Flen Between Moorland Trails and Cultural History

In Flen, the trail at Hammartorpsmossen crosses a treeless, nutrient-poor bog via a boardwalk. There is an approximately 1.3-kilometre circular trail there. Flen Municipality has restored a wetland landscape at Hammartorpsmossen to help reduce the climate impact, support biodiversity and provide opportunities for recreation.

Nature and Water

The Sörmlandsleden also includes sections across wet terrain: a 100-metre-long boardwalk crosses a stream and marshland. Its connecting trail begins at Hammarvallen and continues to Harpsundsvägen. The Sörmlandsleden continues towards Lake Orrhammaren, where swimming is possible. An approximately 20-kilometre connecting trail leads from Flen to Hälleforsnäs.

The Orrestaö peninsula in Flen is located on Lake Orrhammaren, and there are two different bathing sites there. At Orrestaö, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and life jackets can be rented directly from the restaurant. The bistro at Flen Golf Club serves light lunches with a view of the lake.

Culture and History

Flen’s local history includes its railway station, dating from 1892: the station and its platform canopy are listed buildings, and the platform canopy is also included in Sweden’s register of state-listed buildings. With the expansion of the railway in the 19th century, Flen became one of the country’s most important railway junctions. The Västra stambanan was completed in 1862, and the intersecting Grängesberg–Eskilstuna–Flen–Oxelösund line in 1877.

Flen Church is a hall church with a nave, probably built in the 13th century with a low wooden ceiling. Its furnishings include two 12th-century baptismal fonts. Flen Church also has a so-called “gubbvalv”, in which the shape of the vault ribs forms grotesque figures.

The Thuleparken local heritage park is located at Flen’s highest point in the centre of the town. Thuleparken as a whole is a museum with buildings from farms in the area surrounding the central town; its collections of work tools from earlier times are on display there. Midsummer, Homecoming Day, the Glass and Jazz Festival and a Christmas market are celebrated in the park. The “Jazz och Glassfestival” event was announced for the fifth consecutive time in 2026.

The culture and literature festival in Flen is an annual joint event organised by the cultural unit, the library and the school of culture in cooperation with Litteraturutveckling Sörmland and NBV. The sculpture walk in Flen includes the work “Tonåring”, which was installed at Centralplan in Flen in 1965. The aluminium sculpture “Vertikal strävan”, with a fountain and a water basin, was installed on 15 September 1976.

Leisure

Flen’s swimming pool has a 25-metre pool with six lanes; this pool is more easily accessible via a staircase. Sagabiografen shows current films; cinema tickets can be booked via the website.

Geographical Location

According to the local tourist information office, Flen can be reached by train from Stockholm, Norrköping and Eskilstuna within an hour. The list of local destinations includes Bettna, Malmköping, Sparreholm, Flen, Mellösa and Hälleforsnäs; other destinations in the same selection are Trosa and Nyköping.

Fritidsbanken in Flen lends reused sports and leisure equipment free of charge for two weeks.

For the wider travel overview: Södermanland.