According to the website ranking authority Alexa, foXnoMad is most popular (relatively speaking) in the Swedish city of Boras. For this fact alone I decided to stop in the city last August while traveling between Gothenburg east to Boxholm, Sweden. I was expecting a tiny, quiet town but discovered Boras to be very cosmopolitan and delightfully active. These are a few pictures from around Boras, a city of 64,000, located 60 kilometers east of Gothenburg.
Boras Tingsratt (District Court)
Perhaps appropriately, there was a political demonstration in the square right in front of the Boras Tingsratt.
Knallen Statue By Arvid Knoppel
This statue, whose name means “bang”, stands at the entrance to one of the busier cafe streets in Boras; although a dog shortly before this picture didn’t think so. (Either that or he liked it so much he decided to mark it as his own.)
Caroli Church
As seen from a distance, the Caroli Church – the oldest building in Boras.
Svenska Handelsbanken
There is nothing exceptional about this branch of Handelsbanken, one of Scandinavia’s largest banks, except for the lovely exterior. You’ll find 460 other branches in Sweden alone.
“Declination” By Tony Cragg
One of the many pieces of artwork you’ll find throughout Boras.
Boras was legally brought into existence by the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf who also happened to found Gothenburg back in the early 1600s. Perhaps it’s the fact that Boras is Sweden’s version of Silicon Valley (among others Ericsson is headquartered there) or the diverse population that made me connect so much with this Swedish city. They obviously have good taste in travel blogs (if I do say so myself) and Boras is a city I could see myself living out at some point, despite the dreadful exchange rate.
You can see a bit more from Boras in my gallery here.
Beautiful! So sad it was cloudy weather – the photos could be so much better in sunlight.
Yeah, there was a *lot* of rain in Sweden then. Actually, there seems to be a lot of it all the time…
What a wonderful reason to travel to this town I’ve never heard of. I’d never have thought to base a visit on an idea like that. You’ve got me diving for the Alexa stats now!!
I still wonder why I’m so highly ranked there but won’t question it!
That bang statue is so strange…I don’t know what to say! 😀
Wonder why it’s called “bang”…
Wonder why it’s called “bang”…
Well, actually it’s not the word bang that it stands for. Knalle (singular) and knallar (plurar) means people back in the days who would come to Borås to trade products with each other at the town market. I think they also were purchasing things at the market place. So it has nothing to do with the word bang. Now if you say knallar in swedish it aslo means bang. We refer him to a trader-man… A sales person. I hope I clearify this well for you.
Greetings from Borås
Thanks very much!!
Funny which places end up being ranked with Alexa. Curiosity paid off here, Boras looks very arty.
I definitely need to thank Alexa for this one, it was a wonderful surprise.
Can I put a request in for your next blog post – explain how to analyze the Alexa data to determine the geography info! I love the fact that you know you’re popular in Boras!
I’ve just bookmarked your comment and will answer your question in-depth – although in my case it Alexa displayed it in the description for a long while. I’ll shoot you the link when the post is up 🙂
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