Salå - Dala-Floda, St Olav Rombo Way Stage 10

Walk along the beautiful river Västerdalälven, on small paths in the woods and along an old embankment. On this stage you walk between the former train station by Salå and the village of Dala-Floda, that Carl von Linné called “Dalarnas pleasure garden”. The stage offers easy walking, and you can also split the stage by staying overnight in the cottage in Prästbuo.

At Dala-Floda you walk over the famous church bridge. Measuring 158 metres it is Sweden’s longest wooden bridge for road traffic. Old “faluröd” red houses line the roads and you can experience handicrafts, folk dancing, traditional fiddle playing, beautiful traditional costumes or opera. The timber rafting museum tells of the time that the river was used for floating timber downstream.

The stage finish at Floda church.

Walk in the footsteps of the pilgrims

Romboleden (Rombo Way) is a pilgrimage route that people began using in the 11th century. The Romboleden is Sweden’s longest pilgrimage route at 900 kilometres long. It starts in Köping in Västmanland and finishes in Trondheim on the Norwegian Atlantic coast. If you walk the entire trail, you will experience a beautiful and varied landscape. You will walk on old chalet paths, over mountains with magnificent vistas and along narrow country gravel roads. You will find easy one-day walks with cafés along the way, and long treks that take several days. The route often passes through small villages.

Would you like to walk with a Pilgrim’s Passport and collect stamps from each stage? The medieval Pilgrim’s Passport allowed a pilgrim to walk in the whole of Europe without being stopped by rules or boundaries. These days it is just a nice memento. The Pilgrim’s Passport can be collected at several stage starting points and from the web page of Rombo Way.