25. Oxberget

Oxberget is the name of this small mountain. The name is said to have arisen when a running ox drowned here once a long time ago. Oxberget is known as a good place for perch fishing. Here, the distance across the water to Tomta on Väddö is also relatively short. Many different ways of getting across the bay have been discussed and tried over the years.

In the 1950s, the Swedish Road Administration planned to build a bridge from Oxberget to Väddö. A new road was laid out from Hallstavik, straight through Norrby and down to Oxberget, where the bridge was to be built to Tomta. However, the plans were shelved once and twice, and the village had to wait another fifty years before a permanent connection became a reality. Once the bridge was built, it ended up in a completely different place further south. The Trästa Bridge, a high bridge connecting the mainland with Väddö, was inaugurated on 28 November 1998 (see sign no. 10). Here at Oxberget, the military uses the site for exercises, where pontoon bridges are laid out for crossings to Väddö.

The winter road is plowed over the ice between Norrby and Tomta in winters when the ice is bearable. The road is marked with spruce branches so that pedestrians, tractors and cars can quickly get across to Väddö and on towards Grisslehamn.

The road that passes Oxberget was built in the 1950s from Norrbygård to the summer cottage area Sandvik , which is located a bit further ahead. When Hammarskogen was developed in 1973, a new, better road was built from the other direction, and the old road is now used only by pedestrians and cyclists, as well as riders from the stables at Norrbygård.