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Linköping

Linköping

Linköping is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024.

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It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping and is well known for its cathedral. Linköping is the center of an old cultural region and celebrated its 700th anniversary in 1987. Dominating the city's skyline from afar is the steeple of the cathedral.

Get in

Getting to Linköping

  1. 01
    Linköping City Airport

    There are no direct shuttles between the airport and Resecentrum.

  2. 02
    Skavsta Airport

    Skavsta is 100 km north-east of Linköping.

  3. 03
    Linköping Central Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Linköping Castle

    From the 13th century, this was the bishop's residence until the Lutheran reformation in the 16th century.

  2. 02
    Linköping Cathedral

    The first church was built on this site in the 12th century, and was expanded regularly over the following centuries, culminating in the 19th-century tower.

  3. 03
    Stadshuset

    It was built as a secondary school (läroverk) in 1864.

  4. 04
    Gamla Linköping and Valla

    An open-air museum, west of the city centre.

  5. 05
    Linköpings Slotts- & Domkyrkomuseum
  6. 06
    Swedish Air Force Museum
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Kinda

    Södra Stånggatan 1,.

  2. 02
    Linköpings GolfClub
  3. 03
    Linköpings Trädgårdsförening

    Visit the relaxing park in the central area.

  4. 04
    Saab Arena
  5. 05
    SF Bio

    Ågatan 39,.

  6. 06
    Tinnerbäcksbadet

    Outdoor pool and lake for swimming, popular with families with children.

Eat

Where to eat

Most restaurants in the city offer a restricted choice Saturday Shopping Lunch between 12:00-15:00 for around 80 kr which can be a good way to try out new restaurants. Lunch from Monday-Friday is often cheaper.

  1. 01
    Bosses Glassbar

    A unique hole-in-the-wall ice cream shop selling fresh ice cream.

  2. 02
    NiHao

    S:t Larsgatan 12.

  3. 03
    Stångebro Gatukök

    Tanneforsvägen 92 (opposite Scandic Linköping City, at the roundabout near Norrköpingsvägen),.

  4. 04
    Taste of Thai

    S:t Larsgatan 25A,.

  5. 05
    Wokaway
How locals move

Getting around Linköping the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ArildV (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.