Dalarna County · Sweden
Where to stay in Falun
Falun is a city in Dalarna County, Sweden, home to about 40,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Falun, with about 285 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June
- Nearest airport
- BLE22 km · Dala Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Falun
Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County.
Falun was built around the old copper mine, which was operational as early as the 11th century. The mine was an important resource during the years of the Swedish Empire and made Falun Sweden's second largest city around mid-17th century. The mine was depleted by the beginning of the 1990s, and now it has become a tourist attraction and made it to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Stora Kopparberg (now Stora Enso), the mining company, is still active, although nowadays in the forest industry. It claims to be the world's oldest company, having supposedly existed more than a millennium.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Falun
See
- Falun Copper Mountain
- Mining Museum
- The Great Pit
- Dalarnas Museum
- Kristine Church
- Church of the Great Copper Mountain
Do
- Biograf Biostaden
- Lugnet sports area
- Lake Runn
- Runns Sjöbod
- The Runn Days
- The Swedish Ski Games
- The Falu Party
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Falun
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Falun to stay in
Falun, like all of Sweden, has the Right to access rule which allows anyone to camp for one night almost anywhere in the woods.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Falun
4 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Falu stadshotell | 1.5 km | |
| Falun Strandby Främby Udde | 2.7 km | |
| Polhem Bed & Breakfast | 2.3 km | |
| Samuelsdals Pensionat | 3.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Falun
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Falun are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Falun: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dala Airport (BLE), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mora Airport (MXX, 74 km) and Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST, 125 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Falun is about 3 hours from Stockholm, and is reached most easily by road or train. If you're in a hurry there is an airport at the neighbouring city of Borlänge, about 20 minutes from Falun, serving Gothenburg, Malmö, and Oslo in Norway. The local/regional connections are served by Tåg i Bergslagen/Tågkompaniet and SJ. Many connections from Stockholm requires a change in nearby Borlänge. Railway tickets can be bought at the SJ website or Tågkompaniet (only in Swedish) All tickets are available on both sites.
Getting around
Falun is small enough to be explored on foot, however there is a local bus network handled by Dalatrafik. The price for a bus ticket is 22 kr for adults and 17 kr for children. Infants travel for free. Bicycle is good way of getting around except for during snowy winter.
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BLE · Dala Airport
MXX · Mora Airport
VST · Stockholm Västerås Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Falun
Eat
Self-catering is always the cheapest way to get a meal in Sweden and there's plenty of food stores in Falun where it's possible to stock up. If you're starving in the middle of the night, run to the Statoil gas station which is open 24 hr daily and offers hot dogs and groceries. Fast food is also available at the many pizzerias, at the Swedish fast food chain Sibylla, at McDonald's near Lugnet or at Gandhis Gatukök at the main square. Close to the train station, you can find a 7-Eleven gas station, that also offers some food and MAX Burgers. For fairly cheap restaurant food, catch "Dagens rätt" ("Dish of the day"), available weekdays at lunchtime in most restaurants. Price around 65 SEK.
Drink
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday is the best time for a night out. The bars below also serve as restaurants and offer Dish of the Day during weekday lunch hours.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Falun
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Questions
Falun: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Falun?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Falun are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Falun?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dala Airport (BLE), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mora Airport (MXX, 74 km) and Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST, 125 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Falun?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Falun?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Falun
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.