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Dizzyhead Says: It is one of the earliest castles in Sweden and some parts are from 1300-hundreds. Erik XIV was a prison in this castle and during 1918-1926 the builders made many changes at the castle. You can rent Rikssalen for different parties or conferences. You can also get a guide...
sim1 Says: Next to the Town Hall you can find the Västerås museum of art (Västerås Konstmuseum). The museum is located in the old court house of 1860. The museum exhibitions mainly cover contemporary Swedish and Nordic art. I haven't been into the museum myself, so I can't tell you...
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Kajens fik.: Have a ice cream in the harbour.
Dizzyhead Says: Here they serve very good ice cream. I have just bought one here so I have not so much to say about this place. It is nice to buy an ice cream here and sit outside to eat it, because you have the harbour there and all the boats. A really hot summer day many people will sit...
Kåren.: The student place/pub.
Dizzyhead Says: Well, this is a special for students, but everybody can come here and eat and have a cup of coffee. I would recommend the good sandwiches they make here. It is not an expesive place at all, so if you are a backpacker, I recommend you to go here and have breakfast or a...
Bill & Bob's: Another pub, another beer
MickeH Says: Much like most other restaurants/pubs you will find around squares everywhere.Not that I did any extensive research, but it seemed more croweded than Bellman when I was there.And by this time of day it was all in the shade so I choose Bellman, but I heard this might be a...
MickeH Says: This restaurant / pub has a big outdoors serving area in the summer and is situated on the main square in Västerås. The Plan:So if you are wandering about Västerås downtown and suddenly feel that familiar thirst, pop in for a pint of Murphys Stout. Sit back and enjoy the...
Dizzyhead Says: Here at the trainsstation you have shops where you can buy your things for the trip. There is also a café here and they sell some kind of food. This is also the same place as the bus station in Västerås.
Sjalen Says: Västerås is one of the two train making cities in Sweden (the other being Kalmar with less and less production) and you will see the evidence in the form of modern sheds along the tracks. ABB has given way to Bombardier and what better way to arrive than by train. Around an...
Dizzyhead Says: Designtorget is a very trendy shop and you can find this shop all over Sweden, mostly in all the bigger cities. This shop helps people or designers to sell theoir products in this shop. many new designers start their career here with things they have made by their hands. And...
DesignTorget.: Find something odd here!
Dizzyhead Says: This shop sells trendy and interesting things. Just check it in!!! Here you can find everything and verystrange things. I f you plan to go to a birthdy and dont know what to buy, check this shop first. If you visit a person you dont like so much, here you canfind odd gifts...
Do you wanna take an art walk?
Dizzyhead Says: Now Västerås Konstmuseum has constructed a web page where you can check all arts like statues and similiar things in Västeras. You can go to the web page and check who has done what and where special art things are in Västerås. Very effective thing. You get all information...
Laura_Mexico Says: In Sweden there is this monopoly exercised by the government on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the country. The prices of the hard liquors are very high due to the heavy taxes that these beverages are charged with.In Vasteras, you can only buy high-alcohol-content...
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Miscellaneous:
The daylight hours (hours between sunrise and sunset) vary a lot between the winter and summer months. People may expect to see the midnight sun during the summer, because they are in Scandinavia. But this is not true for Västerås, because you are not far enough north in the country.
In December you will only have 6 hours to enjoy the day. The sun will get up around 8:30 in the morning but is already setting again before 3 o'clock in the afternoon and that doesn't leave you that much time to do some sightseeing.
In June it is a totally different world, and I love this time of year. Around the longest day (21 June) you will experience the long looooong days! There are 18,5 hours of daylight during those days, the day seems to last forever. The only disadvantage is when you are a light sleeper, as the night only last 5,5 hours.
Average hours of daylight:
Jan 6,9
Feb 9,3
Mar 11,8
Apr 14,5
May 17
Jun 18,6
Jul 17,9
Aug 15,5
Sep 12,9
Oct 10,2
Nov 7,7
Dec 6,1
Written Mar 2, 2004
kbr61263 Says: The thing I enjoyed most in my summer trip to vasteras was getting out int the woods and collecting berries, wild raspberries, alpine strawberries, red currants, lingon berries. all sorts of things. then taking them back t my friends place and cooking/eating them! yummy
Do you want to know more about Vikings?
sim1 Says: I am rather fascinated by the Vikings and the traces that they left here in Sweden. Maybe it is because I live so close to a Viking site that I am so intrigued by it. Here are some links to my and Åkes pages where we have written a bit more about the Vikings:-...
Dizzyhead Says: Here you watch the local football team Västerås SK when they play. They play now 2006 in the next highest division in the Swedish football league. It is called Superettan. Money to buy a hot sausage in the break if you usually get hungary. And maybe a hot cup of coffee to...
Dizzyhead Says: This is a handball tournament for young boys and girls. The tournament begins after the handball season and usually it is beginning of April and it is played in handball stadiums around Västerås. When you go to these games you dont ned nothing with you. Usuallly the...
Dizzyhead Says: Västerås Sk plays in green and white clothes and for the moment they play in the second highest division in Sweden. Their home stadium is Sweden Arena in Rocklunda, not far away from the university in Västerås. When you go and watch Västerås SK at Swedbank arena, you dont...
Dizzyhead Says: It is a festival or a meeting with cars from the fifties. Around 250 000 visitors come from around 40 different countries. It is very difficult to find an acommodation this weekend when it is held. The best day is Friday, and I was there a Thursday, so I made a very big...
Walking on the streets of the old city
Petruta Says: I liked a lot this city. It's not very big, but, on the way to the center i saw a part of the old and historical neighbourhood. There were some nice houses with worm colours, trees in the yard and flowers around. Sharing it with a good friend.
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I was only one day in Västerås as I was really heading for Stockholm and a Black Sabbath concert. But my mate lives in Västerås so we stayed there the day before the concert and warmed up a bit. So...
I came to this small town exclusively to visit a very dear friend of mine; she's Mexican but lives here since a couple of years ago because this is where the love of her life lives as well.... I was...
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