se/ebelingmuseet activities for school children throughout the Eskilstuna municipality, but even schools Lake Näshultasjön Eskilstuna Art Museum outside the municipalities are welcome for Lake Näshultasjön is located 12 km SE The summer of 2006, Eskilstuna Art a small fee. Eskilstuna. You can catch pike-perch and Museum moved to Bolinder Munktell, an old Portgatan 2, Munktellstaden, Eskilstuna pike. Fishing licenses can be purchased at Cog workshop, in the city of Munktell. In the +46 16-710 13 69 Svalbovikens Bus. old industrial buildings, dating from 1917, +46 16-830 00 is now the art museums collections from Munktellmuseet (Museum) the 1600s, up until the present, five rooms Text from Munktellmuseets site: for temporary exhibitions, two educational Welcome to experience 175 years of Swedish Museum workshops, art library, shop and restaurant. industrial history! At Munktellmuseet in Ebeling Museum Since the autumn of 2007, Eskilstuna Art Eskilstuna, you can see the first Swedish Museum also houses the Swedish Children’s tractor from 1913 and the first wheel loaders Ebeling Museum opened in 1997, and Picture Archive. from 1954. In addition, you’ll find the world’s displays paintings, ceramics and sculptures first series of manufactured dump trucks with by Torshälla multifaceted artist profile, Allan Eskilstuna Art Museum is at the new the Swedish sounding name “GrusKalle.” Ebeling (1897-1975). The museum also location in the city of Munktell. The façade Munktellstorget, Eskilstuna has paintings and graphics of his daughter was designed by the architect Cyrillus +46 16-15 12 39, +46 16-15 13 75 Marianne Ebeling (1930-1979), and the Johansson in 1917. munktellmuseet.volvo.com E.I.S. AB: Box 55172 504 04 Borås Sweden Tel +46 33-233220 Fax +46 33-233222 [email protected] Copyright © 2007 E.I.S. Protected by international law; any violation will be prosecuted. 3 An Independent Tourist Information Company Eurotourism www.eurotourism.com Tourist Guide Eskilstuna See and Do Photo: Shutterstock Photo: Shutterstock Eskilstuna City Museum history and also approximately 250,000 Worth Seeing Eskilstuna City Museum offers diversified photographs from Eskilstuna. and varied activities with an emphasis on industrial history. The Eskilstuna Overall, we are 30 employees. Our offices Bergströmska gården City Museum also has the “Faktoriet”, are in “Kanonhuset” (The Canon House) (Estate Garden) “Rademachersmedjorna”, “Lagersbergs with beautiful location on Faktoriholmarna säteri” (manor), “Sörmlandsgården” (islets). Most of us have our office here as A the walk from Torshälla Church is (Garden) and “Vapentekniska” (technical well. Bergströmska estate, from the 1700’s. By weapons) collections in Eskilstuna. Faktorigatan 3, Eskilstuna a miracle, it survived the disastrous fire in +46 16-710 23 75 1798 which burned down almost the entire We also work with the cultural environment, city. Here you can see how estates could and architectural, documentation, education, Faktoriet (Museum) have looked a couple of hundred years and more. There are about 60,000 objects Faktoriet is a museum and a meeting ago. in our collections which reflect Eskilstunas place for technology and industrial history. In the building was “Carl Gustafs Stads The estate is named after the last owner, Gevärsfaktori” until 1969, ten years later the Johan Petter Bergström, a banker and first parts of the museum opened. is now refurnished in the old style. Today, the estates has collections by “Torshälla Today, there are steam engines, the Hembygdsförening”, St. Olofs Gille, experiment room “Factotum”, the city’s and in cooperation with Torshälla City historical exhibition “Between the Lakes”, management. engaging temporary exhibitions, a workshop with machinery from the turn of the century Next to the estate is Mormorstäppan. (1900), a small cafe and a shop with books, Bergströmska estate gardens are privately games, gifts and handicrafts. “Planket” is a owned, but are taken care of by St. Olofs room where associations can display their Gille. own exhibitions. Lilla gatan 12, Torshälla Faktoriholmarna i Eskilstuna +46 16 - 710 73 23, Photo: Shutterstock +46 16-710 23 75 +46 16 710 73 33 E.I.S. AB: Box 55172 504 04 Borås Sweden Tel +46 33-233220 Fax +46 33-233222 [email protected] Copyright © 2007 E.I.S. Protected by international law; any violation will be prosecuted. 4 An Independent Tourist Information Company Eurotourism www.eurotourism.com Tourist Guide Eskilstuna See and Do Photo: Shutterstock Photo: Shutterstock Lagersbergs Manor In the early 1800s, Lagersbergs Manor was +46 16-710 73 70 Lagersbergs Manor is one of the country’s owned by the Industrialist Birger Fredrik most genuine “karolinergårdar” with a Rothoff before the last stately owner of the Sigurdsristningen partially retained interior. family Persson, and taking over the manor (Sigurd stones) in the 1870s. Sven Persson was agronomist Sigurdsristningen are stones with engraved The manor is located about three kilometers and developed agriculture in Lagersberg. runic characters near Sundbyholm, from the southwest of Eskilstuna center. In addition He also had a strong interest in the farm’s 1000’s. The images reflect the myths about to the main building there are wings, cultural and historical values, and could be Sigurd Fafnesbane, while the text is about administration buildings and servants inherited by his children. building a bridge over Ramsundet. quarters. Since 1991, the manor is owned and At the ristningen, you can see Sigurd, on Lagersbergs Manor has a long history. In managed by the Foundation Lagersberg, behalf of his foster father Regin, bury his the Middle Ages it was called “Hunstad” which was founded by the family Persson. sword in Fafners abdomen to access the and was owned by Johanniterklostret in snakes treasures. When Sigurd should Eskilstuna. During the Reformation, the During the summer, the manors main then roast Fafners heart, he burns himself. estate suffered and for a time the soil was building and state house is open for visitors. He sticks his finger in the mouth and gets worked to pay tax and the state. In one of the main wings there is a summer snake blood in his mouth, which means that café. Concerts are also arranged during the he understands what the birds are saying In the 1660’s, the Nobleman Erik Dryselius summer.