Varberg - Fortress Museum

The most prominent feature of Varberg is the fortress on a rocky promontory to the west of the town, which came into Swedish hands in 1645. Originally built in the 13th century, it was much altered in later centuries. It now houses a local museum, notable in particular for the clothes of the "Bocksten man", a body dating from medieval times which was found in 1938 in a bog at Bocksten, to the east of the town. Within the precincts of the fortress is a cafe with a superb view out to sea.