Linköping

Berg’s Locks are the Göta Canal’s major sight and attract thousands of visitors every year. The area contains restaurants, cafés, minigolf, youth hostel, cycle rental, swimming in lake Roxen, etc. The passenger ship M/S WASA LEJON makes daily trips on the Göta Canal from here. If you visit Berg's Locks during the fall or winter season - make sure to stroll down the Canal and enjoy the magical surroundings and fall in love with the Swedish nature! This is an experience you just don't want to miss! It's easy to travel to Berg's Locks, regardless if you go by car, bus or bicycle. If you want to take a bike ride or a long stroll, the inner city of Linköping is perfect connected to Berg's Locks only 11 km away. Don't forget to check out the amazing stairway of locks during your visit! Berg's Locks is the largest attraction along Göta Canal. And if you want to explore your surroundings even further, we recommend you to take a trip to near by Borensberg only 21 km away.

Welcome to Old Linköping - a place for fun and curiosity, laughter and memories, beautiful experiences and relaxation for the soul. Travel back in time and experience Swedish small town life a hundred or more years ago. In the Old Town neighbourhood you will find wooden-built houses, cobbled streets, beautiful gardens, and many interesting museums. There are also shops and crafts, exhibitions, a science center, a restaurant and a café. During the summer there are a number of activities available for families with children; ride with a horse and carriage or the choo-choo train, meet street musicians, vagabonds, the local police constable and other characters from bygone days, try oldfashioned crafts, visit the old school e t c. A short walk through the Valla forest nature reserve takes you to Valla farm, with museums showing agricultural and technical history, farm animals, a large playground, cafés and a miniature golf course.

In the summer, the city is crammed with outdoor restaurants and cafés. On balmy evenings, this is the place to be. Get together with friends, have a drink or a bite to eat and enjoy the great atmosphere.

Linköping’s cathedral is Sweden’s best preserved medieval cathedral. There is much to discover here, the Gothic blind arcades with their remarkable stone figures, the glass sculpture Golgotha and Maria, which spreads its wonderful cloak of flowers out over us from one of the windows. Linköping’s cathedral is 110 metres long and the tower is 107 metres high. To know more about the cathedral's history, we would reccomend a guided tour.

Botanize among a unique collection of military aircraft, become a pilot for a while or experience Sweden during the cold war. There is a lot to discover at the Air Force Museum for both grown ups and children. You’ll find the most special plane in the basement. It’s the wreck of the DC-3 shot down in the 1950s and rediscovered at the bottom of the sea in 2003. In the Flight Lab, you can try being a pilot. You’ll have an exciting day with lots of fun for the whole family. The museum is open all year round and have free admission.