The best traffic-free bike rides around Storsjön

Gnestaleden connects Gnesta with the Eriksgatan trail

The Eriksgatan traul sign: a crown over an E

This is a lovely off-road track indicated by blue signs and the letter E along the route. The trail features a combination of gravel paths, double tracks, and easy singletrack, making it suitable for cross-country mountain bikes or gravel riders.

Herröknanäs consists of a peninsula that flows into Lake Misteln. Do visit if you are interested in flowers, enjoy bird watching or just want to wander around the beautiful and open grasslands. The nature reserve consists of two heights with mountains in the day. Between these heights lies a low-lying area that is almost always flooded in the spring. The wetlands are appreciated by many birds and here you can see redshanks, tufted whippets and common snipe. The large oaks are a home for many species. Many fungi, lichens, insects and other animals live on and around the oaks. Among other things, the unusual leather beetle thrives in the reserve. It lives as a larva for most of its life inside the hollow oaks. After three or four years, the caterpillar transforms into a beetle, and then it is in a hurry to find a partner to mate with. As a fully grown beetle, it lives only a few weeks in the summer. Getting a glimpse of a leather beetle is difficult. But if you smell dried plums or leather in a hollow old oak tree, you can be pretty sure a leather beetle lives there.

The Kammarstenen on the farm Ånhammars mark, in Gryts parish, is a popular destination for families with children. Kammarsten is a huge moving block. As an extra bonus, when you're still at the Kammarstenen (and the children want to keep playing), you can go down to the Järnaån, which flows south of the moving block. On the road bridge over the river, on sunny days you can see a multitude of wonderfully blue-sparkling maidenhairs. There are Blue damselflies with completely blue wings and Blue-banded damselflies which have transparent wings except for a jewel-sparkling blue wing patch.

The history of Länna mills goes back to the Middle Ages. The homestead was originally called Bryninge and existed in 1257 under Vårfruberga monastery. In 1486, Bryninge was acquired by Sten Sture d.ä. and was taken over after him by the crown during Gustav Vasa's regime. The place was acquired from the crown by the merchant Henrik Lohe, who in 1644 built a bar iron hammer. Around the same time, he also became the owner of Åker's sawmill. After him, Bryninge mill, as it was now called, was owned by, among others, members of the Wattrang and Klinckowström families. In 1782, the owner was Joachim Daniel Wahrendorff, who since 1772 was mill patron at Åker's piecemeal mill. Länna mills were incorporated into Wahrendorff's large empire of mills and country estates. Much of it is today included in the eco-museum Åker Bergslag. In addition to Åker's small mill, the properties Taxinge-Näsby, Berga and Ånhammar were included. After that, Länna mill had roughly the same owner as Åker's piece mill. In 1853, the operations at Länna were closed down. In 1894, the property Länna passed to Colonel Henrik von Stockenström and remained in the family until the present day. Today's Länna mill: On the farm, conventional farming and forestry is carried out by Länna Godsförvaltning AB. Länna Bruk's land property consists of forest about 2,250 hectares, fields and pastures about 550 ha. The total area is approximately 3,300 ha. About thirty tenants live in the various houses.

Definitely spend the night and have dinner here: well-kept rooms, classy ambience and excellent dinner! Wonderful!

Brought to this spot during the Ice Age more than 20,000 years ago. You can climb and crawl through it.