Grimeton Academy
Explore signals, technology, and creativity
At Grimeton Academy, children and young people can discover the World Heritage site through activities that spark curiosity in communication, technology, problem-solving, and practical skills. Here, science meets imagination – through signals, logic, observation, and working with materials, tools, and techniques.
Academy consists of several activities that make technology understandable, tangible, and fun to explore in different ways. This includes the Control Room, the Sabotage, and the Workshop – our concept for hands-on creation where children and young people get to explore materials, tools, and techniques for real.
Based on Grimeton’s unique history, we want to give the next generation the opportunity to think, test, and discover on their own.
Grimeton Academy includes:
- The Control – test logic and cooperation
- The Sabotage – follow tracks and solve missions
- The Workshop – explore materials, techniques, and hands-on creativity
Practical information
When you pay for admission or show your pre-purchased ticket, you will receive information at the Visitor Center about which activities are included in Grimeton Academy. The activities take place on-site and are suitable for children and young people of various ages.
Basic Training
The Sabotage
For the children
To avoid damage to the area, you need to be observant. In The Sabotage, your detective skills are put to the test. By finding the hidden clues left behind by the suspect, you can figure out who is behind the sabotage.
For the older ones
It’s urgent. During the night, the Alexanderson transmitter was subjected to a cunning sabotage, and we need to find the perpetrator and the motive. Some information has been secured, but also some very strange tracks. Do you have what it takes to find the saboteur?
Some waiting time before start may occur.
Accessibility
The activity takes place outdoors and indoors on flat surfaces accessible by wheelchair.
Included in admission
For children and adults
Outdoor activity
The Workshop
The Workshop is World Heritage Grimeton’s place for creation!
Here, children and young people get to work with real materials, tools, and techniques. This might involve punching metal, building something, or trying other forms of crafts. The content may vary, but the starting point is the same: to create yourself, understand more, and discover what you can actually make on your own.
The Workshop connects to Grimeton’s own history. When the radio station was built, the necessary tools weren’t always available—much had to be made on site. That spirit of ingenuity, problem-solving, and craftsmanship is what we want to pass on to future generations.
At the same time, The Workshop is a way to remind us that not everything has to be bought ready-made. By creating yourself, you awaken creativity, material understanding, and new thoughts about how we use things in our everyday lives.
The Workshop is open on selected occasions and activities. The current program can be found in our calendar.
Included in admission
The Control
In The Control, your physical skills are put to the test. In three steps, you get to test your vision, strength, and balance—something the mast workers at Grimeton have undergone since the 1920s.
In The Control, your physical skills are put to the test. In three steps, you get to test your vision, strength, and balance—something the mast workers at Grimeton have undergone since the 1920s.
Accessibility
The obstacle course is built so that children, regardless of physical ability, can play and learn. From the Visitor Centre, a wheelchair- and stroller-friendly path leads down to the obstacle course. The baking tables have been set at a height that suits everyone, and there is also an opening in the sandbox’s palisade for, for example, wheelchairs. One of the wooden playhouses has a wheelchair ramp.
Included in admission
For children
Outdoor activity