Tyresta nationalpark

Just two miles southeast of Stockholm city center is Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve. With its unique primeval forest, its clear forest lakes and a large number of unusual plants and animals, it is a gem in Haninge's nature. The forest is home to huge trees that are 400 years old and rare lichens, wood fungi, mosses and beetles. In the summer of 1999, the eastern part of Tyresta was hit by one of the largest Swedish forest fires in modern times. Today, the fire area is an exciting field of work for researchers, and a few years after the fire, the Tyresta fly was found here, a new species for the world. At the entrance to the national park in the south is Tyresta village, a well-preserved village from the 18th and 19th centuries. The village is the starting point for many of the hiking trails in Tyresta. Tyresta is managed by the Tyresta Foundation.