Flen is a town in Södermanland County which 6,200 people call home. Flen municipality, Flens kommun, contains the surrounding countryside, with a total of 16,000 inhabitants.

Settlements

• Flen
• Malmköping
• Hälleforsnäs
• Sparreholm
• Mellösa
• Bettna

Understand

Flen grew during the early 20th century, where the Stockholm – Gothenburg rail line crossed the line between Grängesberg and Oxelösund.

Get in

• By train: Flen is at the main line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, but most trains only call at nearby Katrineholm.

See

• Swedish Urban Transport Museum. Surprisingly enough, a museum for urban rail in a small town. 

• Sparreholm Palace (Sparreholms slott). A palace with some unusual museum collections, such as an exhibition of jukeboxes. 

Do

• Prinsens araber. A stable which offers horse riding. 

• Malmabacken. A slope for downhill skiing. 

• Flens Golfklubb. A golf course. 

Eat

• Jürss mejeri. A cheese factory. 

Drink

• Blaxsta Vineyard (Blaxsta Vingård). Sweden's first winery, and one of the northernmost in the world. 

Sleep

• Yxtaholms slott (Yxtaholm Palace). A manor on an island.