Flen is a town in Södermanland County which 6,200 people call home. Flen municipality, Flens kommun, contains the surrounding countryside, with a total of 16,000 inhabitants.
Settlements
[edit]- Flen
- Malmköping
- Hälleforsnäs
- Sparreholm
- Mellösa
- Bettna
Understand
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Map of Flen
Flen grew during the early 20th century, where the Stockholm – Gothenburg rail line crossed the line between Grängesberg and Oxelösund.
Get in
[edit]Flen lies some 100 km west of Stockholm, 35 km south of Eskilstuna.
By train
[edit]Flen is on the main line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, but most trains only call at nearby Katrineholm.
Get around
[edit]Sörmlandstrafiken[dead link] runs an extensive bus network that covers all settlements.
See
[edit]- 1 Swedish Urban Transport Museum (in Malmköping, north of Flen). Surprisingly enough, though Malmköping is barely a town, it has a museum for urban rail, with trams from most Swedish cities with such.
- 2 Sparreholm Palace (Sparreholms slott). A palace with some unusual museum collections, such as an exhibition of jukeboxes.
Do
[edit]- Prinsens araber. A stable which offers horse riding.
- Malmabacken. A slope for downhill skiing.
- Flens Golfklubb. A golf course.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]- Blaxsta Vineyard (Blaxsta Vingård). Sweden's first winery, and one of the northernmost in the world.