Car Hire in Gavle Downtown - Mini guide to Gavle Downtown
Gavle Downtown has an industrial heritage, a large park and a small university. There are about 93,000 people who live in the area and the town’s colorful wooden houses make for a great sight.
In the 1500s, Gavle was one of the most important port and merchant towns because of its many shipping companies and shipyards. Today, the shipping companies and shipyards are fewer but the port remains an important one for trading. some of the major companies in Gavle includes Korsnas, Stora Cell Industri, Kraft General Foods Scandinavia, Leaf AB, Gavle Galvan, Gavle Stal, Gavle Varv, Cale Industri, and Ericsson.
There are about 12,500 students in the University College of Gavle and it offers several courses which are under six departments.
The Gavle Goat is popular in Sweden particularly of its role during the Christmas holidays. It’s a giant version of the traditional Swedish Christmas goat of straw which is placed in center of town and is burned at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. The goat is 13 meters tall, 7 meters long and 3 tons heavy.
Tourists who want to spend the holidays and see the Gavle Goat can get their accommodation from Scandic Grand Hotel, Scandic West Hotel, Scandic Gavle West and Ditt Hotell Norrtull. Bicycles are the ideal mode of transportation in the area but those who are less athetic can get car hire from Avis and Europcar.
Car hire deals in: Sweden
We rent the following types of cars: Economy (Vauxhall Corsa or equiv.), Mini, Small family (Ford Focus or equiv.), Medium family (Toyota Avensis or equiv.), large family (BMW 5 series), 4x4, SUV, Convertible, Van, Sports car, Luxury cars.
Hire cheap cars from the following suppliers, Ebookers, Opodo, Avis, Expedia, Sixt, Thrifty and budget rental prices from EasyCar, Budget, Holiday Autos, Economy, 121carhire.
