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In the Middle of Scandinavia you can find hiking trails high and low. You can walk along rivers and lakes or on a small path in the forest. Hike all by yourself or together with others on a guided tour and learn more about the nature.

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1 Pilgrimage hiking at Kungsgården LångvindHike along the classical pilgrimage trail to Nidaros, today’s Trondheim in Norway. We hike on the Stråsjöleden, part of Saint Olav trails, which all lead to Nidaros. Stråsjöleden begins on Korsholmen, south east of Långvindsbruk. The trail starts at a stunning natural harbor, where the pilgrims landed in the Middle Ages. We offer pilgrimage packages of up to four days, individually or in groups with an experienced hike leader, with Kungsgården Långvind as your base.

www.langvind.com

2 Hiking at Erik-Anders in AstaA 2.5 hour drive north of Stockholm will take you to the small, picturesque, country village of Söderala. Here you will find Erik-Anders offering a unique bed and breakfast experience in one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. We invite you on a walking tour to a nature reserve that is one of Sweden’s finest bird watching areas. Wander on your own with a map through the forest and cook over an open fire with our wilderness guide.

www.erik-anders.se

3 Hiking by the Baltic Coast at Hedenstugan Bed&Breakfast HotelThe area around Hedenstugan at the Baltic Coast, offers beauti- ful nature with several hiking tracks in untouched nature. The closest one starts just outside the accommodation, and leads to Axmarby, an iron works, with an excellent restaurant.

www.hedenstugan.se

4 Guided bear track walk at StillebenWalk along the Bear Track from Åmot, one of 27 marked paths of Gästrikeleden, the “Gästrike Trail”. A guide will take you deep into nature and tell you all about the different animals and plants to encounter along the paths. Local food by the bonfire is served during the tour.

www.stilleben.nu

5 Hiking and Spa at Orbaden Resort & SpaOrbaden Spa & Resort is beautifully located with a stunning view over the river Ljusnan. The hotel offers several wellness packages, among which hiking and spa is one. So if you’re into hiking in combination with pampering yourself with excellent food and spa treatments, this is the place to go to!

www.orbaden.se

6 Hikes around Utterdalen Nature Reserve and Färna Eco-Park (1-40 km)Base yourself in the quaint little village of Färna and you will have a number of options for day hikes of up to 40 km. If you stay at award winning Färnas Hjärta B&B your hosts will be more than happy to suggest several hikes with different distances. The landscape consists of: forests, fields, berry culti-vation, lakes, and flat and hilly terrain. The hiking paths are forest paths, gravel roads, paths created by wild life, some-times at the side of fields (no path) to get to another part. The hikes passes through parts of Utterdalen Nature Reserve and Färna Eco-Park.

www.farnashjarta.se

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7 Hiking on Bruksleden – Trummelsberg to Ulvsbomuren (16 km) Ulvsbomuren is a perfect base for hiking on Bruksleden. This is a fairly easy walk on marked forest trail (Bruksleden). The landscape is varied; lakes and wetland, bogs and moors and deep forests. Fantastic wildlife, keep an eye out for moose and roedeer. There are wolfs and lynx in the area. Great opportunity for bird-spotting, black grouse and capercaille and a variety of wetland birds. Transfer by car to your starting point. Then walk back to Ulvsbomuren where you can end your day with a wood fired sauna, a 3-course dinner and a comfortable bed for a good nights sleep. Map, compass, lunch and snacks to bring along can be included. – This walk comes highly recommended in the guidebook “Weekendvandra kring Stockholm” Gunnar Andersson/Calazo (Weekend walks around Stockholm).This is one example of several walks that can be arranged. There are possibilities to make both shorter and longer ones.

