Örebro

Örebro is a modern city located in the small province of Närke in Svealand in south central Sweden. It's on the flat Närke plains, surrounded by vast forest areas. It's Sweden's 7th largest municipality with a population of about 143,000 (2015).

Understand
Örebro is located along Svartån (Black river), which runs in a west-east direction before flowing into lake Hjälmaren in the eastern part of Örebro.

Örebro has an enormous castle in the middle of town, which started as a defensive fortress. A lot of people living here work for the public sector, for instance with statistics.

By train
Örebro is near Hallsberg, which is Sweden's premier train hub. Train connectivity is therefore excellent from all over Sweden.



By car
E20, E18 and riksväg 50 all connect in Örebro.

By bus
FlixBus and Vy Bus4You offer bus services to and from most major cities.

Get around
The city center is easily explored on foot. There is a well functioning network of city buses serving all parts of the city. Almost all regional and city buses stop at Resecenter (next to the train station). Järntorget also functions as a hub for the city buses. The municipality offers bicycles for rent if you wish to explore the city by bike. Enquire at the tourist agency in the castle.

Do

 * A few kilometers from the town center, you can follow a footpath that leads past a number of modern art sculptures. On one end there is a small nature reserve.
 * The Swedish Chamber Orchestra resides in Konserthuset and holds concerts year round.
 * Winter time, go skiing in Storstenshöjden.
 * The Swedish Chamber Orchestra resides in Konserthuset and holds concerts year round.
 * Winter time, go skiing in Storstenshöjden.
 * The Swedish Chamber Orchestra resides in Konserthuset and holds concerts year round.
 * Winter time, go skiing in Storstenshöjden.

Buy
There are lots of shopping opportunities in the shopping malls Krämaren and Vågen and on the streets Drottninggatan, Köpmangatan and Kungsgatan. Nothing that you can't buy everywhere else in Sweden though.

Bra & Begagnat (Standing on the major square, Järntorget, and looking directly west, on your right hand there is a brown building. Between the brown building and a Tex-Mex restaurant there is a small alley called "Gamla Gatan". Down the alley, 50 m on your right.) Open W 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-14:00. A second-hand store with a small café serving homemade cakes, buns and cookies. All who work there (wearing yellow shirts) are volunteers, they are friendly and it's very cheap. All profits from the store are donated to charity.

Budget

 * Sallad Inn, Järnvägsgatan 10. No-nonsense place that serves pizza, salads and meat dishes and does it well. Mains 50-89 kr.
 * Sushi Bar, Köpmangatan 27. Mains 50-160 kr.

Drink
Best days out are generally Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.



You can pick up the free Nollnitton magazine in various stores to read more about Örebro's nightlife. It is only available in Swedish though.

Stay safe
Örebro is not a dangerous town, although that is no excuse to leave your common sense at home.

Go next

 * Nora - a historical city with many beautiful wooden buildings. It is an easy daytrip from Örebro with the help of public transportation. In the summer time, it is very pleasant to take a boat trip on Norasjön (Nora lake).
 * Karlskoga - Alfred Nobel moved to this town after he returned from his adventures around Europe.