Grythyttan

Grythyttan is a small mining village that became, improbably, the centre of Swedish restaurant training. The Gastgivaregard, an inn licensed since 1640 and rebuilt in the eighteenth century, was restored by Carl Jan Granqvist from the 1970s and turned into a serious restaurant; from that grew Måltidens Hus and the Orebro University campus that trains cooks, sommeliers and restaurant managers here, with a large wine cellar and a culinary library. The village itself is timber houses round a square in old iron country. Måltidens Hus was built as the Swedish pavilion for the 1992 Seville expo and moved here afterwards.

Background

Grythyttan is a locality of Hällefors Municipality in Örebro County, in the province of Västmanland, and in 2010 it had 891 residents on 1.52 square kilometres. It lies between two lakes, Torrvarpen and Sör-Älgen. In the 1980s the pop group ABBA were guests at the Gästgivargård. The university school's full name is the Grythyttan School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Meal Science. The village also has a Cookbook museum, the Cornelis Vreeswijk museum and pub, the garden furniture maker Grythyttan Stålmöbler and the Neerings ice cream and chocolate factory. The church, Grythyttans kyrka, dates from 1630, is well preserved and is often used for special occasions.

Source: Wikipedia, "Grythyttan"

The main sights

• An inn licensed since 1640 - restored and running as a restaurant.
• A university restaurant campus - cooks and sommeliers trained here.
• Maltidens Hus - the 1992 Seville expo pavilion, moved and rebuilt.
• A timber village in iron country - the setting for all of it.

When to go

May to September; restaurants run year round. Half a day.

Good to know

Restaurants need booking, particularly at weekends. The campus is a working school, not a visitor attraction. The village is small with little else. A car is essential.

Nearby

Loka Brunn is close; Hallefors and Bergslagen are around.

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