Discover Landvetter: Lake, Culture and Nature

Landvetter offers a variety of reasons to travel there: impressions of church history, lakeshores, cultural activities, brief nature observations, active routes and seasonal experiences.

Church and lake as defining landmarks

Landvetter kyrka is the oldest of the four parish churches. It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Gröen, which is also known in everyday use as Landvettersjön. This makes it possible to combine two distinctive sides of Landvetter: a historically notable church building and a lake that is present in the local everyday name. Travellers who value history and scenery when planning their trip will find a concrete starting point here for making their own selection.

At the bathing area on Landvettersjön, the car park is about 100 metres away. At Pålen, by contrast, parking is available only to a limited extent. Plan your time at the lake with these differing parking situations in mind.

Cultural centre for families and creative interests

The cultural centre in Landvetter offers family performances, concerts, author visits, lectures and exhibitions. Its programme therefore appeals to a range of interests and can give a trip a cultural focus alongside excursions into nature. In addition, the cultural centre regularly organises craft workshops and digital design workshops in its studio. For families with children of different ages or for travellers who enjoy getting hands-on, this alternation between performances, discussions, exhibitions and workshops is an interesting planning option.

Illuminated routes and winter cross-country skiing

Northeast of the centre of Landvetter, there are two illuminated training routes, each 2.5 kilometres long. Both start at the clubhouse of OK Landehof. At Landehofstugan, the OK Landehof club operates an artificial snow facility for cross-country skiing in winter. If you are looking for outdoor exercise, you can choose between the illuminated routes and the seasonal cross-country skiing option without limiting your trip to just one season.

Microforest and rural experiences

Landeviparken is home to Härryda Municipality’s first microforest. There, you can follow the development from very small plants to mature woodland. The site thus offers a vivid connection with nature that is particularly suitable for travellers who wish to observe changes in the plant world attentively.

Sammels Lantgård in Bertshult also adds agricultural experiences to the picture of Landvetter. It has a large visitor garden and a greenhouse café. The farm also offers the opportunity to pick your own bouquets, as well as walks to the beehives and apple orchards. Such offerings give a stay a more relaxed pace and complement days spent on culture or physical activity with impressions from horticulture and agriculture.

Choose the right accommodation for your travel plans

Landvetter is suitable for planning a trip in which you weigh up different types of experiences. First decide whether you would like to focus on Landvetter kyrka and the lake, the cultural centre and studio, the training routes and cross-country skiing, or the microforest and Lantgård. A holiday apartment or holiday home in Landvetter can then serve as a base for your preferred style of travel. When making your specific choice, pay particular attention to the location in relation to your planned destinations and note the limited parking situation at Pålen.

Further destinations for orientation: Hällingsjö, Hindås, Rävlanda, Mölnlycke, Härryda.

To the higher-level travel overview: Härryda.