Discover Heby

When planning a stay in Heby, cultural history, cycling and outdoor activities offer different ways to shape your trip. The information below ranges from a dated altarpiece to brickmaking and routes with specific lengths.

Church art and brickmaking history

Västerlövsta Church was built in the late 15th century. The church houses a renowned altarpiece dating from 1520. The construction period and the date of the altarpiece provide two distinct historical reference points: the period when the church building was created and a dated piece of its furnishings. This offers a specific point of interest for anyone interested in church art. The Heby Brickworks Museum explores a different subject: the history of brick production.

The Heby Brickworks Museum is housed in a former brewery building made from hand-crafted bricks from Juhlins brickworks. Juhlins was one of the oldest brickworks in Heby and closed around 1900. The museum’s permanent exhibition explains how bricks were made. The building and exhibition therefore relate to the subject of bricks in different ways: the material defines the building, while the exhibition explains the production process.

Tant Fridas stig, a sculpture park with a walking path, lies next to the museum and extends along both banks of the Örsundaån. Visitors can walk or sit there and view numerous expressive animal sculptures by Sonja Pettersson: dogs and cats. The walking path and sculptures give the place two connected focal points—outdoor activity and appreciation of art.

Cycling and outdoor activities

Tegeltrampet is a mountain bike race held annually in Heby in late summer or early autumn. Adults and young people up to the age of 16 can take part. The three distances are 10, 20 and 40 kilometres; the race follows forest trails. The different lengths make the route options easy to distinguish, while the mountain bike format and forest-trail course are common to all of them. As the event takes place annually, check the specific date before your trip.

Tegelspåret is a separate route, eight kilometres long, in Heby. It runs along roads, footpaths and cycle paths, and starts and finishes at Heby Arena. Another place for outdoor activity is Elljusspåret, a lit exercise trail just north of Heby. It is 2.5 kilometres long and has lighting and a warming hut. The distances help you assess the scale of each route; they also differ in format: Tegelspåret runs along roads, footpaths and cycle paths, while Elljusspåret is a lit exercise trail with a warming hut. Heby AIF’s mountain bike trails start at the ski lodge in Heby.

Sports facilities and practical information

The popular Heby Arena, centrally located in Heby, has an indoor swimming pool, a well-equipped gym and sports halls available for hire. If you are planning to swim, work out or hire a sports hall, check the current options in advance, as facilities and hire arrangements may change.

Visitors to the library in Heby can use the public Wi-Fi. If you are relying on it, check the latest service information before your visit, as library services may change. Together with the cultural and outdoor activities described above, this gives you a practical basis for deciding what to focus on during your stay.

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