Strosa is a free web app (PWA) for self-guided walking tours in Mjölby, Norra Vi, Kinda, Mullsjö, Värnamo and the surrounding Östergötland countryside. Explore 49 sights, buildings, people and historic events one place at a time — with an interactive map, walking routes, collectible stamps and quizzes.
MjölbyLocality · An old mill village on the Svartån that became a railway hub and the regional centre of south-west Östergötland.
SvartånWaterway · The river whose rapids gave Mjölby its mills — and its very reason to exist.
Mjölby kyrkaChurch · The town church on the village's highest point, with a medieval tower that survived the great fire of 1771.
Mjölby järnvägsstationStation · The station that turned a mill village into a railway junction and regional hub.
Mjölby Stadshotell (gamla Järnvägshotellet)Hotel · A timber hotel opposite the station, built just after the railway arrived in 1873.
Stora TorgetSquare · The village's historic heart, by the old crossroads toward Småland.
Mjölby hembygdsgård (Norrgårdsholmen)Museum & heritage · Falu-red museum houses on an island in the river, with a fine marquetry collection.
Galleria KvarnenTrade & commerce · The town's shopping gallery, its name a nod to the milling heritage.
Gamla Stadshuset / Stadshuset i MjölbyBuilding · The town hall by the gallery and library; a Carl Milles sculpture stands at the entrance.
KvarnparkenCafé & restaurant · A riverside park and venue with a restaurant, pub and the statue of Skånska Lasse.
Konditori HörnetCafé & restaurant · A cosy, central classic patisserie next to the library.
Linds (bageri & konditori)Café & restaurant · Café and patisserie with its own bakery in Galleria Kvarnen.
Skånska Lasse (Theodor Lorentz Larsson)Person · Rural comedian and songwriter, a Mjölby resident for most of his life.
Statyn av Skånska LasseArt & statue · A statue in Kvarnparken of the town's beloved rural comedian.
Skånska Lasses husBuilding · The modest home where Skånska Lasse lived with his family.
Potatisrondellen (Mjölbypotäten)Art & statue · The town's most talked-about symbol: a giant King Edward potato in a roundabout.
Mjölby Intarsia / Fanerami ABIndustry & business · The marquetry firm that clad ocean liners and bank palaces in inlaid wood.
Ols Möbler (idag Mio Mjölby)Industry & business · A furniture dynasty founded in 1887 and still run by the same family.
Mjölby Bryggeri (historiskt)Industry & business · The town's old brewery, later focused on small-beer and soft drinks.
Mjölby UngdomsmusikkårMarching band · One of Sweden's foremost and largest youth wind orchestras.
Mjölby StadsmusikkårMarching band · A symphonic wind band with roots in the labour movement.
Carl Milles-skulptur (dansande figurer), StadshusetArt & statue · A sculpture by the world-famous Carl Milles outside the town hall.
Statyn 'Det kom en gång en mjölnare'Art & statue · A riverside sculpture honouring Mjölby's miller and milling heritage.
Bjälbo kyrkaChurch · The Folkung dynasty's manor church and Birger jarl's country — with a mighty medieval tower.
Birger jarl (Birger Magnusson)Person · The Folkung dynasty's most famous son, often counted as Stockholm's founder — born in Bjälbo.
Ingrid YlvaPerson · Birger jarl's legendary mother, linked to Bjälbo's church tower.
Högbystenen (Ög 81)Rune stone · One of Sweden's foremost runestones, second in Östergötland only to the Rök stone.
SkänningeLocality · One of Sweden's oldest towns and a medieval power centre, today part of Mjölby municipality.
Skänninge möte 1248Event · A church council that introduced priestly celibacy and strengthened the Church in Sweden.
Vårfrukyrkan ('Garpekyrkan'), SkänningeChurch · The German merchants' mighty brick church — one of few large medieval brick churches in Östergötland.
S:ta Ingrids klosterruinMonastery ruin · Sweden's first convent for women (Dominican).
S:t Olofs kloster & Petrus de DaciaMonastery ruin · The Dominican friary in Skänninge where 'Sweden's first author' worked.
Adolf Fredrik LindbladPerson · Composer born in Skänninge, 'the Swedish Schubert', teacher of Jenny Lind.
Lindbladsparken & bysten av A.F. LindbladArt & statue · A park in Skänninge with a bust of composer Adolf Fredrik Lindblad.
Ture Lång (Rolandsstaty), SkänningeArt & statue · A steel giant on Skänninge's square, a symbol of justice in the medieval German tradition.
Svaneholms borgruinCastle ruin · The ruins of a 14th-century castle on a headland in Lake Kilarpesjön.
Öjebro stenvalvsbroBridge · An old stone-arch bridge in the former mill village of Öjebro.
Stadsbranden 1771Event · The fire that almost wiped out the mill village — and lets us know its medieval layout today.
Dackefejden i Mjölby (1542–43)Event · Mjölby was the northernmost point reached by the Småland rebels of the Dacke War.
Mjölby AI FF / VifolkavallenSport · The town's football club, with its home ground at Vifolkavallen.
Fem blev en — Mjölby kommun (1971)Event · In 1971 the towns of Mjölby and Skänninge and three rural municipalities were merged into today’s Mjölby Municipality.
Mejeriet (Kanikegatan)Building · Mjölby’s old dairy on Kanikegatan, in operation from around 1900 to 1961 and later rebuilt as a community hall.