Surroundings

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BIKE TOURS

There are different cycle-tours from 20 up to 90 km. For more informations ask at the reception.

LOPPISTOUR (20 km)

Today we will visit some antique or flea market shops. Here you can find very cheap, but also find high-quality items. The glassworks of Orrefors and Flygfors are also on the way. In between, we pass different fälads, so typical of Sweden pastures with loosely interspersed trees and bushes. On the way back, of course, it goes through the forest again.

To the farmsteads or small MOOSETOUR (20 km)

This little tour takes you on meandering old paths through the magical Småland forest. In between, we pass a series of idyllic farmhouses and hamlets. It feels easy to move to another, more restful time. Maybe you are luckier than me and you will see a moose.

HISTORYTOUR (15 KM)

This smaller bike tour takes you via Orrefors to a manor whose pastures are surrounded by stones such as castle walls and on to the church stables and the small home museum of Hälleberga. At Barkestrom you will finally be led on a marked hiking trail through a beautiful Swedish landscape and pass many eyewitnesses with information boards from the Stone Age to the social upheaval by the Social Democrats and the trade unions in Sweden.

HAUGES HANTVERKSGLAS (80 KM)

On the Framtidsleden (see your own guide) we cycle to Älghult. On small asphalt and gravel roads we reach Hauges Hantverkglas, a company that specializes in the energy-saving transformation of consumer glass and thereby achieves amazing alienation effects. Passing BAL Studioglass-slipperi in the glassworks of Björkhult we take the way back over the blooming meadows of Botillabo. Flanked by the castle walls similar stone walls of an old courtyard we finish our tour in Hälleberga.

GRÖNASENS MOOSEPARK, GLASsworks KOSTA, OUTLET(58 KM)

On a dead straight - through the forest beaten - asphalt road you cycle through the Swedish forest, passing Hetalågas glasbod and a rest area at the Derasjö to Grönåsens moose park and the glassworks with the outlet center in Kosta.

GLASsworks MIKKE JOHANSSON (75 KM)

The highlight of this tour is certainly the glassworks of Micke Johansson. Two longer asphalt road passages (Agebo - Nybro and Nybro - Örsjö) look like a natural shock after the cozy little roads and dirt roads. Therefore pay attention to alternative suggestions. To Granö we follow the tour "To the homesteads".