Guidebook for Linköping
Food Scene
A great tapas bar with a very big menu. There's something for everyone here. My personal favourite is the goat cheese bruschetta with walnuts and honey.
Aioli Tapasbar
1 HantverkaregatanA great tapas bar with a very big menu. There's something for everyone here. My personal favourite is the goat cheese bruschetta with walnuts and honey.
One of my favourite cafés, well visited on weekends, but calm on weekdays. They serve good lunch and tasty cakes.
Melins Cafe & Bistro
19 RepslagaregatanOne of my favourite cafés, well visited on weekends, but calm on weekdays. They serve good lunch and tasty cakes.
Probably the coziest café in Linköping. The interior is decorated in an old-fashioned style, with lots of little rooms and places to sit. The outdoor tables are very popular in summer. The cakes are wonderful.
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Berget
38 KlostergatanProbably the coziest café in Linköping. The interior is decorated in an old-fashioned style, with lots of little rooms and places to sit. The outdoor tables are very popular in summer. The cakes are wonderful.
Jade is a 1 minute walk from our apartment, and offers a great asian buffé for lunch and dinner, with lots to choose from.
Jade Restaurang
2 BielkegatanJade is a 1 minute walk from our apartment, and offers a great asian buffé for lunch and dinner, with lots to choose from.
The favourite café of many of Linköping's inhabitants. Good food and plenty of space, as well as several events throughout the year.
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Babettes Kafferi
4 Stora BadstugatanThe favourite café of many of Linköping's inhabitants. Good food and plenty of space, as well as several events throughout the year.
Linköping's famous ice cream bar. The lines are long, but it will be worth it when you taste their homemade ice cream.
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Bosses Glassbar
3 PlatensgatanLinköping's famous ice cream bar. The lines are long, but it will be worth it when you taste their homemade ice cream.
Parks & Nature
Close to the city center, this park is still fairly large, and you can have a calm moment here. There are two cafés/restaurants here as well as a popular playpark for kids and some beach volleyball fields.
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Linköping Gartenverein
9 LasarettsgatanClose to the city center, this park is still fairly large, and you can have a calm moment here. There are two cafés/restaurants here as well as a popular playpark for kids and some beach volleyball fields.
A really big area, famous for its many old oaks, and classed as a nature reserve, but easy to reach from the city. There are numerous trails to walk here, and you'll often be walking close to livestock out on the fields. For bird watchers, Rosenkällasjön has good facilities.
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Tinnerö Eklandskap
A really big area, famous for its many old oaks, and classed as a nature reserve, but easy to reach from the city. There are numerous trails to walk here, and you'll often be walking close to livestock out on the fields. For bird watchers, Rosenkällasjön has good facilities.
A beautiful and surprisingly big forest between the city center and the university's Valla campus. An abundance of trails to walk, some of them well suited for strollers and wheel chairs, and others more narrow and overgrown. A suggestion would be to start from Gamla Linköping and just see where the paths lead you. If you're lucky, you might see deer here.
Vallaskogen
A beautiful and surprisingly big forest between the city center and the university's Valla campus. An abundance of trails to walk, some of them well suited for strollers and wheel chairs, and others more narrow and overgrown. A suggestion would be to start from Gamla Linköping and just see where the paths lead you. If you're lucky, you might see deer here.
Essentials
PostNord postombud
11 StorgatanBig store, reachable on foot from our apartment. Opening hours are 8 am to 11 pm.
Hemköp Linköping Lucullus
5 Stora TorgetGetting Around
Linköping central station. All the local buses pass through here, as well as intercity trains.
Travel Center Linkoping
1 JärnvägsgatanLinköping central station. All the local buses pass through here, as well as intercity trains.
Sightseeing
My favourite place in Linköping! When the city center was modernised, old buildings were moved to this area. It is now a wonderful and cozy example of parts of old Linköping. There are plenty of specialised stores here, including a wood carver, a soap maker and a children's book store. It is also a perfect starting point for a walk in Valla forest.
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Gamla Linköping Open Air Museum
8 TunnbindaregatanMy favourite place in Linköping! When the city center was modernised, old buildings were moved to this area. It is now a wonderful and cozy example of parts of old Linköping. There are plenty of specialised stores here, including a wood carver, a soap maker and a children's book store. It is also a perfect starting point for a walk in Valla forest.
Shopping
The biggest shopping center in Linköping, and this is also where you find IKEA. The center mainly has chain stores like H&M, Lindex, Teknikmagasinet etc.
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i-HUSET
7 Västra SvedengatanThe biggest shopping center in Linköping, and this is also where you find IKEA. The center mainly has chain stores like H&M, Lindex, Teknikmagasinet etc.
Only reachable by car, and a 25 minute ride from Linköping, this is the place to go if you love local produce and exciting food products. Whenever I have visitors, I take them here and let them loose in the big store, while I hang around in the taster section. There is also a good restaurant on the upper floor.
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Brunneby Musteri AB
304Only reachable by car, and a 25 minute ride from Linköping, this is the place to go if you love local produce and exciting food products. Whenever I have visitors, I take them here and let them loose in the big store, while I hang around in the taster section. There is also a good restaurant on the upper floor.
Entertainment & Activities
This is where most of the concerts, expos and other events take place. You usually have to book the event in advance.
Linköping Konsert & Kongress
7 KonsistoriegatanThis is where most of the concerts, expos and other events take place. You usually have to book the event in advance.
Go here to see Linköping's hockey team playing! If you haven't been to an ice hockey match before, don't miss out, it's a fun experience.
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Saab Arena
1 GumpekullavägenGo here to see Linköping's hockey team playing! If you haven't been to an ice hockey match before, don't miss out, it's a fun experience.