Husbyring

12km/7.5mi northeast of Hedemora (Road 270), on the Dalälv, is the village of Näsgård, starting-point of the round trip (35km/22mi) known as the Husbyring: Husby Kungsgården, where the first mining rights in the Falu mines were granted in 1347 - Stjärnsund, on Lake Grycken. There was an iron foundry in operation here until 1942. Manufacture of the Stjärnsund clocks, originally made by Christoffer Polhem (1661-1751); museum. Sylvhytteå, with an old iron foundry (restored). -Högsta-Weg: stone-settings. Kloster: ruins of the Cistercian abbey of Gudsberga (1477-1538). -Then back to Näsgård.