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Växjö is an exciting combination of idyllic small town, university town and centre of entertainment - a strong regional centre in the middle of the south of Sweden. Business life is rich and diverse – 7,000 companies in a dynamic mixture of sizes and industries. Major international companies collaborate with smaller entrepreneurs.
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| Swedish Emigrant Institute | Its original purpose was to preserve records, interviews, and memorabilia relating to the period of major Swedish emigration between 1846 and 1930 when 1.3 million (about 20%) of the Swedish population left the country. | |
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| Linnaeus Park | ||
| Smålands Museum | Smålands Museum, Sweden's oldest provincial museum, has collections dating from 1792. Its oldest building dates from 1885 and was designed by the leading Swedish architect of the era, F. W. Scholander, on the initiative of Växjö county governor Gunnar Wennerberg. Smålands museum reopened in 1996 as Sweden's museum of glass following extensive expansion and renovations. Småland's cultural heritage and the history of Kronoberg County are profoundly informed by the work done and the lives lived on its rural industrial estates, which are now primarily devoted to the production of glass. The museum has nationwide responsibility for collecting, documenting and exhibiting Swedish glass and its production. | |
| Växjö Cathedral | ||
| Växjö Water Tower | Renowned for its strange echos, located to the south of Växjö in Teleborg | |
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Kingdom of Furniture |
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Viking ruin near Rottne |
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Kalmar is located in southeastern Sweden, just east of more than a dozen glass factories and only an hour and a half from Växjö. There are 35,170 people (2005) who live in Kalmar, which overlooks the Baltic Sea. One of the key attractions of the city is the Kalmar Castle, one of many castles that dot the landscape throughout Sweden. | |
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Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden with 489,787 people (2006). Located on the west coast of Sweden, Gothenburg is university city, home of Gothenburg University. The city got its name from Geats, a North Germanic tribe that inhabited the area. Gothenburg is “the Castle of Geats.” Its museums include the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg’s Natural History Museum, the Röhss Museum, Universeum and the Museum of World Culture. Liseberg, the largest amusement park in Scandinavia, is the most popular attraction in the country. Other attractions include The Gothenburg Lookout, the Science Discovery Centre and the Göteborg Botanical Garden. | |
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Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Home to 782,885 people (2006), Stockholm has been the country’s political and economic center for eight centuries. Expanding to the metropolitan area surrounding the city, there are 1.9 million residents. Stockholm is located on the east coast at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, which is near the Stockholm archipelago, one of Sweden’s natural beauties. The city is home to several museums including the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts, the country’s largest collection of art, some 16,000 paintings and 30,000 handmade crafts. There is also the Skansen, an open air museum that is Stockholm’s largest and most popular attraction. Take a ride to the top of Kaknästornet, the city’s tallest TV tower, check out the Ghost House or the Vanadis swimming pool. | |
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