Bomhus
Bomhus is a district of Gävle, Sweden. It began to grow as an urban area after the sawmill Korsnäs AB moved from Korsnäs, Falun to the coast near Gävle in 1899.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Björsjökyrkan and Swedish Railway Museum.
Swedish Railway Museum
Museum
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The Swedish Railway Museum, in Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden is the national museum for Sweden's railway history. The Swedish Railway Museum is tasked with acquiring, preserving and supplying knowledge about Swedish railway history on the basis of the national collection. Swedish Railway Museum is situated 2½ km west of Bomhus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alderholmen and Gävle.
Alderholmen
Locality
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Alderholmen is a locality, which is situated 3 km northwest of Bomhus.
Gävle
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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. Another 20,000 live in associated small towns.
Forsby
Village
Forsby is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 651 inhabitants in 2010. Forsby is situated 7 km northwest of Bomhus.
Bomhus
- Type: Suburb
- Description: urban area in Gävle, Sweden
- Categories: quarter and locality
- Location: Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.6645° or 60° 39′ 52″ northLongitude
17.22083° or 17° 13′ 15″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9FGVM67C+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 115330655OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bomhus” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bomhus”
- Danish: “Bomhus”
- Finnish: “Bomhus”
- German: “Bomhus”
- Swedish: “Bomhus”
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