Gävle

Gävle is a port on the Baltic Sea in Gävleborg County, the southernmost part of Norrland. In 2020 the city had a population of 79,004. Wikivoyage

Population 86,533 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sweden

112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sweden

Tourist office · 1.2 km Gävle Tourist Centre

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Swedish Railway Museum Museum · 600 m
Maxim Attraction · 860 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.

Somewhere to run

T-uddens naturreservat 1.1 km across 1.7 km
Högbergsparken 320 m across 1.0 km
Stenebergsparken 230 m across 750 m

Getting around

Gävle 1.3 km
Limöbåten 1.4 km

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