Salong 1
Cinema hall
Cinema hall with extra floor space at the front for a seating group or standing tables, microphone and headset, 2K and 35 mm projectors.
Capacity
- Seated
- up to 78
78 including 2 wheelchair spaces.
Community / arts space
2 hireable spaces
Culturen
Culturen is a cultural centre in a 1913 industrial building at Kopparlunden in Västerås; the Elektra cinema's two screening rooms, which are let for events, talks, theatre, stand-up and music, are its evidenced event spaces.
Up to 78
capacity
2 spaces
hireable
Elektra's two screening rooms and foyer can be booked for events; send a booking request.
available for hire
About this venue
Culturen is the culture house in the former industrial area of Kopparlunden in Västerås, in a building from 1913 whose foyer keeps much of its industrial look. It is the home of the independent cinema Elektra Folkets Bio, and this record covers the parts of the house that are evidenced as bookable. Salong 1, built as the cinema hall of the culture centre, seats 78 (two wheelchair spaces) and has a front area for a seating group or standing tables, a microphone and headset, a 2K projector and two 35 mm projectors, and a hearing loop; it is offered for conferences, client events, training and talks. Salong 2 began as a black-box theatre room and now has 56 comfortable armchairs plus wheelchair spaces (63 in all, seven wheelchair spaces), a 2K projector and a hearing loop; it is offered for workshops, training, film circles, children's events, and for theatre, stand-up or music. The foyer, which has speakers and a microphone, and Cafe Elektra can be reserved with a booking. Booking requests go to the cinema's booking address. Any other tenants of the building are not itemised here. The cinema postcode on its own site is 721 30; the postcode above comes from OpenStreetMap.
The Spaces
Salong 2
Black box / cinema hall
Former black-box theatre room used as a screening room, with a roomy area between the screen and the first row; suited to workshops, theatre, stand-up and music.
Capacity
- Seated
- up to 63
63 including 7 wheelchair spaces (56 armchairs).
Facilities
- Camera positions / projection: 2K digital projectors in both rooms; two 35 mm projectors in Salong 1
- Catering / kitchen: Cafe Elektra next to the foyer
Accessibility
- Hearing loop
- Wheelchair spaces / viewing area
- Lift access
Location
Sintervägen 6, 722 09 Västerås
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