Götene

Götene is a town in Västergötland in Sweden. The town itself has around 5,000 inhabitants, with around 13,000 in the municipality. The Kinnekulle table mountain overlooks lake Vänern and the flat farmlands.

• 🌍 Lundsbrunn station. A heritage railway station with connection to Skara. 

The most practical way to get around the settlements is by driving. Kinnekulle is a gratifying location for hiking.

See also: Skaraborg history tour

• 🌍 Götene church (Götene). Contains a relic of Helena of Skövde. 
• 🌍 Falkängen. Worker quarters from the 19th century. 
• 🌍 Flyhov. A rock carving (hällristning) from the Bronze Age, around 1,000 BC. 
• 🌍 Kinnekulle. The view over Vänern, the largest lake of Europe outside Russia, is spectacular from the mountain top. 
• 🌍 Husaby kyrka. Has one of the oldest and most remarkable churches in Sweden, built about 1090-1130. Near the church is a spring where the king was baptized in year 1008, the breakthrough of the christianization of Sweden. 
• 🌍 Källby runestones. A collection of Iron Age artifacts. The older runestone is pagan; the younger one is Christian. 
• 🌍 Skälvum Church. 
• 🌍 Tredingstenarna. 
• 🌍 Råbäck Stonemasonry. 
• 🌍 Aranäs. A medieval castle ruin. 
• 🌍 Sigrid Storråda. A Viking ship built after a real one found in Norway. It offers public trips a couple of times every summer, and can also be chartered. 
• 🌍 Västerplana Church. 
• 🌍 Medelplana Church.