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characteristic white houses and i Vänersborg
fishing huts. The island can be Västergötland. Road E45. * 4,700.
reached by a 10-minute ferry £ @ ~ n Railway Station,
ride from Rönnäng on Tjörn. 0521-135 09. _ Christmas market
(Dec). ∑ visittv.se
P Carlstens Fästning
Tel 0303-602 65. Open daily. & Vänersborg is otherwise known
8 summer and by appointment. as “Little Paris” after the poems
= 7 partly. of Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929).
A statue of the local poet’s
muse, Frida, can be seen in the
u Kungälv beautiful Skräckleparken on the
lake shore, and a reconstruction
Bohuslän. E6. * 21,000. £ to
Ytterby then bus. @ k Landvetter. of his home is in Vänersborgs
n 0303-189 00. _ Medieval Festival Museum. Other museums focus
(mid-Jul). ∑ kungalv.se; on medical history, dolls and
∑ vastsverige.com sport. The town was founded
in 1644 and its Neo-Classical
Strategically located between church completed in 1784.
the Nordre Älv and Göta Älv Staircase of locks on the Trollhättan Canal,
rivers, Kungälv occupies the Environs rising 32 m (105 ft)
site of the 10th-century Viking Just over 5 km (3 miles) east of
settlement of Kongahälla. It is the town, the steeply sided hills o Trollhättan
dominated by the ruins of of Halleberg and Hunneberg Västergötland. Road E45. * 56,000.
Bohus Fästning, a fortress built rise up over the landscape. The £ @ ~  n Innovatum,
by the Norwegian King Håkon hillside forests are a nature Åkerssjövägen 10, 0520-135 09.
Magnusson in 1308. Constructed reserve featuring a large elk _ Fallens Dagar (3rd weekend in Jul).
first in wood and later in stone, population, which is the focus ∑ visittv.se
the fortress was at the frontline of an annual royal hunt.
in the constant wars between On top of Hunneberg is The opening of the Trollhättan
Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Kungajaktmuseet Älgens Berg Canal in 1800, linking Lake
At the Peace of Roskilde in 1658 where the “king of the forest” Vänern and the North Sea,
it became Swedish, but it went is presented in interactive marked the birth of Trollhättan
on to be besieged no less than displays. The intricacies of elk as an industrial town. Today,
14 times without being captured. hunting are explained and Trollhättan successfully
In 1678, 900 Swedish visitors can try their hand at combines high-tech
defenders faced 9,000 shooting an elk themselves, industries such as GKN with a
Norwegians and 7,000 German virtually of course. burgeoning film industry that
mercenaries, but still the castle has earned the town its local
didn’t fall. In the 18th century it E Vänersborgs Museum nickname, “Trollywood”.
became a prison and in 1789 all Tel 0521-600 62. Open Tue, Thu, Sat & The town’s main sight is
the towers were destroyed Sun (also Wed Jun–Aug). = 7 the waterfall area where four
apart from the main one known ∑ vanersborgsmuseum.se locks regulate the once wild
as “Fars Hatt” (Father’s Hat). E Kungajaktmuseet Älgens Berg 32-m (105-ft) high falls. In
Red-roofed Gungälv church, Hunneberg. On road 44. Tel 0521-27 summer the sluices are
situated in the market square, 00 40. Open Dec–Jan: Tue–Fri; Jun– opened several times a
dates from 1679. Aug: daily; Sep–Nov & Feb–May: Tue– week to let the mass of water
Sun. Closed some public hols. & rush freely down river.
P Bohus Fästning 8 by appointment. 9 - 0 7 The technology centre
Tel 0303-23 92 03. Open May–Sep: ∑ algensberg.com Innovatum Science Center
daily. Closed Midsummer’s Eve. & (ISC) features multi-media
8 by arrangement. exhibits on the history and
development of Trollhättan.
From the Innovatum area, a
cable car transports visitors 30
m (98 ft) above the canal to the
opposite bank. A short walk
leads to the Canal Museum.
E Innovatum Science
Center (ISC)
Åkerssjövägen 10. Tel 0520-28 94 00.
Open mid-Jun–mid-Aug: daily; other
Bohus Fästning, the impregnable 14th-century fortress at Kungälv times: Tue–Sun. & - 0 = 7

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