--- title: "Linköping – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Linköping from Nyköping, Stockholm / Västerås and Visby: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Linköping is a city in…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/linkoping" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/linkoping.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Industrilandskapet_Norrk%C3%B6ping_Marsch_2026_01.jpg/1920px-Industrilandskapet_Norrk%C3%B6ping_Marsch_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Linköping](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Industrilandskapet_Norrk%C3%B6ping_Marsch_2026_01.jpg/1920px-Industrilandskapet_Norrk%C3%B6ping_Marsch_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Linköping Linköping is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. [Plan a trip to Linköping](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Link%C3%B6ping) [From Nyköping](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nyk%C3%B6ping&to=Link%C3%B6ping) ## Every way there - Nyköping → Linköping 89 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · kr95–125 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nykoping-to-linkoping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nyk%C3%B6ping&to=Link%C3%B6ping) - Stockholm / Västerås → Linköping Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/stockholm-vasteras-to-linkoping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Stockholm+%2F+V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s&to=Link%C3%B6ping) - Visby → Linköping 179 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · kr1,880–3,060 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/visby-to-linkoping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Visby&to=Link%C3%B6ping) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Linköping, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Linköping](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/linkoping) What Linköping has - Y Scheduled flights Linköping (LPI), 4 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 1 timetable feed for this country, 0 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 58.416°, 15.625° 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. Linköping City Airport There are no direct shuttles between the airport and Resecentrum. 2. Skavsta Airport Skavsta is 100 km north-east of Linköping. 3. Linköping Central Station See ## Worth seeing 1. Linköping Castle From the 13th century, this was the bishop's residence until the Lutheran reformation in the 16th century. 2. 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. Stadshuset It was built as a secondary school (läroverk) in 1864. 4. Gamla Linköping and Valla An open-air museum, west of the city centre. 5. Linköpings Slotts- & Domkyrkomuseum 6. Swedish Air Force Museum Do ## Things to do 1. Kinda Södra Stånggatan 1,. 2. Linköpings GolfClub 3. Linköpings Trädgårdsförening Visit the relaxing park in the central area. 4. Saab Arena 5. SF Bio Ågatan 39,. 6. 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. Bosses Glassbar A unique hole-in-the-wall ice cream shop selling fresh ice cream. 2. NiHao S:t Larsgatan 12. 3. Stångebro Gatukök Tanneforsvägen 92 (opposite Scandic Linköping City, at the roundabout near Norrköpingsvägen),. 4. Taste of Thai S:t Larsgatan 25A,. 5. Wokaway How locals move ## Getting around Linköping the local way - Get around Rent a boat, canoe or bike or book a cruise on the canal. From [Wikivoyage: Östergötland](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tland), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ArildV (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/linkoping, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt