Gävleborg County · Sweden
Where to stay in Sandviken
Sandviken is a city in Gävleborg County, Sweden, home to about 25,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Sandviken, with about 119 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- July
- Nearest airport
- BLE72 km · Dala Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
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About Sandviken
Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm.
One of the most industrialized cities in Sweden, Sandviken is dominated by the huge steel processing factory Sandvik, which employs almost 7,000 of the town's population of just under 40,000. This explains why there are a lot of international guests dining in town.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Sandviken
See
- Rosenlöfs Tryckerimuseum
- Forsbacka ironworks
- Årsjögård
Do
- Högbo Bruk
- Kungsberget Ski Resort
- Färnebofjärden National Park
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Sandviken
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Smedjan hotel | 119 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Sandviken
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sandviken are July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 87 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 Sandviken: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dala Airport (BLE), about 72 km from the city centre in a straight line; Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST, 114 km) and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN, 125 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Regional trains run hourly from Gävle on the coast to Sandviken (16 min), Storvik, Hofors, Falun and Borlänge. Some continue to Kopparberg and Örebro.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
BLE · Dala Airport
VST · Stockholm Västerås Airport
ARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Sandviken
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
Questions
Sandviken: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sandviken?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sandviken are July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sandviken?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dala Airport (BLE), about 72 km from the city centre in a straight line; Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST, 114 km) and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN, 125 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Sandviken?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Sandviken
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.