Borås is close enough to Gothenburg that the direct freight crossing from the UK makes more sense here than almost anywhere else in Sweden. Goods land at the port, run inland on Riksväg 40, and are at the delivery address the same day. Compared with a load that has driven the length of Europe, the chain is remarkably short.
The city built its wealth on textiles and never entirely left the trade. The university still teaches it, and the surrounding area has become one of Sweden's principal centres for mail order and e-commerce distribution, which is a modern continuation of the same business. Those warehouses employ a lot of people, some of them arriving from abroad.
For deliveries the city is unremarkable in the best sense. Borås burned repeatedly in its early history and was rebuilt each time, so very little medieval fabric survives and the centre is regular, with parking and lifts. Most moving companies find it an easy city to work in.
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This is one of the strongest cases in Sweden for the direct crossing. DFDS runs roll on roll off freight from Immingham to Gothenburg, and Borås is a short inland run from the port on Riksväg 40. Your goods travel as unaccompanied freight, because Immingham is approved for freight only, and you make your own way across.
The overland alternative through Denmark and across the Öresund adds several hundred miles of driving to reach the same place. It still suits a part load sharing a vehicle with drops elsewhere, but for a full load to Borås the sea route is usually the shorter chain.
Rebuilt after repeated fires, so the centre is regular rather than medieval. Blocks generally have lifts and parking can be arranged. There is no historic quarter here of the kind that complicates deliveries in older Swedish cities.
Houses with drives and later blocks with service access. Ordinary deliveries throughout. Confirm the drive if the property is older, but there is rarely anything unusual to plan around.
If your delivery is to accommodation attached to a distribution site rather than a residential street, say so. Access to those areas is often controlled and delivery windows may be fixed, which changes the timing rather than the vehicle.
Send your UK collection address, your Borås delivery address with the floor, lift dimensions and access notes, and a rough inventory. Your enquiry goes to one vetted firm from our network who already covers the route.
Get your free Borås removals quoteHousing here is considerably more available and cheaper than in Gothenburg, and a number of people working in the Gothenburg area choose to live in Borås for that reason. The distribution sector and the university are the other main draws for people arriving from abroad.
Apply to Skatteverket early. Almost nothing else can be arranged until the personnummer exists. If you are working in Gothenburg while living here, the commute is a normal one rather than an unusual arrangement.
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For most full loads, yes. DFDS runs roll on roll off freight from Immingham to Gothenburg, and Borås is a short inland run from the port. Immingham is approved by UK Border Force for freight only, so goods travel unaccompanied while you make your own way over. The overland route adds several hundred miles to reach the same place.
Not particularly. The city burned repeatedly in its early history and was rebuilt each time, so there is very little medieval fabric and the centre is regular, with lifts in the blocks and parking that can be arranged. It is one of the more straightforward Swedish cities of its size to work in.
A short run west on Riksväg 40, close enough that a good number of people work in the Gothenburg area and live in Borås for the cheaper housing. For a removal it means the port leg and the delivery can generally happen the same day.
It depends on volume, access at both ends and whether the goods travel as a part load or on a dedicated vehicle. The short leg from the port is one of the reasons Borås can work out well on the direct crossing. The mover matched to your enquiry confirms the figure after surveying your goods and both addresses.
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Page last reviewed and updated 29 July 2026. Customs and registration requirements change; check tullverket.se and skatteverket.se for the current position.
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