Discover Bastuträsk

Bastuträsk combines hiking trails and landscapes with museums, local history and a sausage-making tradition dating back to 1894. If you’re looking for a hotel in Bastuträsk, these different themes can guide your trip planning: routes and nature reserves offer a different focus from museum collections, church art or local food culture.

Hiking Trails and Landscapes

Kyrkstigen runs from Bastuträsk via Långträsk, Kvavisträsk and Bodberg to Kläppen. The trail was already in use in the 16th century. Its sequence of places and this historical context give you two specific points of reference if you’re interested in the history of the trails.

The Rågmjölsvägen hiking trail is about 93 kilometres long and runs between Bastuträsk and Malå. The Vajsjön, Strömfors, Norravasund and Lomselet nature reserves lie along the route. The starting point for the section in the Norsjö area is at Bastuträsk railway station, where there is also an information board. So, Kyrkstigen focuses on historical use and the sequence of places, while Rågmjölsvägen focuses on its approximate length and the nature reserves along the way.

The hiking trails around Bastuträsk are marked; the network includes boardwalks, bridges, rest areas and signposts. Norakammen offers another perspective on the landscape: it is an esker formed by inland ice.

More Leisure Activities

Pumptjärn is a recreational area with a barbecue site and stocked fish. Bastuträsk also has an 18-hole disc golf course. Alongside the hiking trails, you can therefore consider a recreational area and a specific sports facility as additional options when planning your trip.

Museums, Art and Local History

The Civil Defence Museum displays objects from the period when the building served as a wartime hospital, from local businesses and shops of the time, from domestic life in the 1940s, and from the railway. The Camera Museum has a different focus: it displays more than 200 cameras and photographic objects dating from the late 19th century to the present day. Together, the two collections span everyday and local history as well as the broad history of photography.

The Civil Defence Museum offers guided tours for small and large groups. Visits to Gamla skolan, which houses the Civil Defence Museum, are available by arrangement for groups and individuals from May to August; arrange your visit before travelling. Gamla skolan also serves as a venue for homecoming days, theatre performances and music evenings.

Bastuträsk Church also offers a specific connection to the area’s art history: it has an altar window by Torsten Nordberg. Along with the museums and Gamla skolan, this work adds to the historical and cultural themes you can take into account when planning your trip.

Railway Station and Local Tradition

Bastuträsk railway station has a café serving home-baked bread and a handicraft shop. The station is also the starting point for the section of Rågmjölsvägen in the Norsjö area and has an information board. This makes it possible to consider both the route and local offerings when finding your way around the station.

Bastuträsk’s sausage-making tradition dates back to 1894. Together with the café and handicraft shop, it adds a culinary and craft connection to the area’s trails and collections.

If you’re choosing between the two hiking trails mentioned, Kyrkstigen offers historical context and a sequence of named places; for Rågmjölsvägen, the approximate distance, the endpoints of Bastuträsk and Malå, and four nature reserves are the specific points of comparison. When planning a visit to Gamla skolan and the Civil Defence Museum, take into account the available period from May to August and the need to arrange your visit in advance.

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