• Sweden Guide

  • Introduction to Sweden
  • Things not to miss
  • Weather
  • Money
  • Getting Around
  • Public Holidays

• Explore Sweden

  • Stockholm
  • Around Stockholm
  • Gothenburg
  • Around Gothenburg
  • The southwest
  • The southeast
  • The Bothnian coast
  • Central and northern Sweden

• Cities

  • Gävle
    
  • Gothenburg
    
  • Stockholm
    
  • Umeå
    
  • Ystad
    

Sweden Guide

Around Stockholm

Västerås

• Accommodation
• Eating

Around 100km inland from Stockholm, VÄSTERÅS, Sweden's sixth biggest city and capital of the county of Västmanland, is an immediately likeable mix of old and new. Today the lakeside city carefully balances its dependence on industrial technology giant ABB with a rich history dating back to Viking times – and it's also home to two very wacky hotels.