Västmanland
Västmanland is a province in the Svealand region in Sweden, consisting of farmlands, forests and lakes. Västerås is the largest city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Västerås and Arboga.
Västerås
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Västerås is in the southern part of central Sweden. The city is not very touristy, which could be considered a good thing if you want to see a more "real" picture of Sweden.
Arboga
Arboga is a town in Västmanland. Arboga, with its well-preserved medieval character, is a beautiful and charming town. The ancient cobblestones of Västerlånggatan have been trodden by the feet of many locals and travellers throughout the ages.
Sala
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Sala is a locality and the seat of Sala Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. As of 2010, it has a population of 12,289. Sala is the home of several famous places and people, but it is most known for its silver mine, which today is a popular tourist attraction.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lindesberg and Köping.
Lindesberg
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Lindesberg municipality, Lindesbergs kommun, is in Västmanland and Örebro County. Except Lindesberg itself, it contains Frövi, Fellingsbro and Storå.
Köping
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Köping is a locality and the seat of Köping Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It had 17,743 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the television series I en annan del av Köping.
Fagersta
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Fagersta is a town in northern Västmanland in Sweden. It's the central town of Fagersta municipality, also covered in this article.
Nora
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Nora is a town in Västmanland. Nora is one of three towns in Sweden considered to have especially well preserved wooden buildings town centres.
Norberg
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Norberg is a town in northern Västmanland, Svealand, Sweden; close to the border of Dalarna. Norberg is a nice friendly little town with a lot of small enterprises and a lot of beautiful places to visit and experience.
Hallstahammar
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Hallstahammar is a town in Västmanland in Sweden, 15 kilometres west of Västerås.
Hällefors and Grythyttan
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Hällefors, archaic spelling Hellefors, is a town in north-western Västmanland. Hällefors municipality, Hällefors kommun, is part of Örebro County, which contains tourist-friendly places such as Grythyttan and Loka.
Västmanland
- Type: Region with 318,000 residents
- Description: historical province in Sweden
- Neighbors: Närke, Södermanland County, and Värmland
- Category: province of Sweden
- Location: Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Västmanland” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Västmanland”
- Arabic: “فاستمانلاند”
- Armenian: “Վեստմանլանդ”
- Basque: “Västmanland”
- Belarusian: “Вестманланд”
- Breton: “Västmanland”
- Cebuano: “Västmanlands Län”
- Chinese: “Västmanland”
- Chinese: “西曼兰”
- Chinese: “西曼蘭”
- Croatian: “Västmanland”
- Czech: “Västmanland”
- Danish: “Væstmanland”
- Danish: “Västmanland”
- Dutch: “Vastmanland”
- Dutch: “Västmanland”
- Esperanto: “Vastmanland”
- Esperanto: “Västmanland”
- Esperanto: “Vestmanio”
- Estonian: “Västmanland”
- Finnish: “Västmanland”
- Finnish: “Västmanlanti”
- Finnish: “Vestmanlanti”
- French: “Vastmanland”
- French: “Västmanland”
- French: “Westmanie”
- Galician: “Västmanland (landskap)”
- Galician: “Västmanland”
- German: “Västmanland”
- Greek: “Βέστμανλαντ”
- Hebrew: “ווסטמנלנד”
- Hebrew: “וסטמנלנד”
- Hungarian: “Västmanland tartomány”
- Icelandic: “Vesturmannaland”
- Italian: “Vastmanland”
- Italian: “Västmanland”
- Japanese: “ヴェストマンランド地方”
- Korean: “베스트만란드”
- Latin: “Vestmannia”
- Macedonian: “Вестманланд”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Västmanland”
- Mingrelian: “ვესტმანლანდიშ პროვინცია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Västmanland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Västmanland”
- Norwegian: “Västmanland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westmannland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿestmannland”
- Ossetian: “Вестманланд”
- Persian: “وستمانلاند”
- Polish: “Västmanland”
- Portuguese: “Província histórica da Västmanland”
- Portuguese: “Província histórica de Västmanland”
- Portuguese: “Västmanland”
- Pushto: “وستمانلاند”
- Romanian: “Vastmanland”
- Romanian: “Västmanland”
- Russian: “Вестманланд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Västmanland”
- Slovenian: “Västmanland”
- Spanish: “Västmanland”
- Spanish: “Vestmania”
- Swedish: “Västmanland”
- Ukrainian: “Вестманланд”
- Urdu: “ویستمانلاند”
- Vietnamese: “Västmanland”
- Volapük: “Västmanläniän”
- Western Frisian: “Västmanland”
- Western Panjabi: “واسٹمینلینڈ”
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