Varberg Fortress

Varberg Fortress is a former fortification in , , Sweden, which currently serves as a .
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Swedish National Heritage Board, Public domain.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (80 feet)
  • …is also known as “Varbergs fästning”
  • Description: was built in the late 13th century and was expanded in the late 1500s and early 1600s into a strong fortress, one of the most modern in northern Europe

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Societetshuset, Varberg and Torellbrunnen.
Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a retail building, which is situated 220 metres northeast of Varberg Fortress.
Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fountain, which is situated 520 metres east of Varberg Fortress.
Wolfgangus Mozart, Public domain.
is a memorial, which is situated 400 metres southeast of Varberg Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Södra Näs and Träslövsläge.
Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY 3.0.
is a locality situated… is situated 4 km southeast of Varberg Fortress.
Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km southeast of Varberg Fortress.
Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Varberg Fortress.

Varberg Fortress

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Latitude
57.10579° or 57° 6′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.23975° or 12° 14′ 23″ east
Open location code
9F9J464Q+8W
Geo­Names ID
12076734
Wiki­data ID
Q847100

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Varberg Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Varbergeko gotorlekua”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔贝里堡垒怪物”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾貝里城堡”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾貝里堡壘怪物”
  • Danish: “Varberg Fæstning”
  • Danish: “Varbergs fästning”
  • Dutch: “Varberg Vesting”
  • Dutch: “Varbergs fästning”
  • Finnish: “Varbergin linnoitus”
  • Finnish: “Varbergs fästning”
  • French: “Forteresse de Varberg”
  • German: “Festung Varberg”
  • German: “Varberg”
  • German: “Varbergs fästning”
  • Interlingua: “Castello e Fortalessa de Varberg”
  • Japanese: “ヴァールベリ要塞”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Varberg festning”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Varberg slott”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Varbergs fästning”
  • Norwegian: “Varberg slott”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Varberg”
  • Romanian: “cetatea Varberg”
  • Russian: “Varbergs fästning”
  • Russian: “Крепость Варберг”
  • Swedish: “Getakärr 3:62”
  • Swedish: “Varbergs fästning”

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Nearby Places

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