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Borås is a city of roughly 66,000 inhabitants in Västergötland, Sweden.

Understand[edit]

Borås used to be the centre of the Swedish textile industry, and is still well known for having many shops that sell high-quality textiles at low prices.

Tourist office[edit]

Get in[edit]

Map
Map of Borås

By plane[edit]

There's no airport in Borås; the nearest international airport is Gothenburg's Landvetter. It is about 60 km away and has daily flight from most European air hubs.

By train[edit]

Commuter trains from Gothenburg run about once every hour, however due to old tracks they are slower than the bus. The Kust-till-Kust (Coast-to-Coast) trains between Gothenburg and Kalmar also make a stop-over there. Then there are regional trains from Varberg and from Uddevalla via Herrljunga. From time to time there have been direct X2000 fast trains from Stockholm, but a change of trains in Herrljunga is now required.

By bus[edit]

Bus #100 is a highway express from Gothenburg with departures every half hour. Several long-distance buses also makes stop-overs here.

By car[edit]

Rout 40 leads west to Gothenburg, route 41 south to Varberg, route 27 to Växjö and Karlskrona and route 42 north to Trollhättan.

Get around[edit]

Buses are operated by Västtrafik and cover the whole city and its suburbs. However, the centre city is small enough to walk around.

See[edit]

Do[edit]

  • 1 Borås Djurpark (It's about 2 km from the centre). Sweden's second largest zoo Borås djurpark (Q3310552) on Wikidata Borås Djurpark on Wikipedia
  • Go for a walk in the city park, stadsparken, located in the city center.
  • Go for a swim in Stadsparksbadet - an indoor water park situated in stadsparken. They have a 10 m (33 ft) climbing wall and a wave pool.
  • Alidebergsbadet is a summer open outdoors pool by the zoo.
  • Watch football: IF Elfsborg play soccer in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top league tier. They often do well and qualify for European tournaments. Their home ground Borås Arena (capacity 16,000) is 2 km north of town centre. They share the ground with Norrby IF in Superettan the second tier.

Buy[edit]

  • 1 Knalleland. A big shopping center 2 km from the city center, close to the zoo.

Eat[edit]

  • 1 Babbel, Västerbrogatan 15, +46 33-133132, . Serving up Spanish beer and tapas with great atmosphere. Expect to wait for a table.
  • Café Orion, Österlånggatan 51, +46 33-41 31 86. A combination of cafe and lunch restaurant, offering both hot and cold dishes. It's one of the cheapest lunch restaurants in town. They also offer good vegetarian options.
  • 2 Viskan Café & Vinbar, Södra Strandgatan 6, +46 33-102580, . All-day upscale café and adjacent wine-bar with a nice summer terrace overlooking the river Viskan.

Drink[edit]

Although Borås might not be the best city in Sweden for drinking, it has a few places worth visiting.

  • Scandic Hotel Plaza Lounge. This hotel bar offers a relaxing atmosphere for starting the night. However not really worth making it an evening here.
  • Rådhuset Bar and club in the old town hall by the north side of the large square.
  • Bishop Arms The best place in town to drink beer. Has quite a large selection of European beer.

Sleep[edit]

Budget[edit]

  • 1 Vila Vandrarhem, Lilla Brotagan 11, +46 33-226969. Nice and clean hostel, reasonably low prices, friendly staff, free Wifi. They also have hotel across the street.

Mid-range[edit]

Splurge[edit]

Camping[edit]

  • Borås Camping, Campinggatan 25 (2 km (1.2 mi) from the city centre), +46 33-35 32 80, . The largest city camping in Sweden, open around the year. In addition to camping lots they also offer cabins and hostel rooms.

Stay safe[edit]

Go next[edit]

  • GothenburgSweden's second city, with a lot to see and experience, 70 km west
  • Jönköping — scenically set at the shore of lake Vättern, little less than 100 km east
  • Varberg — with a fortress and a world heritage listed radio station, 80 km southwest


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