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Halvars Glass

by Psife

On the Södra Promenaden (the Southern Avenue) lies 'Halvars Glass', an icecream shop that has become an institution in Norrköping. If a local is going to go buy icecream he goes to Halvars (which is why the lines can be very long on a sunny day). Halvars has existed since the 1930's, in the beginning they manufacture dtheir own icecream (sadly not anymore).

Halvars Glass is mentioned in the song "Jag går på promenaden" by the famous swedish singer Ulf Lundell.

Grabbhalvan

by Psife

Grabbhalvan, a 5 kilometer running competition (or trotting in most cases) for "real" men through the streets of Norrköping. It's an annual competition in may and has become an annual festival with many companies participating.

Everyone who finishes receives a survival kit with an inscribed beer glass and other essentials. My favourites are the ones running the entire race with a beer can in their hand =)

A special price is the "case-price", there's an empty case of beer after 3 kilometers, the person who brings it over the finish line get a special price. A real "grabbhalva" should wear a net shirt and 3 days stubble and preferable a beer belly.

Laserdome shooting

by gugi66

Laser shooting game indoor. This sport is very fysicly demanding so make sure that you bring extra clothes to change after the game.

There is two teams who runns around in a 800 square meters big arena with stairs, towers, walls. A speciall smoke is used so you can see the laser beems when you shoot or get shoot at. Feel the adrenalin pump.

Prices:
20 min / 70 kr
30 min / 100 kr
2 x 20 min / 130 kr
3 x 20 min / 200 kr

Kylhistoriska Museet

by gugi66

The first and only historical museum of refrigeration in Sweden is situated in close vicinity of the historical and unique old industrial part of Norrköping. It has been established and operated by “Kylhistoriens Vänner I Norrköping, KVN” (The Friends of the Refrigeration History in Norrköping). The museum was inaugurated on the 11th of August 2003.

The KVN is a non-profit association with about 200 members. It was formed when the operation of the concern Stal Refrigeration AB, world leading in industrial and marine refrigeration, was discontinued and moved to Denmark.

Today the museum exhibits units of refrigeration compressors from one of the first manufactured in Sweden 1896, up to the latest developed and manufactured. In addition many units from the time in between are shown as well as many other interesting refrigeration components.

Opening houers:
By agreement. Call +46(0)11-12 46 40 and book a time

Safari park via Norrköping

by Huks

"Industrial area in Norrköping"

Still in 20th century Norrköping was city of industry, including textile manufacturers. However in 1959 and later more of them had been closed due to competition from countries abroad with lower wages. So today Norrköping isn't city of industry but at the same time old industrial buildings aren't destroyed but implemented reorientation and many of them now are sightseeing objects.