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of Skara and of Sweden. in the the field of
Stadsparken is the site of lighting technology.
Västergötlands Museum with Gökhems Kyrka,
its local history collection, and west of the town, is
Fornbyn, an open-air museum a small Romanesque
complete with cottages showing apse church without
how people lived in the past. a tower. It dates from
the early 12th century.
Environs Inside, limestone
Axvall, 8 km (5 miles) from Skara paintings depict
on road 49, is the location of The Creation. Skulls of Stone Age inhabitants from the Falköping area in
Skara Sommarland, the largest Gudhems Falbygdens Museum
amusement park in Scandinavia, Klosterruin and
with a water park, go-kart track, Klostermuseum north of the Ahlströmer founded his textile
camp site and holiday cottages. town are the ruins of a convent factory and on the proceeds
Around 20 km (12 miles) east founded in 1160. Today it is a he built Nolhaga Slott, a manor
of Skara, Lake Hornborgasjön is museum. Karleby, to the east, which today has a zoo and
a popular resting place for birds; is one of three villages along a bird park.
every year, in March and April, road which probably existed in Alingsås Kulturhus contains
dancing cranes gather here in the Stone Age. Each farm had Alingsås Museum, an art gallery
their thousands. There is an its burial site and there are 13 and library, and organizes
observation tower and two passage tumuli here, including regular events.
information centres. one with a burial chamber 17 m
(56 ft) long. Environs
+ Skara Sommarland Gräfsnäs Slottsruin and Park
Axvall, road 49 towards Skövde. E Falbygdens Museum is a ruined castle and park on
Tel 010 708 80 00. Open Jun–Aug St Olofsgatan 23. Tel 0515-88 50 50. Lake Anten, 20 km (12 miles)
(times vary). & ∑ sommarland.se Open Tue–Fri & Sun. Closed some north of Alingsås. An exhibition
public holidays.
O Hornborgasjön describes its history. On the
Naturum Hornborgasjön, road 189. E Dalénmuseet road towards Gothenburg lies
Tel 010-224 50 10. Open daily in Stenstorp, 10 km (6 miles) N of centre. Nääs Slott, a 17th-century
season. ∑ hornborga.com Tel 0500-45 71 65. Open Mar–Sep: castle with an impressive
Tue–Sun, Jul also Mon; Oct: Sat & Sun. 19th-century interior. Here,
Closed Dec–Feb, Midsummer Eve. & the handicraft tradition of
l Falköping ∑ dalenmuseet.se western Sweden is cultivated
through events and exhibitions.
Västergötland. Road 46. * 15,000. £
n Trädgärdsgatan 27, 0515-88 70 50. z Alingsås The Midsummer celebrations
∑ falkoping.nu here are fantastic.
Västergötland. E20. * 25,000. £ @
Between the hills of n Estrad, Bryggaregatan 2, 0322-61 E Alingsås Kulturhus
Mösseberget and Ålleberg 62 00. _ Potato Festival (3rd weekend Södra Ringgatan 3. Tel 0322-61 65 98.
lies the old town of Falköping. in Jun), Ljus i Alingsås (Oct). Open hours vary. Closed some public
Of particular interest are the ∑ alingsas.se holidays. & (free on Fri). 7
12th-century church, St Olofs P Nääs Slott
Kyrka, the medieval wooden Jonas Alströmer and the textile Floda, E20, 30 km (19 miles) N of
houses and the town square, industry have, between them, Gothenburg. Tel 0302-318 39.
Stora Torget, with Ivar left their mark on Alingsås. Open winter: Mon–Fri; summer: daily.
Tengbom’s statue Venus In the early 18th century, & 8 - 0 = ∑ naas.se
Rising from the Waves (1931).
Falbygdens Museum describes
the local history.
Environs
Ekornavallen, 15 km (9 miles)
north of Falköping, is an
important historic burial site
from the Stone, Iron and
Bronze Ages.
Dalénmuseet in Stenstorp
uses sound-and-light shows to
illustrate the life and work of the
1912 Swedish Nobel laureate
Gustaf Dalén, who invented the
AGA oven and was an innovator Nolhaga Slott, home of the textile magnate Jonas Ahlströmer, 1727

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