Museum
Fishing- and seal catching Museum
See fishing tools dating from the late 1800s alongside photographs and documented fishing methods in a boathouse setting.
Enånger
The best museums in Gävleborg: history
Museum
Iggesunds Industrial memory
The ironworks display brings together historic ironmaking equipment and a documentary of the works in operation.
Iggesund
Museum
Smedsbostaden i Gysinge
To get a glimpse of everyday life in a smith’s family in the 19th century.
Gysinge
Museum
Strömbacka forge
See how ironworking at Strömbacka changed from Vallon forging to Lancashire forging.
Iggesund
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