Sights in Linköping
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Gamla Linköping
The town’s best attractions lie just outside the centre. Gamla Linköping, 2km west of the city, is one of the biggest living-museum villages in Sweden. It’s a gorgeous combo of cobbled streets, picket-fenced gardens and around 90 19th-century houses. There are about a dozen themed museums (all free, with various opening times), artisan shops and a small chocolate factory. Take bus 202 or 214 (Skr20).
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Sankt Lars Kyrka
The concrete floor of Sankt Lars Kyrka was built in 1802 above the previous medieval church crypt. Ask the rector to lead you downstairs, where fascinating finds include 11th-century gravestones, a teen skeleton (complete with fatal blow to the skull) and fragments of the medieval church’s painted roof tiles.
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Domkyrka
Made from blocks of handcarved limestone, the enormous Domkyrka was the country’s largest and most expensive church in the Middle Ages. Its foundations were laid around 1250 and its 107m spire and vast interior still impress. Inside sits a vivid 16th-century triptych by Dutchman Marten van Heemskerck.
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Ekenäs Slott
Ekenäs Slott, built between 1630 and 1644, is one of the best-preserved Renaissance castles in Sweden. Features include three spectacular towers, a moat, and furnishings from the 17th to 19th centuries. Located 20km east of Linköping, you’ll need your own transport to get there.
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Slotts- & Domkyrkomuseum
The struggle between church and state is explored in the Slotts- & Domkyrkomuseum, where the bolshy King Gustav Vasa and the last Catholic bishop, Hans Brask, made friends, ate, drank and fell out again. Archaeological finds include two mummified black rats from the bishop’s privy.
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Östergötlands Länsmuseum
Just north of the cathedral, Östergötlands Länsmuseum has a decent European art collection (Cranach’s painting of Eden, Original Sin, is wonderful, with a smiling Eve twiddling her toes), and Swedish art dating from the Middle Ages.
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Flygvapenmuseum
Approximately 7km west of the centre is Flygvapenmuseum, with exhibits on air-force history and 60 aircraft fit for a Top Gun remake. To get there, take bus 213.
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Valla Fritidsområde
Just 300m through the forest is Valla Fritidsområde, a recreation area with domestic animals, a children's playground, minigolf, a few small museums and many old houses.
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M/S Kind
For a simple day excursion, from late June to early August the M/S Kind leaves Tullbron dock at 10:00 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and travels to Rimforsa.
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