Västmanland

This is where Sweden dug deep: for ore, for heat, for survival. Västmanland is part of Bergslagen, the historic mining district that shaped Sweden’s industrial backbone. The land shows it. Slag heaps, forest shafts, smelting towers. The city of Västerås sits at the edge of Lake Mälaren — a city shaped by trade, energy and steady work. Inland, the landscape shifts. You move through deep forest, past black lakes and quiet trails. Old power stations. Saunas built by welders. Places that do what they were made to do. The region doesn’t announce itself. But it holds. You come, you stay, you notice the ground. And that’s enough.