Here, you are greeted by a culturally and historically rich environment with wooden buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, along with several industrial remnants along the Röttleån ravine. The oldest known records of mills in the stream date back to 1279. Count Per Brahe the Younger became the owner of Röttle village in 1641. He invested in expanding the water power and developed an industrial village with a series of workshops along the stream, including a weapons forge. Other facilities included a fulling mill, powder mill, hammer forge, polishing mill, drilling works, and a paper mill.

Two mills still remain: Jerusalem’s Mill, parts of which date back to the Middle Ages, and Rasmus’s Mill. Mill tours can be booked through the Grenna Museum.

Röttlestream

As the stream flows through Röttle’s hilly terrain, it forms a waterfall beautifully situated in a lush ravine. The fall is about 12 meters high and continues down toward Lake Vättern through several smaller rapids and falls.

The stream flows into Lake Vättern, where you’ll also find Röttle Harbor with the old steamboat pier, where steamboats docked until the 1930s.

At the far end of the pier, there is a swimming platform for those who want to take a refreshing dip in Lake Vättern.

You can also swim or skip stones along the shoreline, where the stones are perfectly shaped for the task.