www.ulvsbomuren.se

8 Fallängetorp – Stora Bjurfors – Stora Klingen – Klingholmen – Fallängetorp (16 km)The tour starts at Fallängetorp B & B. The first part of the trek goes along the village road into the forest and out to “odlingen”. “Odlingen” is 40 hectares of fields in the middle of the forest, and in summer time, there are often a lot of sheep to count while you walk by. The grassy road follows the fields and soon leads into the woods. Here you walk on the moss, and after a short while you come to Stora Bjurfors where you can see Lasjö. After a few hundred meters on the gravel road it is time to go into the forest and follow the forest road as far as it goes. Dark magical forest gra-duate to younger forest and part of the route leads past a cleared forest where grass and raspberries compete with spruce seedlings. The forest road reaches its end in Bjurmanstorp, an old mining area full of mines, most of them filled with water. Stora Klingen, a popular lake for birds during migration periods, lies north of the trail. The trail follows the gravel road past a few cottages and on to the narrow asphalt road towards Karbenning Church. Here the landscape is open and flowing, the terrain is hilly but the road is easy to walk on. Instead of going to the west towards the church, turn east and go down to ”Skvallertorget”. After walking up and down and crossing fields and farms for a few kilometers, the trail turns off from the small asphalt road into the woods. Initially, you follow a forest road then you need to look for the marking of the path which leads you besides fields and over a small bridge over Bjurforsån to Klingholmen. From here the trail goes on a forest road again and leads through the woods to an open area. A nice easy hiking path is waiting for the final section. Summertime this part of the trail is wonderfully lush and cows are grazing on the wetlands close to Bjurforsån. Forest frames the landscape in all directions, but the trail follows a gentle and lovely grassy road straight through the fields. Once you have gone over Bjurforsån for the second time, there’s only a short walk on the asphalt road before you see the sign to Fallängetorp B & B. Shorter versions also available.

www.fallangetorp.se

9 One day hike on Bruksleden with Kolarbyn Eco Lodge (14 km)This package is a 1-day self-guided hike on the local hiking trail. The trail goes through large forests, past beautiful rivers and through terrain that is typical for this specific part of the country. An easy and peaceful hike in the Bergslagen historic environment. The trail is a total of 250 km long and divided into 27 stages. In this package you will hike along the beautiful stage 18. The hike along stage no 18 is basically only along forest paths, often through dense forest with young coniferous and deciduous trees. The exception is a short piece on a little road beyond the lake Dammen. This stretch is easy to walk, perfect for beginners. To get to the start at Borntorpet from Kolarbyn you hike about 2 km along a gravel road. Once at Borntorpet, the first kilometer of the hike goes along a jogging track. Shortly after crossing the second road you will come up on a small hill with a nice view. At the lake Dammen, the trail follows along the lakeside. A few kilometers further on, you reach the stage goal Lake Kolpen. Here is a shelter right down by the water – a perfect place to take a well deserved break.Difficulty: Easy

www.kolarbyn.se

10 Skedvistrand (2-7 km) At Skedvistrand there are three hiking trails, of varying length between 2 and 7 km. All the trails start and end at the front desk of Skedvi Strand Holiday Village. The trails are easy to walk, and mostly on gravel road. The longest of them is the most beautiful one. It goes through all types of forests and also over a small hill. When arriving at the top of the hill, there is a tower that is built of timber. It is an excellent place to spend the night. The tower fits for two people and can be booked through Skedvistrand. Two beds and a wood stove which ensures that it does not get cold at night. Outside on the ground there is also a barbecue area. The view from the tower often involve different animals such as moose, wolves and wild boar.

www.skedvistrand.se

11 Hiking around the Black River Valley and Edens garden B&B (15 km)Hike within ’The Black River Valley’ (Svartådalen) and stay in a beautifully renovated Swedish log cabin from the 17th century. This circulair hike is a part of a bigger hiking network within Svartådalen. Your start-, and finish point is at your accommo-dation ’The Old Cottage’ at Edens Garden B&B on the manor of Hällsjö Gård. You will hike over gravel roads with almost no traffic, hike along open meadows, a small lake called ’Rörbosjön’ with stunning birdlife, take a shortcut over a rural asphalt road and back ’home’ trough a dense forest. The length of this hike is 15 km. Once you are back at Edens Garden, you can take a warm relaxing bath in our hot tub filled with warm water from our own source! There are also possibilities to stretch out your route and hike all the way to the picturesque little village of Fläckebo and stay overnight at Klockargårdens B&B. A very interesting alterna-tive is to book a canoe for the next day, visit the historic pavilion Braheholmen (anno 1560) and paddle your way back to Edens Garden B&B (Approximately 8 km’s). Svartådalen is internationally famous because of its bird- and wildlife watching. Svartådalen’s wetlands are classified as internationally important for a number of migratory birds and is part of the EU network of valuable nature areas: Natura 2000, and is designated as a Ramsar site by the International Wetlands Convention.

