Härön
Härön is an island in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Härön is situated nearby to the hamlet Kyrkesund, as well as near the locality Torsken.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nordic Watercolour Museum and Skärhamns kyrka.
Nordic Watercolour Museum
Museum
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nordic Watercolour Museum is a museum, artist workshop and research facility in Skärhamn on the island of Tjörn in Sweden, opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu red colour, are the Danes Niels Bruun and Henrik Corfitsen, who won the assignment after an international competition. Nordic Watercolour Museum is situated 4 km southeast of Härön.
Skärhamns kyrka
Church
Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skärhamns kyrka is a church, which is situated 4 km southeast of Härön.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollösund and Kållekärr.
Mollösund
Village
Photo: Gärdhemmar’n, CC BY 2.5.
Mollösund is an old fishing village and a locality situated in Orust Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 236 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on the southwest tip of Orust Municipality in the outer archipelago of Sweden’s west coast. Mollösund is situated 6 km north of Härön.
Kållekärr
Village
Photo: Ingwik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kållekärr is a locality situated in Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 560 inhabitants in 2010. Kållekärr is situated 9 km east of Härön.
Nösund
Village
Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nösund is a village, which is situated 10 km north of Härön.
Härön
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Haron” and “Herrön”
- Category: landform
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.01667° or 58° 1′ northLongitude
11.5° or 11° 30′ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9FCH2G82+M2GeoNames ID
2707672
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