Skara Sommarland
Skara Sommarland is a summer park located 8 km east of Skara. It was founded in 1984 by Swedish entrepreneur Bert Karlsson. The park attracts 350,000 visitors annually. During the 1980s, it once attracted circa 800 000 people within one year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Axevalla folkhögskola and Axevalla House.
Axevalla folkhögskola
College
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Axevalla folkhögskola is a college, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Skara Sommarland.
Axevalla House
Archaeological site
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Axevalla House is the ruins of a medieval castle in the parish of Skärv in the municipality of Skara, Västergötland, Sweden. It is located on a headland by Lake Husesjön, east of the heathland of Axevalla Hed and halfway between the cities Skara and Skövde. Axevalla House is situated 3½ km southeast of Skara Sommarland.
Norra Vings kyrka
Church
Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norra Vings kyrka is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Skara Sommarland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axvall and Eggby.
Axvall
Village
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Axvall is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,186 inhabitants in 2010. Axvall is situated 2½ km southeast of Skara Sommarland.
Eggby
Village
Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eggby is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 231 inhabitants in 2010. Eggby is situated 6 km northeast of Skara Sommarland.
Varnhem
Village
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Varnhem is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 707 inhabitants in 2010. Varnhem is the location of the oldest known stone church in Sweden outside of Scania, erected in the 1040s at the latest. Varnhem is situated 6 km southeast of Skara Sommarland.
Skara Sommarland
- Type: Theme park
- Description: amusement park in Sweden
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Skärv socken, Skärv, Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.40868° or 58° 24′ 31″ northLongitude
13.55013° or 13° 33′ 1″ eastElevation
132 metres (433 feet)Open location code
9FCMCH52+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 173120728OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_park
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Skara Sommarland” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Skara Sommarland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكارا سامرلاند”
- French: “Skara Sommarland”
- German: “Skara Sommarland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skara Sommarland”
- Norwegian: “Skara Sommarland”
- Russian: “Skara Sommarland”
- Swedish: “Skara sommarland”
- Swedish: “Skara Sommarland”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skara Sommarland”. Photo: Gräsmark, CC0.