Discover Skövde: Nature, Culture and Swimming

Skövde stretches along the slopes of Billingen; it is just three kilometres from the town centre to the summit. Nature, culture and activity shape different sides of the destination. With hiking trails, a local mountain biking trail network, museums and swimming, you can tailor your stay to your own interests.

Hiking on Billingen

Billingeleden is a 57-kilometre hiking trail around Billingen. It follows the mountain ridge with impressive views, passes through pastures and forests on the slopes, and crosses the limestone plateau in Berg.

Bergaklivet is a 19-kilometre circular hiking trail through meadows in bloom, lush wild garlic forests and gently rolling green hills. The trails differ considerably in length; Billingeleden runs around Billingen, while Bergaklivet is a circular trail. Their length and format can therefore be considered together without conflating their respective landscape features.

Mountain biking at Billingens MTB Arena

Billingens MTB Arena is the starting point for the local mountain biking trail network. The arena has short training trails graded green, blue and red. A pump track adds to the training options: on the undulating track, you can practise balance, rhythm and speed. The mountain biking offering therefore includes both a trail network with a named starting point and specific forms of training.

Art and exhibitions

Konstmuseet is located in Skövde Kulturhus. Permanent and temporary art exhibitions are held there year-round; the collection spans art from the early 20th century to the present day. Stadsmuseet has two permanent exhibitions as well as temporary exhibitions. Alongside the exhibition format, Konstmuseet offers the collection’s broad timespan, while Stadsmuseet is distinguished by the number of its permanent exhibitions.

Local history and getting around

The Skövde Street Museum takes you on a walk past buildings and artworks bearing traces of different eras and evoking times gone by. When you reach the next location, a signal sounds on your phone; there you can read more about the place. The Skövde Street Museum guide is available around the clock, regardless of the time of day, weather or season. The signal links additional information to each location as you reach it.

Skövde Kulturhus also has a staffed InfoPoint with brochures, maps and local tourist information. This means Konstmuseet and this tourist information point are located in the same place.

Swimming

Arena Skövde is a multipurpose facility and meeting place for all generations, featuring, among other things, a water park. The swimming pool is 25 metres long and has seven lanes. Aqua Vitalis in central Skövde offers a warm-water pool, a hammam stone, a sauna with löyly, a steam sauna, an outdoor pool and experience showers. The details mentioned highlight different features: a swimming pool with specific dimensions and lanes on the one hand, and a range of water, sauna and shower facilities on the other.

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