The Coast-to-Coast Line from Gothenburg to Kalmar runs through the city centre. Besides being the home of the official Swedish Kilogram-weight and the atomic clock that sets the national time, SP conducts various testing and research to promote consumer safety.īorås is a railway junction. Industries in Borås have close collaboration with the University College of Borås as well as the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, the largest technical research institute of Sweden, both located in Borås. Outside the city in the industrial park of Viared, there are many companies specializing in logistics. Worldwide clothing retailer H&M have their worldwide Online office based in the city as well. The company Swedac is based in the city, as well as Ericsson, which has a large manufacturing plant where Mini-Link microwave radios are manufactured. It currently holds the Swedish record in the number of established mail-order firms. The city arms depicts two pairs of sheep shears, a tribute to the vast number of smiths in the town in early history.

In 2021, Borås marked its 400th anniversary. In its 2017 report, Police in Sweden placed the Norrby, Hässleholmen and Hulta districts in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates. The Caroli church is the oldest of Borås's buildings, and has withstood all fires. Borås has been ravaged by fires four times: in 1681, 1727, 18. After a century it had increased to over 2,000 inhabitants. The city developed soon after it was founded.

The reason was to give local pedlars a legal place for vending their merchandise (and for the government the ability to collect taxes on this trade). The city of Borås received its privileges in 1621 by King Gustav II Adolf. Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the most from the nationwide railway system laid between 18.

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