Norrköping Travel Guide

  Norrköping station for trains.
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  • Norrköping station for trains.
      Norrköping station for trains.
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Pro

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 friendly, green, archipelago 


Con

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 Monday To Thursday In The Winter. 


In a nutshell

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 Industrial feeling still is alive 

 

Explore Norrköping

Things to Do  

S:t Olai Church

S:t Olai Church, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  On this place where the church stands is a lot of history. The first stone was laid in April 14:th 1614 but because of lack of money and pleigh the church was finished in 1626. By the Russian atack in 1719 the church was burned down to the ground. In June 13:th 1766 was the... 

Museum of Work

Museum of Work, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  Along the banks of the Motala river within Norrköpings inner city lies Arbetets museum (Museum of Work), entirely surrounded by water. The building was built 1917 as a textile mill on the Laxholmen island. Because of its shape it was soon given the nickname “The flat-iron”.... 

Flimmer - Free Outdoor Summer Cinema

Flimmer - Free Outdoor Summer Cinema, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  Every summer the Norrköping cinema society arranges free outdoor cinema on sundays and wednesdays after sunset. There no fee and they show both the big movie blockbusters of the year as well as smaller, international movies. The cinema is set up next to Färgaregården in the... 

Flimmer Movie Festival

Flimmer Movie Festival, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  Flimmer is southeast Sweden's biggest independent film organisation and it arranges a free Open air cinema in the summer(see separate tip), open air cinema tour and the 'Norrkoping Filmfestival Flimmer'. A very popular annual movie festival that takes place in october and... 

Hotels  

Strand Hotel

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Restaurants  

Trädgår'n: Trädgår'n - Great Summer Place

Trädgår'n: Trädgår'n - Great Summer Place, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  The outdoor serving/pub of Bacchus located in a nice enclosed garden. Teher's also an indoor bar where they have big screen TV during big games like the Euro 2004. They serve pub food, hamburgers, sandwiches, sallads, etc. The food is not the best but you go to Trägården for... 

Fräcka Fröken's Frestelser: Fräcka Fröken's Frestelser - Great Coffee House

Fräcka Fröken's Frestelser: Fräcka Fröken's Frestelser - Great Coffee House, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  Fräcka Frökens Frestelser, roughly translated as Miss Shameless Tempetations, is a very popluar coffeehouse. So poplular that it now exists two of them, one on Kungsgatan and one in the very centre of Norrköping.They serve all kinds of coffee, tea, hot chocolate with... 

Nightlife  

Pub Wasa: Pub Wasa - Original Pub with Tall Ship interior

Pub Wasa: Pub Wasa - Original Pub with Tall Ship interior, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  The most original pub in Norrköping, designed as the interior of an old tall ship with everything made of wood, details on the walls from ancient ships and equipped with cannon ports!! The name comes from the famous Wasa warship that was salvaged from the sea and has a... 

Carl Johan: Carl Johan - A trendy bar with great music

Carl Johan: Carl Johan - A trendy bar with great music, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  A newly opened Restaurant/Pub that's open until 1 am, very nice interior and really great music!!They have a small dance floor and both regular tables and smaller tables with arm chairs. There's no dress code but most guests are relativly dressed up. 

Harry's: Harry's - Famous Pub

Harry's: Harry's - Famous Pub, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  A famous pub/restaurant that exists in several Swedish cities. They have an excellent outdoor serving in the summer and a great atmosphere. Every evening from Thursday to Saturday the restaurant is transformed into a small nightclub/pub.The first Thursday every month there... 

The Bishops Arms: Bishop Arms - Best pub in Norrkoping

The Bishops Arms: Bishop Arms - Best pub in Norrkoping, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  A Great Pub for having a beer, whiskey or pend talking with your friends. A less noisy and calmer atmoshere (the age limit is 23) that makes it the perfect place if you wan't a place where you actually can sit down and talk.In the summer they have the largest outdoor serving... 

Transportation  

AROUND - Bistro and Spa Tramway

AROUND - Bistro and Spa Tramway, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  New for the summer of 2003 is a bistro tramway that traffic line 2. It's a rebuilt regular tramway with a bar and tables. You just pay the regular fee (and for your food and drinks of course).The real surprise is the second cart, it's been rebuilt as a spa cart with a sauna... 

Tramway

Tramway, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  The Norrköping tramway is a system of trams forming a principal part of the public transport services in Norrköping, a city in Sweden’s eastern Östergötland province. It has been in service since 1904, and is, along with the larger Göteborg tramway, one of only two... 

Local Customs  

Halvars Glass

Halvars Glass, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  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... 

Warnings and Dangers  

The yellow danger

The yellow danger, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  The trams are called the yellow danger, because there is so many accidents with cars and trams. Mostly it´s people who dont live here that are involved in accidents becaus they are not used to meet a tram on the road. If your driving in Norrköping beware of the trams, you... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Arkösund archipelago

Arkösund archipelago, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  Arkösund, Saint Anna and Gryts archipelago are all part of the beautiful Östergötland archipelago. The area is an area with unrivalled beauty offering the chance to experience undisturbed nature and to view the wonderful and numerous islands which make up the archipelago.... 

Sports & Outdoors  

Sport fishing in Norrköping Center

Sport fishing in Norrköping Center, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  In Norrköping there is great fishing, a lot of people take daytrips to Norrköping to fish for salmon or trout. You can also fish for pike, bass and other fish I don't know the english name for.A permit is 50 crowns a day and youths under 18 fish for free. Every year 10.000... 

Frisbee Golf

Frisbee Golf, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  In Folkparken you can play frisbee golf at a 18 hole course , in the KFUM stand you can hire real frisbee golf frisbees for 15 crowns.It's a very common afternoon activity during the summer among younger people. A frisbee, a smaller frisbee designed for frisbee golf is... 

Rock and Ice Climbing

Rock and Ice Climbing, Norrköping

 Psife Says:  Ågelsjön is located in one of Sweden's most beautiful areas, Kolmården. There are over 200 routes with an average difficuly of grade 6. During the winter there are several places for Ice climbing. Of course climbing gear, there are nice places to put up tents and don't... 

Favorites  

Indoor parking house

Indoor parking house, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  A great indoor parking house that is in the city center, just 20 meters from main shopping street Drottninggatan.Indoor parking house P-SPIRAN entry by car from S:t Persgatan 95 It costs 12 SEK/h (about 1,2 EURO/h) 

Tourist information

Tourist information, Norrköping

 gugi66 Says:  This is the place to go to if you want to get some maps and information of Norrköping. You can order maps and brochures and they will sent it home to you, order throug website. TheTourist information center is located in the industrial landscapes just besides Louis De Geer... 

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