This is the 2048th most frequent Swedish word.
väster
West.
Here 'väster' is used as a spatial direction to indicate a location in relation to another point.
Stockholm ligger väster om Uppsala.
Stockholm is west of Uppsala.
In this sentence, 'väster' indicates the general direction or region in the west side.
Vi körde hela vägen från väster till öster.
We drove all the way from west to east.
Here 'väster' is used to describe the orientation or direction that the view faces.