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0 Örebro administration fits into the town
hall, although it remains the
There has been a town on this site for 750 years, but in seat of the Municipal Executive
1854 a major fire destroyed the centre of Örebro. This gave Board. When the clock chimes
scope for a new, more spacious layout on both sides of the (at 12:03 and 18:03pm, and at
Svartån river and elegant buildings coupled with the castle 9:03pm in the summer),
automatons from Örebro’s
and St Nicolai Kyrka created a particularly fine townscape. history appear, such as refor mer
A local newspaper described it as “a magnificent 19th-century Olaus Petri (see p63).
salon, extravagantly furnished with buildings which proclaim
growth and success”. But there is also a greener side to Örebro R St Nicolai Kyrka
with the promenade that follows the Svartån river to the Nikolaigatan 8. Tel 019-20 95 30.
Open daily. 8 phone for info.
delights of Wadköping and Karlslund. The river can be 7 5 Sun.
explored on foot, by bicycle or in a rowing boat. The free The church on Stortorget has
salmon fishing should not be missed. origins from the 13th century,
but has been restyled many
times. The north and south
entrances are from the original
church and were carved from
Närke limestone. The rest is an
example of English-inspired
Neo-Gothic style, with the
tower added at the end of the
19th century.

Y Stadsparken
Floragatan 1. Tel 019-21 10 00.
Open daily.
Voted Sweden’s most beautiful
Örebro Slott on the Svartån river, now the county governor’s residence city park, this green area boasts
a series of themed gardens,
P Örebro Slott in the Northwest Tower including a rose garden, a
Kansligatan. Tel 019-21 21 21. highlights the castle’s history. magnolia garden and a herb
Open Mon–Sat (daily in summer). garden. There is also a theatre
8 obligatory. - 0 = 7 limited E Örebro Läns Museum and a children’s island featuring
access. Northwest Tower: Open Sat & Engelbrektsgatan 3. Tel 019-602 87 its own railway and a petting zoo.
Sun (daily in the summer). & 8 00. Open Tue–Sun. Closed public
obligatory. ∑ orebroslott.se holidays. 8 phone to book. E Wadköping
Örebro Slott has dominated the - 7 ∑ olm.se On the Svartån river, 1 km (half a mile)
town since Örebro received its With its roots in the 1850s, the from the centre. Tel Tourist Office,
charter in the 13th century. In county museum is Sweden’s 019-21 21 21. Open Tue–Sun. - 0
1347, King Magnus Eriksson oldest, although the main = ∑ orebro.se/wadkoping
gathered the great and the good collection of more than 100,000 The beautiful promenade along
at Örebro House, as the castle objects from across the county the Svartån river through
was then called, to adopt a is on show in a 1960s’ building Stadsparken leads to the idyllic
common law for Sweden. At the in Slottsparken. A permanent
end of the 16th century, King Karl exhibition focuses on farming
IX remodelled the castle to create since the Stone Age. The
a Renaissance palace. Today’s museum’s most valuable
appearance, however, with its artifacts, including the Viking
mighty round towers, is the result silver from Eketorp (see p161),
of major rebuilding in the 1890s. are housed in the Treasury.
The castle has been the scene
of a number of historical events, P Rådhuset
including the adoption of the Stora Torget. Closed to the public.
first Swedish Parliament Act in Built in 1858–63, the magnificent
1617 and the election of the Neo-Gothic town hall was
French Marshal Jean-Baptiste something of a showpiece in its
Bernadotte as heir to the Swedish time. King Karl XV didn’t think
throne in 1810. Now it is the the castle-like building befitted
official residence of the county a provincial town, calling it: “…
governor and has a small tourist sparkling wine not weak beer!” Wadköping, an open-air museum with
information point. An exhibition Today only a fraction of Örebro’s traditional wooden houses
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p288 and pp299–300

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