Karlstad

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Karlstad is in Varmland in Sweden.

Karlstad is a busy University city located in the rural centre of the country. It was founded by King Karl IX in 1584, and is sited on an island of the Klaralven river, and beside Europe's largest freshwater lake, Lake Vanern.

	karlstad Travel Guide : 1 Get in 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out 10 External links

Get in

Karlstad can be reached by direct train (http://www.sj.se) from Gothenburg and Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo in Norway.

A good alternative to the train are buses, with services by Swebus Express (http://www.swebusexpress.se) and Safflebussen (http://www.safflebussen.se).

Karlstad also has its own airport with business priced flights from Stockholm and Copenhagen.

Get around

The town centre is all walkable, so if you're coming to see the town there is no need to hire a car.

There is a good local bus service (especially to the university), but if you want to travel beyond the suburbs then a car is still the best way to go.

See

The town centre is a mix of attractive, yet solid traditional Swedish buildings plus some modern.

There is a small leisure park, Mariebergsskogen, on the South side of the city (walkable from the centre).

Do

Visit the Varmlands Museum at the corner where the Klaralven river splits to create the island that the city sits on.

Walk beside the river, or the lake. Karlstad is best treated as a base to access the natural areas beyond.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Get out

Find a spot beside Lake Vanern and have a picnic or a barbecue, such as Skutberget (see this map (http://www.karlstad.se/fr/karta2.shtml)).

External links

Karlstad info (http://www.karlstad.se/eng/index.shtml)

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