Exhibition: Particularly Healthy and Well

Discover Hjo’s bathing culture from more than a hundred years ago, and the healthful way of life it offered. Guided by photographs and an advertising booklet from 1899, we gain an insight into Hjo’s pride for more than 50 years: Hjo Water Cure Institution.

About Hjo Water Cure Institution

Hjo Water Cure Institution opened in 1878. A large bathing park was laid out, and over the following years several villas with guest rooms were built for visitors to the spa. Among other things, guests were prescribed natural and artificial health waters, mud baths, tar baths and electrical treatments. But a visit to the spa was not all deprivation. Guests went on excursions or relaxed in the Society Salon. If they were not strolling in the bathing park, they might play lawn tennis with willing opponents. At the Bellevue bathing restaurant, they enjoyed good three-course dinners and the view.