Hajstorp
The canal area around Hajstorp has nine locks, where you can take a break and just enjoy the canal environment. Plan in your coffee break for Hajstorp, which has a cosy café in the old lock-keeper’s residence. Afterwards, you can see and buy high-quality crafts in the old storehouse, just a stone’s throw from the Göta Canal, where the “Craftsmen of the Canal” have their exhibition and sales. In the tracts around Hajstorp and Fredsberg, you can experience culture and modern history, thanks to the enthusiasm of the locals. In the summer months, many events are arranged in the area, including the hugely popular classic car meets. The harvest festival is another recurring event in September.

Töreboda
Töreboda’s new campsite offers a 26-degree pool for bathing right next to the Göta Canal. The campsite is the first in central Töreboda, offering some 60 spaces. On “Bryggan” you can enjoy a cooling snack at the cosy ice cream bar, which even has drive-in service for boaters.
The guest harbour has towpaths on both sides of the canal. The Töreboda–Gastorp stretch is a popular walk between the bridges.

Just south of the station house, Europe’s smallest ferry in regular traffic – the Lina – shuttles passengers across the canal for just 50 öre.

Every Thursday is market day on the square; buy clothes, toys, sweets, fruit and vegetables.
Töreboda Blomkrukor sells ceramics at factory prices.

Jonsboda has a beautifully situated guest harbour with access to a sauna. You can also rent a room here and visit the café in the bridge keeper’s cottage.

Vassbacken’s guest harbour is always bustling in the peak season. Hostels, camping, cottages and café. Entertainment and dance are also popular elements in summer.
The Posthuset building in Vassbacken is a little log cabin that in 1830 was fitted with bars and made into a post office, with the lock-keeper as the postmaster.

Lanthöjden is the highest point through which the canal was dug – 91.5 m above sea level! The point is marked by a tall obelisk. There is a grill pit here and a wood-burning sauna for canal guests.

Tåtorp is an idyll where the canal empties into Lake Viken. This is the site of one of the canal’s two hand-operated locks, a café and an ice-cream veranda. Spend a night in our ecological hostel! Near Tåtorps Café & Logi lies the Göta Canal Nordic Walking Center. Nordic Walking – or “pole walking” – has become a popular sport throughout Europe. Tåtorp has every-
thing you need: marked trails along the canal, weekend courses, instructions, tips, maps and poles for sale or rent.

Bicycling
The canal area offers many pleasant alternatives for a nice bike ride. Book a packages and rent a bike or bring your own for a nice ride along the Göta Canal. Expect to take plenty of breaks, since there’s so much to discover along the canal, from watching lockages to enjoying an aromatic coffee break at one of the many cafés.

Älgarås medieval wooden church. One of Sweden’s oldest wooden churches, with a unique altar screen, a lovely triumphal cross and a wooden bell with runic writing. Elgåsens Café and Loftbod. The Älgarås Museum shows old objects from Tiveden expert Ture Elgåsen.

Ymseborg was a magnate’s castle in the late 12th century, on a cliff overlooking Lake Ymsen. The castle is associated with the royal Folkung family, but its early history is a mystery. Today, all that remains are parts of the foundation of the square defence tower.

Halnagården in Halna has an inn and café, known for motorcycle meets and sing-along evenings.

The Töreboda golf course, 7 km from Töreboda centre, is known for its breathtaking beauty and magnificent view of Lake Månsarudssjön. The course is varying in character – park, seaside and forest, 18 holes, 5,355 m, par 70. It also has a golf shop, a nice golf restaurant and rooms to rent.

Töreboda Tourist office
The guest harbour (summer open).
Phone +46 (0)506-101 30, 189 40 (year round).