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the church, the main altar stands before a glass-decorated triptych showing the
subtle interplay between light and dark. Explore the other pieces of glass art
around the church, and take in its trio of pipe organs. Before you leave, take
a look at the ATM-like machine in the lobby that accepts donations from your
debit or credit card—the Lord moves in mysterious ways.
Linnéparken —This peaceful park beside the cathedral is dedicated to the
great Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (a.k.a. Carolus Linnaeus). It has an ar-
boretum, lots of well-categorized perennials, a cactus garden, and a children's
playground.
Sleeping in Växjö
As elsewhere in Scandinavia, hotels charge less on Friday and Saturday
nights and from late June through early August.
$$$ Elite Stadshotell is a big, modern, business-class hotel with all the
comforts in its 163 rooms. It's in a royal setting on the town's main square
(very flexible prices; in peak season usually Sb-1,000 kr, Db-1,400 kr; sum-
mer/weekends Sb-550 kr, Db-900 kr; 200 kr more for plush and newly ren-
ovated “deluxe” rooms, free Wi-Fi, park on square out front—pay by day but
free at night, about a block from the train station's main entrance at Kungs-
gatan 6, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.elite.se , [e-mail] ) .
$$HotellVärend isfriendly,comfortable, andinexpensive. Ithas24worn
but workable rooms at the edge of a residential neighborhood six blocks from
the front of the train station along Kungsgatan (Sb-550-700 kr, Db-650-850
kr, Tb-795-1,000 kr, non-smoking, elevator, free Wi-Fi, free parking, a block
beyond N. Esplanaden at Kungsgatan 27, tel. [phone], mobile
076-769-0700, fax [phone], www.hotellvarend.se , [e-mail] ).
If driving, follow Centrum signs into town from the freeway. At the Royal
Corner Hotel, turn left; 200 yards later, at the first light, turn right onto N. Es-
planaden, then left onto Kungsgatan.