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<h2 id="communications">Communications</h2> <p>Tierp is connected to <a href="/facts/Uppsala/X3HzSeYN">Uppsala</a> and <a href="/facts/G%C3%A4vle/SkXCm4Gw">Gävle</a> by commuter train Mälartåget and the new (2007) section of highway <a href="/facts/European_route_E4/pupwshgT">E4</a> passes just west of Tierp. </p> <h2 id="sports">Sports</h2> <p>The following sports clubs are located in Tierp: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Str%C3%B6msbergs_IF/Hbv0oHYo">Strömsbergs IF</a></li> <li>Tierp City FC</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tierps_IF/YLFouTbX">Tierps IF</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Tierp_Arena/Putjo3ch">Tierp Arena</a> is located here. It is a world class auto racing facility. The main sport at this facility is Drag Racing. It hosts two FIA European Drag Races per year. One in June and the other in August. </p> <h2 id="main-sights">Main sights</h2> <p><a href="/facts/T%C3%A4mnar%C3%A5n/EqHdYJyD">Tämnarån</a> is a river passing just west of the locality. The <a href="/facts/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_1146/7GEBmK3U">Gillberga runestone</a> is located across the river, close to where it is crossed by a wooden pedestrian bridge. Two other runestones, <a href="/facts/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_1144/1JC3uDXx">nr 1144</a> and <a href="/facts/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_1145/CRclGzw3">1145</a>, are located a couple of miles south of Tierp. </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tierp. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 24. <a href="https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0028.html" target="_blank">https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0028.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Tätorter". <a href="https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/miljo/markanvandning/tatorter/" target="_blank">https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/miljo/markanvandning/tatorter/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>