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Falun

Falun is the administrative centre of the Dalarna province in Sweden. It's the largest town in the area with about 40,000 inhabitants, slightly more than its close neighbour and friendly rival Borlänge. Wikivoyage

Population 39,939 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sweden

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sweden

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Falun. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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

  1. Falu Cruising

    July

    A vintage car procession through town, bringing car enthusiasts and almost everybody else out to watch the cars and the people in them. Arranged late July every year. Starts at 18:00 and goes on until 00:00

  2. Sabaton Open Air

    August

    Metal Music Festival in the Lugnet Area. Held Mid-August

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

Eating nearby

All 32 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.