Västra Frölunda
Västra Frölunda, sometimes referred to as just Frölunda, is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Västra Frölunda, sometimes referred to as just Frölunda, is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the south western part of the city, and is the smallest of the boroughs with a population of 12,855 (2004) on 3.72 square kilometres, although the term Frölunda generally is used for a much wider area covering almost all the city's western suburbs.
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Worth seeing in and around Västra Frölunda
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nasir Mosque
Nasir Mosque is mosque in located on the a hill in Western Gothenburg, Sweden, established in 1975. Completed in 1976, it is widely regarded as the first purpose-built mosque in Sweden and one of the earliest permanent Islamic places of worship in the country, and in Scandinavia.
3 km · mosque in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden · Wikipedia - 02Ruddalens IP
Ruddalens IP is a sports venue in Västra Frölunda, Gothenburg, Sweden. It houses a football stadium for the teams Västra Frölunda IF, Utsiktens BK, Assyriska BK and BK Skottfint with a total capacity of 5,000 spectators.
1.6 km · sports ground in Västra Frölunda, Sweden · Wikipedia - 03Frölunda Torg
Frölunda Torg is a shopping centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is one of the largest shopping centres in Scandinavia, with approximately 200 shops and more than 10 million visitors in 2009.
1.1 km · shopping mall in Gothenburg, Sweden · Wikipedia
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Getting to Västra Frölunda
- Airports
- Göteborg Landvetter (GOT), 22 km · Aalborg (AAL), 138 km · Aarhus (AAR), 169 km
- Linköping → Västra Frölunda233 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · kr265–355
- Malmö → Västra Frölunda236 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · kr255–340
- Nyköping → Västra Frölunda322 km · quickest by road, 5h 39m · kr355–475
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Västra Frölunda
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Västra Frölunda. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe ferries from Frederikshavn arrive at Masthugget, just a few hundred metres from the inner city ("within the moat"), the ferries from Kiel a couple of kilometres further west.
- Get aroundPublic transportation within Gothenburg (and the west of Sweden) is operated by Västtrafik and consists of trams, buses and ferries.
- Get aroundTwo ferry services run across the river; Älvsnabben is the regular ferry service with traffic every 30 minutes, and Älvsnabbare that only run between Rosenlund and Lindholmspiren (free of charge) during work hours.
- Get aroundFerries to the southern archipelago run from Saltholmen, with three different lines: Vrångö line, Brännö Rödsten line and the less trafficated Förö line.
- Get aroundStyrsöbolaget run the ferry services under licence of Västtrafik - you can still use the city public transport ticket.
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Next door to Västra Frölunda
Västra Frölunda is 7 km from Gothenburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.