Welcome To The City Of Linköping

From whatever point of the compass you come, as you approach Linköping your path is lined by billowing cornfields and the sweet smelling Östergötland soil. From miles away you can see the tower of the Cathedral rise above the plain. The Cathedral is one of the finest buildings in Scandinavia and its one-time ruler was the famous Bishop Brask, who lived in Linköping Castle, hard by the Cathedral.

Linköping - Sweden's fifth city with more than 136,000 inhabitants, has a long history as County Town, as a regimental city and a city of learning. The Castle now accommodates the home and entertainment premises of the County Governor. There is also the excellent Castle and Cathedral Museum, where for example Bishop Brask and King Gustav Vasa can be seen engaged in discussion. Next to the Castle and the Cathedral there is also the old church Latin School for Boys (now a parish hall) which was the starting point of Linköping, the city of learning. Later on came the yellow Grammar School building close by, now converted into Linköping City Hall.

Our time-honoured regiments are now disbanded, but the buildings have been preserved and are used for both housing and other activities. The large manoeuvres area is a fine open-air resource whose future is now being discussed and planned.

Linköping stands for world-class high-tech, not least in the IT field. A university town and a centre of commerce. This development really boomed when Saab located its aircraft manufacture here in 1937. The City is well prepared as regards premises and land for new business and has a strategic position with its own airport and good communications with the outside world. Well-educated inhabitants in a growing city are another asset.

The university, the college of technology and the university hospital have contributed a great deal to the development of a large number of "hived-off companies". Right by the university is the Mjärdevi Science Park, where many computer and electronics companies have been set up. A similar development is in progress at the university hospital, where a number of small firms are now emerging with a focus on medical technology. And Linköping has excellent facilities such as conference premises, hotels, youth hostels and camping.

Countryside, culture, amusements, shopping.

The City of Linköping offers visitors and inhabitants beauty, excitement and other great experiences. We have a living, well-preserved city centre with many shops, cafés, restaurants and dance halls. Film, theatre, music and exhibitions can be enjoyed all round the year. Not forgetting the student orchestra festival! On the outskirts there are hypermarkets that are visited from far and near - Ikea and Biltema, among others.

Linköping can offer oases in fine parks and places for children to play, country walks close to the city, an adventure pool and swimming baths, a newly built Diocese and County Library, the world famous Old Linköping with Valla Recreation Area, the Air Force Museum, the County Museum, fine churches, sports grounds. Several old castles round the city are well-known sights for excursions with activities.

The Göta Canal, which runs into Lake Roxen, and the Kinda Canal down by the Kinda lakes are an experience, with many old locks and fine surroundings - for tourists on land as well