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Örebro
The lively and youthful town of ÖREBRO lies on the shores of the country's fourth
largest lake, Hjälmaren, roughly two-thirds of the way between Stockholm and
Karlstad and around 110km north of Vadstena. Örebro's development was dictated by
its important strategic position: the main route from southwest Sweden to Stockholm,
King Erik's Way, ran right through the centre, where a build-up of gravel made the
river fordable (Örebro means “gravel bridge”). The heart of Örebro comes as a pleasant
surprise, its much-fortified thirteenth-century castle forming a magnificent backdrop
to the water-lily-studded Svartån River . Aside from the town-centre attractions, there
are a couple of fun trips you can make by bike, namely to the Naturens hus nature
centre, just east of town on the shores of Hjälmaren, and to Tysslingen lake , a few
kilometres west; in late March, several thousand whooper swans settle here for two or
three weeks to feed on their way up to northern Finland and make spectacular viewing
from the lakeside (binoculars are essential).
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Örebro Castle
Entry on tours only: mid-June to mid-Aug daily in English at 2pm • 70kr
The town's first defensive fort was built after a band of German merchants settled here
in the thirteenth century, attracted by rich iron ore deposits. It was enlarged in the
fourteenth century by King Magnus Eriksson, who lived here; Gustav Vasa's son Karl
IX added fortifications and then, following in the footsteps of Vasa's other sons, turned
Svampen (watertower)
Resecentrum
Train & Bus Station
ACCOMMODATION
Behrn
Best Western City
Clarion Örebro
Elite Stora
First Örebro
Gustavsvik Camping
Livin
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6
5
3
1
7
2
CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
A mano
Ågatan 3 Bar & Matsal
Bara Vara
Brasserie Rendezvous
Den Danske Kroen
Efesos
Saigon
Wobbler
4
2
5
7
1
8
6
3
Konsthall
Castle
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Nicolai kyrka
Boat Trips
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HAMNPLAN
Stadsparken
Wadköping
STOR-
TORGET
OSKARS-
TORGET
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BARS
Bishops Arms
Harry's
Pitchers
Stallyktan
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4
3
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250
ÖREBRO
metres
 
 
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