Foto Avig Kazanijan, Visit Västerås
Location
Västerås, sweden
Västerås is one of Sweden’s oldest cities, located about 100 km west of Stockholm, on the northern shore of Lake Mälaren, the country’s third-largest lake.
Västerås has long been a hub for ice sailing and skatesailing, thanks to Mälaren’s wide frozen surfaces in winter. The city is also home to JKV, an active sailing club with a history in dinghy sailing, keelboat racing, and ice sailing. Västerås features a traditional inland sailing conditions: sheltered, but with open expanses of water. Lake Mälaren provides excellent conditions for course racing and slalom formats, as well as long-distance marathon ice sailing across wide frozen areas.
Västerås has hosted national and international ice sailing and winter sports events, supported by the city’s infrastructure and accessibility and even WISSA events before during the 1980s. Temperatures are on average just below zero in February and ice conditions are generally good as temperatures often go through 0 degrees Celsius up and down, the surface is often ice rather than snow, but could vary from water on ice to snow. SW is the dominant wind direction throughout the year.
Facilitys
The local Sailing club JKV can provide suitable facilities for the event.
JKV Ankargatan 1, 723 48 Västerås
Transportaion
By car
100 km from Stockholm or 400 from Oslo
Västerås' strategic location along the E18 makes it easy to get here by car. You are 100 km from Stockholm and 400 km from Gothenburg and Oslo.
Find your way - Google Maps
By bus from Arlanda to Västerås
With it´s 80 km to Västerås, Arlanda Airport is also a travel alternative. Direct buses between Arlanda and Västerås depart approximately once an hour with Flixbus and Bus4You. The bus takes you directly to the bus terminal in central Västerås and from there you can easily continue to your final destination. Get yor ticket at Flixbus.
By train
Taking the train to Västerås is easy and convenient from all over Sweden. You can easily reach the train connections that do not go via Västerås via Stockholm and it only takes an hour. You can easily book your ticket at sj.se or buy it directly from the machine at the central station.
get your ticket at SJ
Accommodation
Luxurious or simple, in the treetops or in a steam power plant - you choose where and how you want to live in Västerås.
