For green spaces and picnic spots, seek out Mariebergsskogen, a combined leisure park, open-air museum and animal park in the southwestern part of town (about 1km from the centre). Also here is Naturum Värmland, with a cafe and shop, perched over Vänern lake.
Mariebergsskogen
Central Sweden
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The award-winning and imaginative Värmlands Museum occupies two buildings on Sandgrundsudden (reclaimed land now converted into a pleasant park) near the…
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The area's main draw is this house at Mårbacka, 9km from Sunne, where Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was born. She was the first woman to…
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You can visit the small and creepy old town prison in the basement of Clarion Hotel Bilan, with original cells and prisoners’ letters.
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It’s worth peeking into the 18th-century domkyrka, a soothing space with chandeliers and votive ships.
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On the eastern river branch, find Gamla Stenbron – at 168m, it’s one of Sweden’s longest stone bridges.
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1.02 MILES
You can visit the small and creepy old town prison in the basement of Clarion Hotel Bilan, with original cells and prisoners’ letters.
1.06 MILES
It’s worth peeking into the 18th-century domkyrka, a soothing space with chandeliers and votive ships.
1.15 MILES
The award-winning and imaginative Värmlands Museum occupies two buildings on Sandgrundsudden (reclaimed land now converted into a pleasant park) near the…
1.38 MILES
On the eastern river branch, find Gamla Stenbron – at 168m, it’s one of Sweden’s longest stone bridges.
29.77 MILES
The area's main draw is this house at Mårbacka, 9km from Sunne, where Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was born. She was the first woman to…