Varberg Fortress
Varberg Fortress is a former fortification in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden, which currently serves as a museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Swedish National Heritage Board, Public domain.
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- Type: Fort
- 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
- Also known as: “Varbergs fästning”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Societetshuset, Varberg and Torellbrunnen.
Societetshuset, Varberg
Retail building
Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Societetshuset, Varberg is a retail building, which is situated 220 metres northeast of Varberg Fortress.
Torellbrunnen
Fountain
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torellbrunnen is a fountain, which is situated 520 metres east of Varberg Fortress.
Rantzauklippan
Memorial
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, Public domain.
Rantzauklippan is a memorial, which is situated 400 metres southeast of Varberg Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Södra Näs and Gödestad.
Södra Näs
Village
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY 3.0.
Södra Näs is a locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 671 inhabitants in 2010. Södra Näs is situated 4 km southeast of Varberg Fortress.
Gödestad
Hamlet
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gödestad is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Varberg Fortress.
Varberg Fortress
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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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mariedal and Apelvikshöjd.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Clarion Collection Hotel Fregatten and Varbergs Stadshotell & Asia Spa.
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