Travel to Alingsås

Location

Alingsås is situated in the south-west part of Sweden approx 50 km north-east of Gothenburg, the 2nd largest city of Sweden. You can travel either by air, railroad or car since Alingsås is close to an international airport, and the most important railroad (between Gothenburg and Stockholm, the capital of Sweden) runs through Alingsås. Even E20 , the highway between Gothenburg and Stockholm , passes through Alingsås.

Map Nolhaga (eniro.se)
Map Nolhaga (hitta.se)
Map Nolhaga area with all important places marked
Map Alingsås with hotels, hostel etc marked

Going with car

Travelling to Alingsås with a car you will most likely approach Alingsås either from north-east on the E20 from Stockholm towards Gothenburg or the other way around from the west coast towards Stockholm. Arriving from United Kingdom you can travel with the DFDS ferries directly from Newcastle to Gothenburg. From Denmark/Germany/western Europe you can either go on bridges through Denmark and further to Sweden or with ferries from various locations in Denmark to Sweden or even directly from Kiel in Germany to Gothenburg. The fastest route from Germany to Alingsås by car, is to use the ferry between Puttgarden (Germany) and Rödby (Denmark) and then from Helsingör (Denmark) to Helsingborg (Sweden). Then just follow the E20 from Helsingborg via Gothenburg to Alingsås. There are also ferries from Poland, Estonia and Finland to Sweden if you arrive from eastern Europe. These alternatives may bring you to the Stockholm area where you can choose to follow the E20 towards Gothenburg. When arriving from Poland with a ferry it is preferred to travel along the west coast of Sweden passing Helsingborg & Gothenburg before arriving in Alingsås.

Travelling by air

Alingsås is located approx 35 km from the most frequent international airport of Gothenburg (Landvetter Airport) where a number of airlines have daily services to many European cities. Airlines with services to this airport include SAS, Finnair, KLM, Air France, City Airline, Blue 1, Lufthansa, British Airways, Wideroe, SN Brussels, CSA, Malmoe Aviation and Austrian Airlines. Flights are also available with Ryan Air to the Gothenburg City airport (Säve) situated some 60 km from Alingsås. Ryan Air has direct flights from Gothenburg to the United Kingdom and to Germany. Transportation to and from the airport is a topic where we as organizer is trying to achieve a fixed price solution with pick-up at the airport. Please contact us or wait updates of this web-site. There are airport buses from the airports to the Gothenburg railroad station where you can change to the train to Alingsås. This alternative will cost approx 150 SEK single fare and can be paid on the bus resp train (there are no combined tickets available).

If you are planning to go with train

Alingsås has excellent conditions with its railroad station on the main Swedish track between Stockholm and Gothenburg. The railroad station is in the city center on comfortable walking distance to hotel, youth hostel and the Nolhaga park where the event is arranged. Normally your local train company can offer you a ticket valid all the way from your local railroad station to Alingsås.

Bus

There are bus services between various cities in Sweden with “Swebus Express” and some of these stop in Alingsås every day.