Discover Avesta: Industrial Heritage, Nature and Trails along the Dalälven
The ironworks in Avesta is an industrial heritage site of national significance and an unusually complete and well-preserved ironworks complex. Places in the destination include Krylbo, Avesta and Fors.
History and Culture
Verket is a museum and cultural arena in Avesta’s unusually well-preserved industrial setting. Through film, sound and technology, visitors can follow the process from iron ore to iron and steel. Avesta Art is the annual summer exhibition of Swedish and international contemporary art at Verket.
Gamla Byn is Avesta’s oldest district, a lively and well-preserved industrial settlement with buildings dating from the 1630s onwards. Gamla Byn is also home to the 10-Daler coin, described as the world’s largest coin. The Avesta Coin Museum presents Swedish coin history from the Viking Age to the present day.
The world’s largest Dala horse stands at a rest area on National Roads 70/68 in Avesta. It is 13 metres tall, weighs 67 tonnes and was inaugurated in 1989. Karlfeldtsgården is located in the childhood home of the Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt in Karlbo. Its summer programme includes concerts, family days, lectures and celebrations; the garden offers coffee and pastries, handicrafts for sale and creative activities.
Sportparken is open to the public and can be used for sports and play.
Nature and River Landscape
Avesta Bison Park is one of the most important breeding facilities in Northern Europe for the conservation of the European bison. A digital tour with QR codes is available there every day, as well as customised guided tours for groups. Ladugårdsfiket at Avesta Bison Park serves coffee and pastries as well as light meals.
Along the Dalälven River, Avesta offers a wide range of opportunities for outdoor activities. Around 7,000 years ago, the Dalälven carved out a new riverbed; the old waterfalls dried up and formed Döda Fallen.
Routes and Excursions
Döda Fallen is a stop on the Älvpromenaden loop, which is 8.5 km long and runs between Avesta and Krylbo. Information boards at the foot of Döda Fallen and at the top of the rocky outcrop explain how the waterfalls were formed.
The sections of the Bruksleden that run through Avesta are approximately 12 km long, easy to walk and lead through forest and urban areas as well as nature reserves. The Bruksleden is marked in orange on trees and posts.
Besöksrundan is 25 km long and starts and ends at Avesta Library. Avestaturen is an easy cycling route through flat terrain. Avesta-Krylbo railway station provides train connections for access to the cycling route.
The routes vary in length and the different modes of transport offer a graded selection for planning the day. This makes it possible to compare the marked forest and urban route, the loop between Avesta and Krylbo, and the flat cycling route as different types of excursion.
For the higher-level travel overview: Dalarna County.
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