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City district in Linköping, Sweden

Västra Valla

Västra Valla is a city district in western Linköping.

Västra Valla
Västra Valla · Wolfgang Moroder
The place

Västra Valla is a city district in western Linköping. Västra Valla includes the campus of Linköping University.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Västra Valla

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Linköping University

    Linköping University is a public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions.

    600 m · Swedish university · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Linköping Cathedral

    Linköping Cathedral is an active Lutheran church in the Swedish city of Linköping, the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Linköping in the Church of Sweden. One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Scandinavia, it is situated opposite Linköping Castle, on a site that has been in use as a church since the 11th century.

    3.1 km · 12th century Gothic cathedral in Linköping, Sweden · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Saab Arena

    Saab Arena, formerly named Cloetta Center between 2004 and 2014, is an arena in Linköping, Sweden. It opened in September 2004 and holds 8,500 people during sport events and 11,500 during concerts.

    4.4 km · event arena in Linköping, Sweden · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Diocese of Linköping

    The Diocese of Linköping is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 parishes with a total of 443,000 members.

    3.1 km · diocese within the Church of Sweden · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Swedish Air Force Museum

    The Swedish Air Force Museum is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the "Flyer Baron" founded his flying school in 1912.

    3.5 km · Swedish military museum · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Linköping Arena

    The Linköping Arena, also known by its sponsored name Bilbörsen Arena, is an association football stadium in Linköping, Sweden. Opened in 2013, the stadium has a capacity of 7,400 and hosted four games at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament.

    5.1 km · association football stadium in Linköping, Sweden · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Linköping Castle

    Linköping Castle is situated at Linköping in Östergötland, Sweden. It stands opposite Linköping Cathedral.

    3 km · Sweden's oldest preserved secular building with parts from the 12th century · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Folkungavallen

    Folkungavallen is a football stadium in Linköping, Sweden and the home stadium for the football teams Linköpings FC and FK Linköping. Folkungavallen has a total capacity of 5,500 spectators.

    3.5 km · football stadium in Linköping, Sweden · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Stora teatern

    Stora teatern is an event venue in Linköping, Sweden. It was initially built as a theatre venue and inaugurated on December 18, 1903.

    3.4 km · theatre venue in Linköping, Sweden · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Stångebro Ishall

    Stångebro Ishall, also known as Stångebrohallen, is an arena in Linköping, Sweden. It was built in 1975 at a cost of 9.2 million krona, opening on September 14 that year.

    4.4 km · ice sport arena in Linköping, Östergötlands län · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Västra Valla

Airports
Linköping City (LPI), 6 km · Stockholm Skavsta (NYO), 89 km · Stockholm Västerås (VST), 146 km
Stations
Linköping/Saab Airport, 5.9 km · Linköping Central Station, 3.9 km
  • Nyköping → Västra Valla
    92 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · kr100–135
  • Stockholm / Västerås → Västra Valla
    145 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · kr195–260
  • Visby → Västra Valla
    181 km · quickest by road, 6h 32m · kr1,885–3,070
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Västra Valla

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Västra Valla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundRent a boat, canoe or bike or book a cruise on the canal.

From Wikivoyage: Östergötland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    312 km
  2. 02
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    313 km
  3. 03
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    361 km
  4. 04
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    397 km
  5. 05411 km

If you know how people move in Västra Valla – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Västra Valla

  • Linköpingcity in Östergötland, Sweden3.4 km
  • Malmslätturban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden3.9 km
  • Vikingstadurban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden8.4 km
  • Ekängenurban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden9.3 km
  • Slakaurban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden3.4 km
  • Rappestadurban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden9.2 km