Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Västra Götaland County
Detourmap lists 58 places in Västra Götaland County, Sweden, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Vänern. 45 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 58
- Oldest
- Varnhem Abbey 1148
- Little known
- 45 of 58
- Share of Sweden
- 10%
Västra Götaland County 58
All 58, best known first.
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20.Crown Redoubt
Archaeological · 17th century · Hidden gem
Was built for the defenses against possible Danish attack on Gothenburg from the south and was introduced in 1698 and was fitted with 23 canons.
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24.Dragsmark Abbey
Archaeological · 13th century · Hidden gem
Building in Uddevalla Municipality, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden
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29.Lion Redoubt
Archaeological · 17th century · Hidden gem
Was built-in 1687 by Erik Dahlbergh as part of the defenses against possible Danish attack on Gothenburg from the south
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35.Härlanda Church Ruins
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Remains of a medieval church in Gothenburg, Sweden
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36.Ytterby gamla kyrka
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Church ruin in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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39.Änggårdsbergen (naturreservat)
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Nature reserve in Västra Götaland, Sweden
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41.Stångehuvud nature reserve
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Nature reserve in Västra Götaland, Sweden
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45.Vindbräcka menhir
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Standing stone and tumulus area in Holländaröd, Brastad
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47.Lunden megalith grave
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Swedish megalith grave on Orust island in Sweden
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49.Nycklabacken
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Building in Herrljunga Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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51.Gräfsnäs castle
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Building in Alingsås Municipality, Älvsborg County, Sweden
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53.Träleborg
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Building in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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54.Karlsborg
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Building in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Elsewhere in Sweden
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Västra Götaland County?
Vänern. Lake in Sweden. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Västra Götaland County?
58: 34 nature & landscapes and 24 archaeological & historic sites. 45 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Västra Götaland County?
Varnhem Abbey, dated to 1148. 21 of the 58 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Västra Götaland County here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Västra Götaland County if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Västra Götaland County is a first-level division of Sweden, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.