The winding roads from road 55 towards Wik castle is bordered by several rune stones. Some of them stand in their original locations. As visible today, as to those who passed by a thousand years ago.
Not far from Balingsta, a mighty 2.5 meter high rune stone stands on the north side of the road. It is Böksta stone - famous for its hunting motif of a skier with a bow and arrow, a horseman with a sword and a hunting falcon. The rune stone has no crosses or other Christian symbols.
The Skier is Sweden's oldest preserved depiction of a skier (the oldest painted skier is no more than two miles away). in Österunda.)
