Borås

Borås is a city of roughly 66,000 inhabitants in Västergötland, Sweden. Wikivoyage

Population 75,565 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sweden

• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sweden

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Gustav II Adolf Memorial · 610 m
• Flaménska galleriet Gallery · 570 m
• Library museum Museum · 910 m
• Textilmuseet Museum · 950 m
• NAVET Museum · 880 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Football

   April, November

   IF Elfsborg play soccer in Allsvenskan, the top tier. They often do well and qualify for European tournaments. Their home ground Borås Arena (capacity 16,000) is 2 km north of town centre.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Borås); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Thai 1
• Asian 1
• Sandwich 1
• Sushi 1
• Pizza 1
• Tex-mex 1

All 15 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Stadsparken 340 m across 350 m
• Ramnaparken 550 m across 790 m
• Annelundsparken 480 m across 940 m

Getting around

• Borås Resecentrum 370 m
• Borås C 470 m
• Sjukhuset Borås 1.9 km
• Knalleland 2.0 km

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