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In the spring many different species of birds pass on their way north. Land and forest beside the lakes “Hällsjön”, “Rörbosjön”, “Fläckjön” and lake “Gussjön” are popular breeding grounds for these migratory birds. From the first ice melting until the first week of April 20000-25000 whooper swans pass through. Svartå-dalen is classified as an internationally important resting site for the whooper swans.

www.edensgarden.se

12 Hiking at Bergslagsleden, 280 kilometers of opportunitiesSmall or more challenging adventures await you at Bergslagsleden, the 280 kilometer long hiking trail in the heart of Sweden. Easy to access, close to Örebro airport or Stockholm, the trail provides so many opportunities to meet magnificent views, wide large forests and wildlife. No matter if you hike just for a day or all of the 17 stages. Along the way you are provided shelters to sleep in if you go for the big adventure or nice and cosy accommodations with everything provided for a more comfortable hike. The trail is possible to hike most of the year. It’s up to you if you like to go a crisp winter day, sleep under the stars and listen for howling wolves, or a summer day where the lush green trees or swim in any of the lakes, cools you down.

www.bergslagsleden.se

13 Pilgrimage hiking at MunkastigenFollow the 96 kilometer long ancient pilgrimage between Rise-berga convent and Birgitta church. Munkastigen is to some extent the path that the monks at the monastery Ramundeboda walked to maintain contact with his friars in the monasteries of Alvastra and Vadstena. The hiking trail runs along the edge of Kilsbergen before it turns south towards the forests of Tiveden. Eventually it reaches the shores of Lake Vättern and the final goal Birgitta church in Olshammar. You can choose between staying in every- thing from castles to huts along the trail. There are picnic areas with shelters where you can stay overnight or pitch your tent. At the rest areas you will find fireplace, wood and toilets.

www.bergslagsleden.se

14 Day hiking with a historical touchIn The Örebro region there are plenty of suitable hikes to do just for a day. You can either do a daytrip at one of the stages of Bergslagsleden or Munkastigen and take the bus back, or wander one of many roundtrips that can be found throughout the region. There is a selection of shorter hikes at www.bergslagsleden.se or you just ask at the local tourist office when you arrive. Do you look for a day in the famous National Park Tiveden, where huge boulders, white sandy beaches and ancient folk stories of giants throwing rocks can thrill your imagination? Or perhaps the easy accessible Skärmarboda with small caves where Sweden s most famous thief, Lasse- Maja hid with the stolen treasures? Wherever you go, the history is right there, from the visible remains of the Ice age, ancient hillforts, healing trees, to well preserved remains of the 700 years of mining in Bergslagen.

www.bergslagsleden.se

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15 Hiking in Glaskogen nature reserveApart from being one of Sweden’s most beautiful areas, the reserve, which covers 28,000 hectares, offers 300 km of hiking trails. You can choose anything from a round trip for a few hours or weekly tours without having to take the same trail twice. All trails are marked with orange, there are signs in the crossings, and along the paths there are windbreaks, overnight cabins and resting places. You can also camp here – or why not sleep under the stars? The routes are dotted with windbreaks and overnight cabins. Bring your backpack and experience nature in the best possible way. Hiking is a relaxing and healthy way to exercise, and also gives you great opportunities to study nature.

www.glaskogen.se

16 Värmlandsleder – discover Värmland on footWalking is the best way to discover our beautiful nature and fascinating cultural landscape. A quality assured ”Värmlands- leder” (Värmland walking trails) has been checked and approved by the Assosiation of Värmlandsleder. The Trails are graded in accordance with the following levels:Easy – the trail goes on land that is generally falt or with gentle inclines only. Trail surface is even, without steps or rocky areas. The trail is at least one meter wide.Moderate – Good accessibility. All or parts of the walk are on nature trails. Gradients are not a problem for a person with normal fitness.Difficult –limited accessibility due to steep sections and higher gradients that require good fitness.Advanced – limited accessibility due to steep sections and higher gradients that require good fitness. Solid experince of outdoor pursuits is a requirement as the trail goes through remote areas. Walkers must be properly equipped and carry everything they need during the hike. Choose a walk that is the right length and level to suit you. The lengths are between 2,3 to 30 km.

