Number 1Museum
Älvkarleby museum Gammelgården
To see 18th-century houses and objects at an open-air museum with seasonal local music and food events.
Älvkarleby
The best museums in Uppsala: history
Number 1
Number 2Museum
Anchor forge in Söderfors
Go to see a preserved anchor forge and watch a slideshow about Söderfors’s iron heritage.
Söderfors
Number 3Museum
Boat trenches in Vendel - "The Vendel Period"
See the grave finds that gave the Vendel Period its name.
Örbyhus
Number 4Museum
Enkhuset
Go to see the two rooms arranged to show how the mill’s widows lived in different periods.
Söderfors
Number 5Museum
Forestry and elk horn museum in Strömsberg
See a moose-antler collection documenting animals shot in Norduppland alongside a museum about the lives and work of forest workers.
Strömsberg
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Updated 3 November 2026
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