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City in Västergötland, Sweden
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Trollhättan is an industrial city in Sweden. It lies in Västergötland province in the modern (larger) Götaland region, and has 53,000 inhabitants.
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Åkerssjövägen 10. A hands-on science and industry museum.
Saab bilmuseum
Museum with many historic cars on display.
Spanish tapas.
A nice place with a nice view over the canal, however it's on the expensive side.
A café and bar.
In a nice location with views all over the town.
Also pretty nice, located in the old town-hall (not very old because the town is very young).
By train
The train station (Resecentrum) lies just ten minutes walk from the center of the town. You can choose either to go north - Oslo or Karlstad or south towards Gothenburg or Copenhagen.
By car
80 km 1h north of Gothenburg via the road RV45.
By taxi
Taxis are on the expensive side. Taximeter is virtually always used but make sure that the driver really does turn it on unless a price has been negotiated in advance.
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