www.varmlandsleder.se/en

17 Hiking at LångbergetThe individual location of Långberget, 630 meters above sea level, offers an invitation to participate in exciting activities and view it’s beautiful natural surroundings. Take part in a guided tour. Under the walk you get an insight of the animal and the plant life and also the Finn culture in Northern Värmland. You also make a stop for a lunch in the ”wilderness”. Vålhalla pasture ca 6 km via Storberget and Tallknölen. Easy hiking.Hike from Dalarna via Hästbergssätern, 8 km. Easy/medium hike.Granberget ca 15 km. Easy/medium hikingGammelsätern ca 8 km. Easy hiking.Ransbysätern ca 22 km. Medium/demanding hiking.Hiking around the cottages area ca 2 km. Easy hiking.

www.langberget.se

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18 Follow the Pilgrim Way in Østfold/Akershus/HedmarkThe Pilgrim Way through Østfold, Akershus and Hed-mark lies like a beautiful string necklace through the varied and fertile landscapes of these counties, binding together their coasts and inland regions. And everywhere the trail leads, there is peace, beauty and variety. This stretch of the trail is part of the St. Olav’s Way that leads north to Trondheim and the Nidaros Cathedral. In the Middle Ages the cathedral attracted more pilgrims than any other in Northern Europe, and it is still an im-portant site of pilgrimage. We can recommend day walks and short hikes in the whole region. The Østfold Way leads the walker past quiet forest lakes and fertile fields, along coastal paths and through parks. Just a little of what you will see along the Way: Fredriksten Fortress in Halden, historical churches, manor houses, Bronze Age sites and, not least, the Sarpsfossen waterfall beside whose torrent Saint Olav built Sarpsborg in 1016. Among other things, Akershus is known for its waving corn against a high sky. We recommend a visit to our capital city, Oslo, where one can also include visits to the Oslo Pilgrim Centre and Østre Aker Church. The Pilgrim Way passes the Eidsvoll Manor Farm, one of Norway’s most prestigious historical sites. It was here in the spring of 1814 that Norway’s democratic Constitution was written, the foundation of the nation’s independence. In Hedmark, the Pilgrim Way threads its path across a rolling inland landscape with wonderful views across Lake Mjøsa. And if your feet are getting tired, you can sail from Eidsvold to Hamar on “D.S. Skibladner”, the world’s oldest paddle steamer in scheduled service. In Hamar the Pilgrim Centre is situated on a historical site by the Pilgrim Way, and close to the ancient Hamar Cathedral, its ruins now encased in protective glass housing. Today, as in times past, it is an important site of pilgrimage.

www.visitoslofjord.no/no/pilegrimsleden www.visit-hedmark.no/no/hamarregionen/artikler/

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What do I need to consider before I travel and how do I get to Norway?

Norway is a vast country and the best way to get around is by car. From the south of Østfold to the north of Hedmark the distance is about 500 km. If you are planning to visit the western parts of The Middle of Scandi-navia, you can fly to Oslo and Gardermoen airport, Rygge airport or Karlstad airport (via Frankfurt). It will take about 2 hours to travel by car from Oslo to Sweden and Värmland. If you are travelling by car, you can arrive in Oslo via ferry connections from Kiel, Fredrikshavn and Copenhagen.

Find more useful information at www.visitnorway.com/en/About-Norway

Welcome to the Middle of Scandinavia!

www.mid-sweden.com www.theheartofsweden.sewww.vastmanland.se www.visit-akershus.no www.visitelverumregionen.no www.visitoslofjord.com www.visitvarmland.se

What do I need to consider before I travel and how do I get to Sweden?

From Gävle, on the east coast, to the Norwegian border in the west, the distance is about 400 kilometres. The easiest way to get around is by car. If you travel by car, there is a bridge between Denmark and Sweden or ferryconnections for example to Gothenburg. If you prefer to fly to Sweden and arrive at Stockholm Arlanda airport, you are near the eastern parts of the Middle of Scandinavia. If you are going to visit the western parts, we recommend you to fly to Karlstad (via Frankfurt), Oslo and Gardermoen airport or Moss Rygge airport.

Find more useful information at www.visitsweden.com/sweden/Travel-guide /Getting-around-in-Sweden

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