Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Värmland
Inland from the Bohuslän coast, the landscape is dominated by the largest lake in
Western Europe,
Vänern
. Sitting proudly on the lake's northern shores, the provincial
capital of Värmland,
Karlstad
, makes an agreeable destination after seeing the
highlights of the Swedish west coast; both Route 45 and the rail network lead here
from Gothenburg. The city provides ready access to an extensive area of sweeping
forests, fertile farmland and lazy rivers once used to float timber into Vänern, and now
an excellent way of seeing this most peaceful part of western Sweden.
Karlstad
Resting elegantly on the northern shore of Lake Vänern,
KARLSTAD
is named after King
Karl IX, who granted the place its town charter in 1584. Since then, the town has been
beset by several disasters: devastating
fires
ripped through the centre in 1616 and 1729,
but it was in 1865, when fire broke out in a bakery on the corner of Östra Torggatan
and Drottninggatan, that Karlstad suffered its worst calamity; virtually the entire town,
including the cathedral, burned to the ground - of the 241 buildings that made up the
KARLSTAD
Swimming
Pool
Sundsta-tjärnet
4
G A
SUNDSTA
ACCOMMODATION
Best Western Savoy
Clarion Collection Drott
Clarion Plaza
Elite Stadshotellet
First Camp Karlstad
Skutberget
Freden
Ibis Karlstad City
Karlstad SweCamp
Bomstad-Baden
Karlstad Vandrarhem
Scandic Karlstad City
Solsta
Västra
Kyrkogården
9
10
11
5
3
8
4
2
1
6
7
Sandgrund
Värmlands
Museum
Herrgars-
parken
Gubb-
holmen
Tourist Office
& Library
Gamla
Badhuset
KLARA
Biskopsgården
N
GÖTGATS-
BRON
Våxnäs-
parken
MALM-
TORGET
Domkyrkan
HAGA
HAGA-
TORGET
Rådhuset
Sverige-Amerika
Centret
STORA-
TORGET
Båtbuss
Stop
Almen
District
TINGVALLA
Almenparken
Bus
Station
Kvarn-
bergs-
parken
Train Station
KVARNBERGSGATAN
Vasa-
lunden
Boats to
Islands
ÅLVDALSGATAN
N
Båtbuss
Stop
Wennbergs-
parken
BARS, CAFÉS &
RESTAURANTS
Båten
Bishops Arms
Fontana di Trevi
Glada Ankan
Harry's
Leprechaun
Tom-Yam
Tre Kök
Valfrids
4
1
5
3
2
6
8
9
7
VIKEN
HÖÖKSGATAN
Stadsträd-
gården
Mariebergsviken
0
200
metres
