Borås (original) (raw)

Borås is a city of roughly 66,000 inhabitants in Västergötland, Sweden.

Borås used to be the centre of the Swedish textile industry, and is still well known for having many shops that sell high-quality textiles at low prices.

Map

Map of Borås

There's no airport in Borås; the nearest international airport is Gothenburg's Landvetter. It is about 60 km away and has daily flight from most European air hubs.

Commuter trains from Gothenburg run about once every hour, however due to old tracks they are slower than the bus. The Kust-till-Kust (Coast-to-Coast) trains between Gothenburg and Kalmar also make a stop-over there. Then there are regional trains from Varberg and from Uddevalla via Herrljunga. From time to time there have been direct X2000 fast trains from Stockholm, but a change of trains in Herrljunga is now required.

Bus #100 is a highway express from Gothenburg with departures every half hour. Several long-distance buses also makes stop-overs here.

Rout 40 leads west to Gothenburg, route 41 south to Varberg, route 27 to Växjö and Karlskrona and route 42 north to Trollhättan.

Buses are operated by Västtrafik and cover the whole city and its suburbs. However, the centre city is small enough to walk around.

Although Borås might not be the best city in Sweden for drinking, it has a few places worth visiting.