landmark
Liseberg
Gothenburg's beloved amusement park and Scandinavia's largest, known for thrilling rides and festive seasonal events.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Halland, Sweden · Europe
Onsala is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Västra Hagen, 58km from Carlsten Fortress, Marstrand.
Onsala is a town located in Halland, Sweden. With a population of 12,275, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Onsala sits in Sweden, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Stockholm time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Onsala to your route.
Onsala (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈʊ̂nːˌsɑːla] ) is a locality situated in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 11,951 inhabitants in 2010. It is also a 14 km long peninsula on the west coast of Sweden, facing Kattegat, 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Gothenburg. It dates back to the age of the vikingsRead more
and was originally an area devoted to the god Odin, the name being a corruption of the old norse Odin's Sala. In English "The Halls of Odin"
The population is around 12-14,000 with a densely inhabited east coast, mainly consisting of single-family homes. The biggest village is Gottskär, in older days a fishing village, and which today has a few restaurants and a leisure boat harbour. Lars Gathenhielm was born in the old parish of Onsala. He was a Swedish privateer commissioned by the king to raid Danish ships. His wife, Ingela, took over his business as a privateer as a widow. They are interred in a basement crypt beneath the smaller tower of the church. Their white sarcophagi have carved "jolly rogers" at the foot end.
Onsala is also home to the Onsala Space Observatory, the Swedish national radio observatory.
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Onsala is located in Halland, Sweden, Europe. The coordinates are 57.4253 latitude, 12.0290 longitude.
Onsala has a population of approximately 12,275 people, making it a town in Sweden.
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landmark
Gothenburg's beloved amusement park and Scandinavia's largest, known for thrilling rides and festive seasonal events.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
A Nordic art powerhouse atop Götaplatsen, rich in Scandinavian masters and Skagen painters.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Sweden's second city and culinary capital, known for its charming canals, Liseberg amusement park, and the Haga district's wooden houses.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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The windswept island lighthouse off Gothenburg, longtime home of poet Evert Taube and a classic summer boat trip.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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UNESCO-listed 1920s longwave transmitter near Varberg with six 127-metre steel towers and its working Alexanderson alternator.
41 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A 17th-century stone fortress crowning a sailing island, reached by ferry from the scenic Bohuslän coast road.
58 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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