Örebro
Örebro is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and has a population of approximately 126,000 in the city proper. Wikipedia
Population 128,658 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Sweden
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Örebro castle Castle · 780 m
- Engelbrekt Memorial · 620 m
- Örebro läns museum Museum · 640 m
- Millenniefatet Monument · 730 m
- Slottsmuseet Museum · 810 m
- Statyn Befriaren Monument · 890 m
- Biologiska museet Museum · 970 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
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