Ekholmens gård & Ekholmen Café och Gårdsbutik

Museum, farm shop and cafe

Ekholmens Gård
Ekholmens Gård in Gunnarsnäs Socken, Municipality of Mellerud, belongs to the more peculiar in the country. The main building was built in 1799 by Lieutenant Carl Hierta, while the western wing is reportedly from 1785. The main building is timbered and has a slate-covered valmat saddle roof. The building’s facades are also shale-dressed. Taklisters, knot boxes and windows are white painted and shine effectively against the grey black slate. The portal is flanked by some strangely proportioned, versatile pillars. The royal room is named after Charles XIV Johan, who overnight here and according to tradition has been in the great imperial bed.

The Ekholmen is located in the area where Dalboslätten meets Kroppefjäll. The glacialera of Dalbo is fine agricultural land. The eastern edge of the body is included in the so-called The Dalformation is about eleven hundred million (1. 100,000,000-year-old sediment series that also contain volcanic rocks.

Ekholmen cafe and farm shop
In the grandfather building dating from 1785 there is a cafe and farm shop. In the cafe there is a lot of gophic to choose from. It also serves lighter lunches such as various pies, baking potatoes as well as their own large sandwiches with shrimp, meatballs and brie/salami. Pancakes and waffles are also on the menu. There is a wonderful veranda to sit on overlooking Kroppefjäll and a lovely surface in the garden.

They can receive about 45 people indoors and more outdoors. In the farm shop you can buy their own locally produced beef and many other products such as juice, jam, honey, rape oils, spices, crusts etc. During July – August, the museum will be displayed on Sundays at 13:00. Please call to book!

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