Discover Hoting: prehistory, vehicles and local history

Hoting spans everything from prehistory and archaeological traces to vehicles, historic buildings and dated inaugurations. If you are looking for a hotel in Hoting, your main interests can guide your travel plans. The museum, archaeological site, walking trail and historical dates each offer a different focus.

Prehistory and archaeological traces

Hoting Forntid is a small prehistory museum on the grounds of Hoting’s campsite. Knortmon offers a different focus: this archaeological site with pitfall traps lies on a gravel ridge beside Lake Hoting. The two places therefore differ in their very nature—a small museum on a campsite and an archaeological site by the lake.

At Knortmon, wheelchair users can follow the prepared footpath as far as the edge of the pitfall traps. A Viking house stands beside the path. Together with its location by Lake Hoting, these features give the archaeological site a distinct setting. If you are interested in prehistory, you can decide when planning whether the museum or the pitfall traps and path at Knortmon should be the main focus.

Vehicles and historical dates

The Ivars Car Museum in Hoting displays almost a hundred cars and around forty motorcycles. The museum also has model cars. This gives it a focus on vehicles that clearly sets it apart from the prehistoric themes at Hoting Forntid and Knortmon. The figures for cars and motorcycles are stated with different degrees of precision: almost a hundred cars and around forty motorcycles.

Hoting’s historic buildings and inaugurations also offer different points of reference in time. Valågården was built around 1848. Hoting Church was inaugurated by Bishop Bengt Hallgren in 1986; Hotingtravet is another dated site, inaugurated on 12 August 1967. These dates do not refer to the same kind of event: Valågården’s date refers to its approximate construction period, while the dates for the church and Hotingtravet refer to their respective inaugurations. This makes it possible to distinguish the historical reference points by what they describe, rather than treating them as equivalent dates.

Walking trail and getting there

The Lojsinit walking trail is near Hoting’s campsite and forms an approximately three-kilometre loop around the lake. Its approximate length and circular route describe two specific features of the trail. This sets Lojsinit apart from Knortmon, where the archaeological site, pitfall traps and prepared footpath are the main focus. If you want to include a walk in your stay, Lojsinit offers a clearly defined loop, while Knortmon has a different thematic focus.

You can travel by train from Östersund to Hoting on the Inlandsbanan. Check the current timetable for your travel date before including this rail option in your journey plans.

This offers a simple comparison to help you choose what to focus on during your trip: Knortmon is known for its archaeological traces and footpath, the Ivars Car Museum for cars, motorcycles and model cars, and Lojsinit for its approximately three-kilometre loop. Valågården, Hoting Church and Hotingtravet add historical dates of different kinds. You can use these distinctions as a starting point for planning your stay in Hoting around your interests.

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