Värnamo

Värnamo is a city in Småland with just above 18,000 inhabitants. 33,000 people live in Värnamo kommun, the municipality.

Understand
Värnamo is by the river Lagan, a short distance from its mouth into lake Vidöstern. It is in the historical region Finnveden, one of the "small countries" which make up today's Småland. During the middle ages Värnamo grew into a political and economic centre of the area. It is the second largest city in Jönköping County, after Jönköping itself.

Get in
The closest airports are Jönköping Airport and Växjö airport, which are about from Värnamo.

Some of Swebus' tours between Stockholm and Malmö stop in Värnamo. JLT operate the regional public transport which connect Värnamo with most of the nearby cities.

Krösatågen railway connecting Jönköping with Växjö stop in Värnamo. So do the trains connecting Nässjö with Helsingborg. The national train company SJ operate a railway between Gothenburg Karlskrona and Kalmar which stops in Värnamo. Södra stambanan, connecting Malmö with Stockholm, stop in nearby stations Alvesta and Nässjö. From these you can continue to Värnamo by a regional train or bus.

Värnamo is at the intersection between the national highway E4, carrying traffic north to Stockholm and all the way to Tornio and south to Halmstad, and route 27 which carry traffic between Gothenburg and Karlskrona. Route 127 connects Värnamo with Vetlanda, and route 153 with Varberg.

Get around
Being relatively small, it is easy to cover central Värnamo by foot or bicycle. The public transport in Värnamo is close to non-existent, as the local bus network is constituted by a single bus line.



Go next

 * Eksjö - One of the best preserved historical wood towns in the Nordic countries
 * Jönköping - The largest city in Småland
 * Växjö - A bishopric and one of three county seats in Småland
 * Älmhult - Birthplace of Carl Linnaeus and IKEA