Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
Grimeton Radio Station in southern Sweden, close to Varberg in Halland, is an early longwave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station built in 1922–1924, that has been preserved as a historical site.Photo: Torrente, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: working life museum in Varberg Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Grimeton Radio Station”, “Grimeton VLF transmitter”, “Radiostationen i Varberg”, and “Varberg Radio Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grimetons kyrka and Gödestad Church.
Grimetons kyrka
Church
Gödestad Church
Church
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gödestad Church is situated 2½ km north of Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gödestad and Rolfstorp.
Gödestad
Hamlet
Photo: Wolfgangus Mozart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gödestad is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg.
Rolfstorp
Village
Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rolfstorp is a locality and former parish situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 513 inhabitants in 2010. The name is formed out of Rolf and thorpe. Rolfstorp is situated 5 km northeast of Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg.
Tvååker
Village
Photo: Strummer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tvååker is the second largest locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 2,534 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 km south-east of Varberg. Tvååker is situated 8 km south of Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg.
Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
- Categories: radio station, industrial heritage site, working life museum, architectural ensemble, radio transmitter, and tourism
- Location: Varberg Municipality, Halland, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.11063° or 57° 6′ 38″ northLongitude
12.39794° or 12° 23′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F9J496X+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 860546227OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q920206
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إذاعة فاربورغ”
- Belarusian: “Радыёстанцыя Грымэтан”
- Belarusian: “Радыёстанцыя ў Грымэтане”
- Catalan: “estació de ràdio Varberg”
- Catalan: “Estació de ràdio Varberg”
- Chinese: “威堡广播站”
- Chinese: “格里梅顿广播电台”
- Chinese: “瓦尔贝里广播电台”
- Chinese: “瓦爾貝里廣播電台”
- Croatian: “Dugovalni odašiljač Grimeton”
- Czech: “rádiová stanice Grimeton”
- Czech: “Rádiová stanice Grimeton”
- Danish: “Radiostationen Grimeton”
- Danish: “Radiostationen i Grimeton”
- Dutch: “Radiostation van Grimeton”
- Dutch: “Radiostation Varberg”
- Dutch: “Varberg radiostation”
- Esperanto: “Sendilo Grimeton”
- Finnish: “Grimetonin radioasema”
- French: “station radio de Grimeton”
- French: “Station radio de Grimeton”
- French: “Station radio Grimeton, Varberg”
- French: “Station radio Varberg”
- Georgian: “გრიმეტონის რადიოსადგური”
- German: “Alexanderson Day”
- German: “Längstwellensender Grimeton”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הרדיו בגרימטון”
- Hindi: “वरबर्ग रेडियो स्टेशन”
- Hungarian: “Varberg Rádióállomás”
- Interlingua: “Radioemissor de Grimeton”
- Italian: “Stazione radio di Grimeton”
- Japanese: “ヴァールベリ・ラジオ放送局”
- Japanese: “ヴァールベリの無線局”
- Japanese: “グリメトン・ラジオ無線局、ヴァールベリ”
- Malayalam: “വാർബെർഗ് റേഡിയോ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Maltese: “Stazzjon tar-Radju ta‘ Grimeton”
- Maltese: “Stazzjon tar-Radju ta’ Grimeton”
- Nepali: “वारबर्ग रेडियो स्टेशन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Radiostasjon i Grimeton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Radiostasjonen i Grimeton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimeton kringkastar”
- Norwegian: “Radiostasjonen i Grimeton”
- Persian: “ایستگاه رادیویی گریمتون”
- Polish: “Radiostacja Varberg w Grimeton”
- Polish: “SAQ”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Rádio de Varberg”
- Russian: “Grimeton”
- Russian: “Варберг”
- Russian: “Граймтон”
- Russian: “Гриметон”
- Russian: “Радиостанция в Варберге”
- Russian: “Радиостанция в Гриметоне”
- Russian: “Радиостанция Варберг”
- Russian: “Радиостанция Гриметон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dugotalasni odašiljač Grimeton”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dugovalni odašiljač Grimeton”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Radiostanica Grimeton”
- Slovak: “Rádiová stanica vo Varbergu”
- Spanish: “Emisora de Radio Varberg”
- Spanish: “Estacion de radiotelegrafia de Varberg”
- Spanish: “Estacion de radiotelegrafía de Varberg”
- Spanish: “Estación de radiotelegrafia de Varberg”
- Spanish: “Estación de radiotelegrafía de Varberg”
- Swedish: “Grimeton 13:34 o 13:37-13:45”
- Swedish: “Grimetons radiostation och radioby”
- Swedish: “Radiostationen i Grimeton”
- Turkish: “Grimeton Radyo İstasyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Радіостанція Гріметон”
- Vietnamese: “Trạm phát thanh Varberg”
- Vietnamese: “Trạm phát vô tuyến tần số cực thấp Grimeton”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Världsarvet Grimeton, besökscentrum and Världsarvet Grimeton, radiostationen.
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