Ready-made tour suggestions with slightly different orientations, themes and routes. Feel free to check the destination's opening hours to ensure that everything is open on your chosen travel day. It is also possible to make completely unique and individually tailored tours with Glasriket's Travel Planner.
Regardless of which you choose, we wish you a good Tour in the Kingdom of Glass.
Somewhere there is that unique find waiting for you. Here we have some ready-made tour suggestions for those of you who like flea markets, retro and antiques.
In autumn 2023, Hanna visited Målerås Glasbruk during Glasriket Glöder and also explored some of the Glasriket's best flea markets. Join her on her flea market tour by clicking To The Tour and then Entire trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Photo: Samuel Voigt Lind
Antique and retro shops where each item is carefully selected by the shop's owner. Here you will find the things that bring memories to life. Or the very thing you regretted never buying when it was made. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Give new life to old items and find unique treasures that are worth giving a new life. Here you can find both small gadgets as well as furniture, carpets and other furnishings that can give your home that little personal touch. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Sometimes it can be nice to let chance decide. Let our Travel Planner randomly come up with a tour suggestion based on selected areas of interest. Email the trip to yourself and then open it in Google Maps. Click on the Whole Tour and let the journey begin.
Tour suggestions that combine visits to glassworks and studio cabins as well as exhibitions and places that tell about the industrial history of the Kingdom of Glass. The history of the area is what underlies the fact that today we have world-class craftsmanship in glass. Each mill and cabin has its own unique artistic expression.
It's easy to give artistic craftsmanship free rein when you have your own cabin. No cabin is the same and here you get to enjoy color, shape and artistic craftsmanship. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Look around and be fascinated by the history of the Glass Kingdom. Read about the objects that put the Kingdom of Glass on the world map, learn about the importance of the glassworks for the vagabonds of the time. The artists who broke new ground for glass as a material. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Glasriket's slightly larger glass factory where everyone has a large product range to enjoy. Here you also have the opportunity to see glassblowing live. Several of the mills also have nearby exhibitions where you can learn about the history of the area and the mill from then to now. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Those glasses that become the centerpiece of the table setting, or the vase that lifts any bouquet. The bowl that turns all other bowls into dust collectors... It's easy to find new glass favorites at our mills and cabins. This thousand contains some of them. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Here are tour suggestions for those of you who are curious about the culture, nature & history of the Kingdom of Glass. And alternate it with a really good coffee. Learn more about Vilhelm Moberg or immerse yourself in the industrial history that is the basis of today's Kingdom of Glass. Feel the beat of history and the smell of freshly baked goods. Or get acquainted with the king of the forest.
Get to know the farm animals while enjoying homemade ice cream. Or discover the giant animals that lived long before humans existed. Take a guided tour to learn more about the king of the forest, the elk, and of course all interspersed with good coffee that keeps both your mood and energy at a peak. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
A Tour that takes you past some of the memorial sites in Vilhelm Moberg's honor here in his birthplace, the Glass Kingdom. The tour also includes stops for coffee breaks while you drive through the landscape that inspired the environment described in Vilhelm Moberg's books. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Did you know that the world's only permanent James Bond museum is located in the Kingdom of Glass? Or that here you will also find Sweden's longest local museum and the largest art gallery. The tour takes you to these unique places where you can be fascinated by the fact that certain things can only be found in the Kingdom of Glass. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.
Start the day with a breathtaking ride in Europe's longest zipline (needs to book in advance) and then stop at Sweden's oldest wooden church. Buy hand-roasted Glasriket coffee with you, take a round of mini golf in beautiful nature to end the day with coffee. A full day that fills both body and mind with new memories. Click To Tour and then Entire Trip to start the tour in Google Maps.