Hikers at Angarnssjöängen Natur Reserve
Take a tour along Sjöängsslingan to experience the bird life at thelak meadow.
Angarnssjöängen Nature Reserve
Angarnssjöängen Nature Reserve
The ruins of Össeby church, dating back to the 15th century.
Cultural landscape on Roslagsleden stage 3

Roslagsleden stage 3 Örsta-Lövhagen

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County: Stockholms län
71.82 km away from you

Trail details

Length 15.8 km
Time 240
Difficulty Blue - medium

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Description

This stage takes you past one of Stockholm County's most important bird lakes and continues through open landscapes, cultural areas and forests with interesting bogs around Brottby.

The stage starts at Örsta and Angarnssjöängen Nature Reserve, which is easy to get to by public transport. In addition to exciting bird life at the lake meadow, there is also one of the county's largest rock carvings from the Bronze Age. The carving shows horses, carts and two ships, the upper one is 3.65 meters long. The nature reserve has several rest areas with wind shelter, tent site, fireplace, wood storage, toilet and lookout tower.

From Angarnssjöängen Nature Reserve, the Roslagsleden trail continues through the agricultural landscape to Össeby IP with shower, toilet and the opportunity to fill up on drinking water. There is also a cozy barbecue area here.

In Brottby community, there is a grocery store, gas station and local history museum with a Sunday café open in the summer on certain occasions. Roslagsleden also crosses Långhundraleden at the bridge in Brottby. At that time, the most important shipping route for Vikings between Uppsala and the Baltic Sea, today one of Uppland's longest paddle routes peppered with attractions.

From Brottby you can make several detours from the trail in environments rich in ancient history. Nearby are runestones, burial grounds and other remains that testify to the historical importance of the place next to Långhundraleden. Össeby church ruins date back to the Middle Ages, while Össeby-Garn church was built as early as the 13th century. Next to the church is the Vallentuna school museum and the Toftesta holme bathing area. At Vada sjökullar there are chieftain graves from the late Iron Age and a species-rich flora.

The Roslagsleden trail continues north from Brottby on forest-lined gravel roads and paths past Römossen and Långmossen with their wetlands and exciting flora and fauna.

The stage ends in Lövhagen next to the bus stop and near the Brollsta golf course.

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Activities And Facilities

Rest areas

Angarnssjöängen Shelter, tent site, fireplace, firewood, benches, toilet.

Össeby IP Fireplace, benches.

Drinking water

Össeby IP Outdoor water tap. Available all year round, around the clock.

Vallentuna IP Outdoor water tap. Available all year round, 24 hours a day.

Toilet

Vallentuna IP Available all year round during the day.

Angarnssjöängen Available all year round.

Bath

Vallentuna IP Shower, changing rooms, sauna. Available all year round weekdays 9-21 and weekends 9-17. Closed Christmas and New Year.

Össeby IP Showers, changing rooms, toilet. Available all year round during daytime.

Toftesta holme Outdoor swimming pool, sandy beach, jetty, accessible bathing ramp.

Service

Brottby Grocery store, pizzeria, gas station, kiosk.

Gravel roads, forest paths, pedestrian and cycle paths.

Slightly hilly terrain.

Cow paddocks is passed in Angarnssjöängens nature reserve, make sure to close gates after you.

Partly wet terrain around Römossen and Långmossen.

Angarnssjöängens nature reserve in Örsta Max 72 hours.

Brottby trafikplats Max 24 hours on weekdays, no time limit on weekends.

Public transport SL-Storstockholms lokaltrafik

Nearest bus station at stage start: Örsta

Closest bus station at the end of the stage: Lövhagen

The trail is marked by a band of orange painted on the trees. Occasionally signposts also guide the way and give distances. You´ll find an information board at the start and end of every stage.

As a hiker, you have a responsibility to be considerate and helpful to others who share the trail with you and to find out about local regulations that apply where you want to hike.

When you are in the countryside along the Roslagsleden trail, the Right of Public Access applies, which means both obligations and rights for you as a hiker.

Take your rubbish home with you.

Preferably use the toilets and outhouses along the trail. If you need to relieve yourself in nature, move away from the trail and rest areas and choose a place far from water bodies. Dig a pit, do your business, cover the pit. Take toilet paper and wet wipes home in a plastic bag.

Remember to start fires only in official fireplaces. Do not start a fire if there is a fire ban. Find out if there is a fire ban here or in the Fire Risk Out app

Respect that you are walking on someone else's land and that there may be rational agriculture and forestry along the trail.

Along the coast and in some lakes and rivers along the Roslagsleden trail, fishing is permitted if you have a fishing license. [Here you can buy a fishing license digitally (https://www.ifiske.se/fiskekort-sportfiskekortet-stockholm.htm)

The Roslagsleden trail passes several nature reserves with protected nature where special rules apply. You can read more at Naturvårdsverket and Länsstyrelsen.

On the third stage of the Roslagsleden trail you walk in Angarnssjöängen nature reserve with special regulations.