Birka and Hovgården
Also known as Birka et Hovgarden, Birka et hovgården, Birka Et Hovgården, Birka och Hovgården
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Sweden
Inscribed
1993
List reference
555
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Birka and Hovgården is about 30 km west of Stockholm. The nearest other World Heritage site is Royal Domain of Drottningholm, about 20 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Stockholm · about 1,264,000 peopleabout 30 km east
- Uppsala · about 133,000 peopleabout 60 km north
- Västerås · about 107,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Nyköping · about 28,000 peopleabout 70 km south-west
- Norrköping · about 89,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
- Örebro · about 99,000 peopleabout 130 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwedenCultural20 km away
SwedenCultural32 km away
SwedenCultural111 km away
SwedenCultural177 km away
SwedenCultural193 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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