Sign in with Facebook- Join for free
- Sign In
Sign in with FacebookLatest Linköping hotel reviews
Helpfulness
Linkoping owns much of its rapid expansion to the establishment in 1937 of the famous Swedish aircraft concern SAAB (Svenska Aeroplan AB).
The fighter aircraft JAS 39 Gripen, its predecessors Lansen, Draken and Viggen or civilian models Saab 340 and Saab 2000 are all of them connected to Linkoping where the development and the manufacturing have been made.
Updated Nov 20, 2006
Helpfulness
Linkoping is located in Ostergotland province and in Ostrogothia region, on the southern part of Roxen lake, on the way from Stockholm to Helsingborg.
Together with its suburbs, it forms the fifth municipality of Sweden, Linkopings kommun with 136,190 inhabitants, out of which around 95,000 are living in the town.
Updated Nov 20, 2006
Helpfulness
Linkoping Old Town is a site where old houses and paved streets are presented as they were in the town a hundred years ago.
This is the right place to learn more about living and working in Linkoping a century ago.
Updated Apr 18, 2006
Helpfulness
The current St Lars Kyrkan was built in 19th century and it is the third to be built on this site.
The first church was a wooden stave church built in the 11th century, while the second one was in use until 1802.
In the church's crypt remains of the Medieval church beneath the floor of the present church can be still seen.
The church has a "Glockenspiel" which plays three times a day.
Updated Apr 18, 2006
Helpfulness
In Stora Torget (Grand Square) is the famous Statue of Folke Filbyter made by Carl Milles in 1927.
The statue represents a man riding a horse. The man was called Filbyter and used to eat young horses.
Updated Apr 18, 2006
Helpfulness
If you expect to see a huge impressive square in the center of the city, it is not the case in Linkoping.
Stora Torget (Grand Square) is just a normal square surrounded by relatively low buildings, some of them part of international hotel chains.
In 1960 the area around Stora Torget (Grand Square) was reorganized and many old houses have been dismantled and some of them moved to Gamla Linkoping outside the central part of the town.
Updated Apr 18, 2006
Helpfulness
I've been particularly surprised to find the sign with the names of Linkoping's sister cities in from of the Town Hall.
And this is because among the names of different cities all over the world, I have found also the name of a Romanian city, Oradea, which is located at 1,331km away from Linkoping.
Long ride back home, isn't it?
Updated Apr 17, 2006
Helpfulness
The pulpit is definitely one of the cathedral's most beautiful ornaments.
The blue colored wooden pulpit is decorated with golden angels and particularly beautiful is the golden sun on the pulpit's upper side.
Updated Apr 17, 2006
Helpfulness
The tree of life, made of silver, gold and glass, was made by Carl Gustav Jahnsson, Jan Ostwald and Torbjorn Vogt and placed in the cathedral in 1997.
The tree has 153 golden leaves and different fruits symbolizing the virtues.
The tree of life is the symbol of eternal life.
Updated Apr 17, 2006
Helpfulness
Both the famous Göta Canal and the smaller but very nice Kinda Canal run through Linköping municipality - Kinda even through the city itself. Linköping therefore has more locks than anywhere in the country, and if you want to see them, head for Tannefors in the city to see the triple lock at Kinda Canal, or head to the village of Berg outside the city to see one of the most famous Göta Canal locks. You can also go on various boat trips on both canals - ask for current ships at the tourist office. Although Göta Canal is the more famous one, Kinda Canal runs through more forested countryside and several lakes, and is also the canal with the deepest locks in the country.
Written Mar 21, 2005
Website: www.ostergotland.info
Sponsored Links
1 Review and 36 Opinions i was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this hotel. The lobby is spacious and nicely decorated....
Linkoping – a city around a cathedral
Center of Swedish high technology and software industry, housing today the headquarters of the famous airplanes producer SAAB, Linkoping didn't lose its charm of old provincial town. With the most......
In mid-August 2007 I moved to Linköping (from Australia) for a year. I was in Linköping as a student attending Linköpings universitet and undertook a masters program on Scandinavian history and...
The Linköping Cathedral is visible from very long distance as it rises 107 m. The cathedral is the most expensive of the Swedish churches from medevial time and was an evidence of the richness and...
Planes, trains and automobiles
OK, the last time I stopped in Linköping for any length of time was in my childhood, but then a lot happened here that I still think about. So I made a short VT page with no pictures to show why you...
Link?ping is the largest town in ?sterg?tland and the capital of the county ?sterg?tland. It's Sweden's 5th largest city with 135.000 inhabitants. Link?ping has a world-class expertise in high-tech...
Build your own Linköping page
Sponsored Links
Comments