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Tranum Destination Guide

Discover Tranum in Sweden

Tranum in the region of Västra Götaland is a town located in Sweden - some 195 mi or ( 314 km ) West of Stockholm , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Tranum

Local time in Tranum is now 03:58 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Uddevalla, and Tun. When in this area, you might want to check out Copenhagen . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tranum ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Järpås, Västra Götaland

2:13 min by biketommy999
Views: 240 Rating: 5.00

The society Järpås south of Lidköping in Sweden 2010. Biking through centre and visits the folk museum and passing the church. You can also see pictures from the area here: www.panoramio.com ..

Häggesled, Västra Götaland

2:09 min by biketommy999
Views: 232 Rating: 5.00

The small society Häggesled south of Lidköping in Sweden 2010. Looking at the the church and two viking age rune stones. You can also see pictures from the area here: www.panoramio.com ..


Cyklojachting na Vänernu 4

0:41 min by Petr Stránský
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Interesting facts about this location

Sparlösa Runestone

The Sparlösa Runestone, listed as Vg 119 in the Rundata catalog, is located in Västergötland and is the second most famous Swedish runestone after the Rök Runestone.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 58.35 12.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Runestones in Västergötland, Runestones in memory of Viking warriors

Skalunda

Skalunda is a village in Västergötland, Sweden and the site of Skalunda Barrow, a historic burial mound. Hög, from the Old Norse word haugr, means mound or barrow. The modern English cognate, still in use, is "howe", "how", or "hoo", as in Sutton Hoo. At the church, there are two runestones and to the west of the church there is the Barrow of Skalunda which is the largest one in Västergötland. Skalunda Barrow is one of the larger barrows in Scandinavia.

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Located at 58.55 12.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Sweden, Geats, Viking Age populated places

Hindens rev

Hindens rev is a long, narrow, straight peninsula that projects westwards from Kålland into Dalbosjön, the western part of lake Vänern. Hindens rev is a terminal moraine and is part of what is known as the central Swedish terminal moraine zone.

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Located at 58.58 12.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Geography of Västra Götaland County, Nature reserves in Sweden, Visitor attractions in Västra Götaland County

Bjärby Runestones

The Bjärby Runestones are two Viking Age memorial runestones located near Grästorp, Sweden, in Bjärby synod, which was in the historic province of Västergötland. The two stones are memorials to men who held the titles thegn and drengr, and one has a depiction of the hammer of the Norse pagen deity Thor.

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Located at 58.34 12.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Västra Götaland County, Runestones in Västergötland

Grästorp Municipality

Grästorp Municipality (Grästorps kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grästorp. Grästorp Municipality is located right in the middle of Västra Götaland County, by the shores of Lake Vänern. In the year 1900 the village Grästorp was detached from Tengene and made a market town. The local government reform of 1952 amalgamated it with twelve surrounding municipalities (among them Tengene).

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Located at 58.33 12.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Sweden, Municipalities of Västra Götaland County, Skaraborg