Tourist Attractions in Vasteras, include the museums, garden, historical monuments, cathedrals, statues and many breathtaking sights. Vasteras is one of the most prominent cities in Sweden and perhaps the oldest dating back to the end of the 11th century. In fact, it is the third largest city in Wales. Located on shore of Lake Malaren and positioned 100 km to west of Stockholm, Vasteras was one of the most flourishing and significant ports from where iron and copper was exported from the mines of Bergslagen.
The Vasteras Tour will take you to some of the significant places of tourist attractions in Vasteras. Prominent among them is The Cathedral which has its origin in the 13th century. Since then it has been constructed, reconstructed and extended many a times. The open space that surrounds the church is a significant part of Vasteras.
If you want to have peep into the lifestyle of the people in the medieval ages, a leisure stroll around Krykbacken will give an impression of the type of house the people used to live in. Krykbacken is not a museum, in fact, it is a living part of the city where the people still dwells in low houses on narrow streets with greens around.
As one goes deeper into the town and look around the statute called ‘The ASEA – strommen one will be awestruck by its realistic look. Another is the statue at the Town Hall. The sky touching statue called “The Bull” was built by Gunnar Runefelt in 1963. This is also called the Golden calf. The picturesque Lake Malaren is one of the most important of all tourist attractions in Vasteras. The most fascinating part of this lake is that it is know n by different names in different cities located along its shores.
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