urban area in Avesta Municipality, Sweden

Not to be confused with Alvesta in Småland.

Avesta is an industrial town in southern Dalarna in middle Sweden.

Get in

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Avesta is about 2 hours from Stockholm and Arlanda Airport (ARN IATA). The easiest way to get into Avesta is either by car or train.

By train

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Although Avesta municipality has three train stations, only one is frequently used. The most popular station is Avesta Krylbo, where the train to and from Stockholm stops. All train stations are served by the main train company SJ for connections to Stockholm. The local/regional connections are served by Tåg i Bergslagen/Tågkompaniet. Railway tickets can be bought at the SJ website or Tågkompaniet (only in Swedish) . All tickets are available on both sites.

Avesta Krylbo is 15 minutes' walk from the city center. But you don't need to walk, since all the buses within Avesta municipality are free to use.

  • 1 Avesta Krylbo railway station, Stationsgatan 8. Main station. Avesta Krylbo railway station (Q10423525) on Wikidata
  • 2 Avesta Centrum railway station. Avesta Centre railway station (Q10423527) on Wikidata

Get around

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Map
Map of Avesta

  • The dalahorse. 24/7. The world’s biggest dalahorse is in Avesta, and it is huge!! Free.
  • 1 Horndal Ironworks (Horndals bruk). Former ironwork in the town of Horndal, now an industrial heritage park. Horndals bruk (Q10526376) on Wikidata
  • 2 Grytnäs church (Grytnäs kyrka), Kyrkbyvägen 1. Church constructed in the 14th century. Grytnäs Church (Q10509667) on Wikidata

Drink

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Sleep

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Connect

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