Sala Silver Mine

Amazing place , good place to stay all day if you want . To be inside the mine and know about the story of the workers . See what amazing work they have done. The guides that work there have a big knowledge and are dedicated to them work. Recommend this trip

Another a day excursion from Stockholm. The mine town is so beautiful. You come here and there are small architectural build up which are nice to see and experience the history. As we didn’t purchase the ticket beforehand and so we needed to wait a few hours to get another slot and so missed but then we just explored everything above the mine. Also staffs were so helpful and they explained and told the history behind the silver town.

An important part of Swedish history made available as a mine, museum and a narrated story. Most of the information is in Swedish by default. The guides are very knowledgeable and speak good English, but you need to be active yourself and ask for it.

Interesting place to visit and explore as the area around is full of wonderful remnants of mining activity like pumping houses, shaft entries, forges and etc. Visit to the mine ( we booked a guided tour) was a bit disappointing..., it was almost the exact repetition of the information we get in Falu gruva ( visited a couple of weeks ago) - Lady of the mine, hard labor, riches of the Kingdom... Aside of going down and going up by exactly the same stairs there is nothing to tell. Unfortunately. The most interesting point (for me) was a story of the "iron rod" - a mining equipment tool with which the experienced miners can define/ predict the existence of silver ore in the rock ( the sound of knock will be different), I would LOVE to see the effect demonstrated, but it wasn't...and I would suggest to add it, of course. Out of practical advice to the future visitors: 1/ no option to get a ticket on the spot ( book online and in advance on the official site). 2/ parking lot in the premises is free 3/ restaurant/ cafe serves good coffee 4/ no souvenir shop on site. Pity. I saw only an antiquarian one by the entrance. 5/ aside guided tours all other mining buildings and corners of the are are free of charge, enjoy. 6/ toilets are in the building next to queen Christina shaft.

Beautiful place and a great experience going down the mine. We took the tour with the lift since we are traveling with kids. It is a good idea to book in advance since there are not many chances to buy a ticket at the entrance. Also, the mine is cold and humid, you'll need at least 20-30 min under earth to see around and it won't be enjoyable if you are not well dressed. There is a restaurant that offers lunch and coffee. There are also some benches to eat your lunch if you brought it with you.

We had a great time here, it's definitely worth the visit. The history is interesting and the staff is very friendly. Our tour guide, Peter, was great! His tour was fun and informative, he even added theatrics and singing. And he went out of his way to translate everything to English for us.

A very interesting and unique place definitely worth visiting

we had the English tour 1 hour with Sofie.It was amazing and she was very knowledgeable.Warmly recommended and can't wait to go back and explore more.