Sollerön - Mora, St Olav Rombo Way Stage 16

Follow Mora’s old streets from Mora church and the lakeside of Siljan. See the big Dala Horse at Saxviken and the Vasa Monument where Gustav Vasa is said to have hidden in a cellar.

The trail is easily walked and runs along small roads and country roads past fields and copses. Be careful on the bridge from Sollerön as walkers and drivers share the road.

In the middle of Sollerön is the church, the school and the parsonage. Sollerö church is one of the few in the country with two churches in one: Major Church and Minor Church. In the Minor church there is a statue of the island’s saint Malin, who cared for the sick during the Black Death. Her grave is called Malibambo, “Malin’s 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.