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Are you ready for some relaxing sightseeing? We can suggest some very interesting destinations. There are museums in historical buildings, ruins from the Bronze and Iron Ages, art galleries and artists to visit. Wherever you go you are not far from the rich history of Åmål.

Arts and Crafts,

Hantverksmagasinet
Åmåls Slöjdare & Konsthantverkare
Tel: +46 (0)532-131 43
N:a Långgatan 12, Åmål
(Sells handicrafts made by local craftspeople)

Cinemas

Saga Bio, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 533-159 80

Galleries

Galleri Carlén
Tel: +46 (0)532-141 91
+46 (0)708-350 831
Nolbygatan 5,
66233 Åmål

(Local artist with gallery at his home. Best to call first)

Not Quite, Fengersfors
Tel: +46 (0)532-233 88
+46 (0)705-63 89 37
Gamla Bruket Fengersfors.
(Located outside of Åmål. You can take the bus or drive. Artists exhibit in an old mill setting)

Åmåls slöjdare & konsthantverkare (Crafts and design from local artists)	Södra Långgatan 12 662 31 Åmål 0532-131 43
Åmåls Konsthall (Art exhibits at the library) Kungsgatan 20	662 21 Åmål Tel: +46 (0) 532-171 07 www.amal.se
Local Artists/ Crafts people
Carlén, Björn artist	Nolbygatan 5 662 33 Åmål 0532-141 91 www.bjorn-carlen.se
Fözö, Miklos, metal/sculpture	Bruket Fabriksvägen 2 662 95 Fengersfors 0532-233 88 www.notquite.se
Hedborg Färg&Form –decorative glass /illustration	Torggatan 1 662 31 Åmål 0532-109 04 www.fargoform.se
Kälvelid, Stig photographer	Bruket Fabriksvägen 2 662 95 Fengersfors 070-638 91 32 www.kalvelid.se
Loh, Petra, artist	Österbyns Missionshus 662 95 Fengersfors 0532-233 44 www.petraloh.com
Morich, Cordula B, pottery/sculpture	Bruket Fabriksvägen 2 662 95 Fengersfors 0532-233 88 www.notquite.se
Nilsson, Allan artist	Vänersborgsvägen 8C 662 31 Åmål 0532-154 81 www.dkf.se
Ohlsson, Lars-Erik, artist	Nya Örnäsgatan 29 662 31 Åmål 0532-160 12 www.larserikohlsson.se
Palm, Malin, artist	Stora Bodane 142 662 98 Tösse 0532-240 41 www.malinpalm.com
Sangwill, Jack, artist	Camillagatan 9 662 37 Åmål 0532-500 34 www.galleri-tuppen.com
Stålhandske, Mikael, artist	Spakebol 2151 662 91 Åmål 0532-152 82 www.mikaelstalhandske.se
Wijk, Sanna, pottery	Bruket Fabriksvägen 2 662 95 Fengersfors 070-24 26 195 www.sannawijk.com

Historical Attractions

Rock carvings, ancient monuments
Ruins from the Bronze and Iron Ages can be found in Ånimskog, Yttre Bodane and Tösse
Separate leaflets at tourist office.
(You’ll need a car to get to these mouments. Check at the tourist office)

Library

Åmåls Bibliotek
Tel +46 (0)532-171 48 30
Kungsgatan 20
(You can use the computers here and also find tourist information, books, DVD’s and CD’s. The art hall is in the same building)

Museums and community centres

Edsleskogs Prästgård/
Fryxellsgården
Tel: +46 (0) 532-500 23 or
+46 (0) 532-510 88
Anders Fryxell, well known historian and composer of Värmland’s song was born here in 1795.

Industrimuseet CW Thorstensons Mek.verkstad, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 532-158 20
At C W Thorstenson´s Mechanical Workshop you can see how a family lived and worked in the 1920s. The workshop is preserved as it was originally in 1918. The machines are driven by an electric motor via belt drive. In the workshop there are many hand tools and a forge. The small office and the family´s one room plus kitchen contain furniture and other articles from the period.

Salebols Sockenstuga, Ånimskog
This building was used as a mission hall for 117 years before it was renovated in the middle of the 1990s. At the north end of the building there is a unique out-building referred to as the church stalls. This is where the horses were kept while services were held in the mission hall.

Snarhögsgården and Örnäsparken, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 532-158 20
www.amal.se
An old Dalsland country manor with roots from 1805. The extravagant house is beautifully-located in Örnäsparken surrounded by nine wooden buildings.

Tollebols Kvarn, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 532-170 98
A water mill from the 1870s with a preserved water wheel, water race and mill pond. There’s also a café opened during the summer where you can relax in the beautiful setting beside the rushing water.

Torpet Petersburg,
Edsleskog
Tel: +46 (0) 532-500 23 or +46 (0) 532-510 88
Small farm from the 1840s. Petter Pettersson, who went under the name of “Dövepetter” (Deaf Peter) was the owner. One of Petter’s granddaughters lived here as late as 1957.

Åmåls Hembygdsmuseum
Tel: +46 (0) 532-158 20
Unique collections that recreate everyday life from the early 1900s. Among the settings are a doctor’s surgery, cake shop and dentist’s surgery.

Åmåls Järnvägsmuseum JÅÅJ – Åmål Railroad Museum
Tel: +46 (0) 532-154 28
In the engine shed at Åmål Östra there is a display of railway artifacts associated with JAG and Åmål, but also material from SJ, BJ (Bergslagernas Järnvägar) and DJ (Dalslands Järnväg). Steam train rides during the summer and also by special arrangement.

Ånimskogs Hembygdsgård, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 532-251 76.
The manor building was purchase at auction at Stora Strand. The first small house that was constructed was a timbered “secret house”, better known as an outside toilet, from Vingnäs. Ånimskogs Handicraft Association now has exhibitions and a sales outlet there.

Årbols Skolmuseum, Ånimskog (School Museum)
Tel: +46 (0) 532-251 24
Årbols Skolmuseum is one of the largest school museums in Sweden and has an extensive collection of school related objects from the 1800s to the present. Located on Route 45 between Mellerud and Åmål.

Theatre

Karlbergsteatern, Åmål
Tel: +46 (0) 532-108 48
Annual visit by the Gothenburg Opera. The high school has regular concerts, music and dance arrangements.
www.karlbergsgymnasiet.se