The best traffic-free bike rides around Krokfjorden

The small windbreak hut is very low, so that one can only sleep crosswise in it. But the location is wonderful: directly at Lake Kinnen, above which the sun sets in the evening. When the weather is fine, it is perfect for a little swim. There is a fireplace and wood is available in the surrounding forest. The outhouse is less inviting, you prefer to go into the forest ;)

Hobergssjön lake is located near the villages of Konga and Hogebo in the Tingsryd area, which is part of the Ronnebyån drainage basin in Kronoberg County. You can stop on its shore to admire it while cycling or walking this path.

Very cool spot, rich in heritage.

An ironworks was established at the rapids of the Bräkneån in the late 1700s. In 1748 the name was changed from Bräken to Stenfors. In the mid-19th century the ironworks and hammer mill were expanded into an industrial complex where furnaces and agricultural tools were formed. The plant ceased operations around 1900.

The current ruins of Stenfors Bruk were once a large ironworks in operation until the end of the 19th century in the Småland forests, around 7 kilometers south of the town of Tingsryd. The remains of the pre-industrial Stenfors Bruk, which consists of a large number of individual ruins, are located in the northern part of the Stenfors nature reserve and extend along a 5-kilometer-long circular path. The path, marked with red markings, begins near the former manor house of the steelworks patron and leads through the forest as a cultural trail. Along the way, you will come across a good 15 stations where the previous functions of the respective building fragments are explained using information boards. Some of the ruins are located near the Bräkneån river, which is fed by the large lake Tiken and whose hydropower was previously needed to operate the old facilities. At the small waterfall of the river there used to be a large hammer forge, in the remains of which you can still see the bearing points of the water wheels and hammers. Not far from there you can find the remains of the former coal and ore bunkers, near which the blast furnace also stood. When the smelting works was founded in 1697, it initially started operations with a blast furnace. The energy required to operate the blowers was provided by the small river, and charcoal produced by numerous forest farmers in the area was used to generate the heat for melting. The iron ore was extracted in the form of ore nodules from the bottom of local lakes in winter, as was common in Småland at the time. Residential and commercial buildings, including a shop and a brewery, as well as other factory facilities such as hammer and nail forges and a sawmill, were gradually added. Over time, the ironworks grew into a typical bruk - one of those typically Swedish, largely self-sufficient combinations of pre-industrial factory and residential area. Over the course of its history, Stenfors Bruk had a number of owners who resided in the manor house and managed the business more or less successfully. The process of iron extraction using charcoal and sea ore became increasingly unprofitable at the beginning of industrialization and led to the abandonment of the old facility towards the end of the 19th century. https://www.guidebook-sweden.com/de/reisefuehrer/reiseziel/stenfors-bruk-historische-eisenhuettenruine-tingsryd

Still a very nice spot. Unfortunately, the boards that were supposed to be the benches are missing (presumably they were promised at some point...) And there's a bit more trash lying around here than you'd expect in Sweden... But it's great for swimming, and if you sleep in a hammock, you'll be spoiled for choice as to where to hang it.

A beautiful bike path leads past here to Hensjön

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