Local Info in brief

Local Art Gallery and museum 5 mins walk, restaurant 2 kilometres, Klarälven Riverside Bike Route (“50 miles of carfree asphalt”) 3 km away. Lakes, rivers, forests, meadows all around. There's even a sandy beach at Råda, just 4 km away.

Local attractions include Wildlife Park, Waterpark, Torsby all-year-round ski-tunnel, Uddeholm Golf Course, safaris, swimming, horse-riding, hunting, fishing, boat hire, canoeing, river-rafting and much more. Music, craft fairs and cultural festivals and activities all year round in the Värmland region.

There is a tourist centre in Hagfors, the local town, (5 km away). Hagfors has four supermarkets, several restaurants and pizza places as well as a good number of local shops, a sports centre, a disco, a hospital and museums.

Hagfors Local Airport (5 km) has daily flights to and from Stockholm. Karlstad has a railway station and an international airport, a university, cinemas and shopping centres and is one hour's drive away. There are regular local buses stopping off at Uddeholm.