Old Linköping – travel 100 years back in time

Gamla Linköping is one of Östergötland’s largest attractions and one of Sweden’s most visited museums, with nearly 500,000 visitors each year. Here you can take a journey back in time a hundred years or more and experience living history in the city, countryside, and forest.

In the city’s neighborhoods, there are a hundred wooden houses that have been moved from other parts of Linköping. They are surrounded by cobblestone alleys, backyards, and beautiful historical gardens, where you can sit down and enjoy a moment of peace and quiet, far from the hectic everyday life. In the houses in the city and at Valla farm, the rural part of the museum, you will find about 25 different museum environments and exhibitions that tell about how people worked, lived, and existed in the past.

But everything is not “just” history here – there are also small cozy shops, cafés, and restaurants, theater stages, and a dance floor. For children and their families, there is also a lot of other fun, such as LasseMajas Deckarhus, animals, mini-golf, sledding hills, Linköping’s largest playground Lill-Valla, and several other play areas. In the Vallaskogens nature reserve, you can wander freely and find your own favorite spot, greet the animals, look for ancient monuments, or follow one of the trails where you learn more about nature.

Full activity during summer and Christmas

Gamla Linköping offers activities, experiences, and events for both children and adults all year round. A greatly expanded selection during Tidernas sommar, from the week after midsummer to mid-August, with many different family activities every day. Lots of genuine Christmas spirit in the weeks around Christmas, especially during the popular Christmas market.

In the summer, you will meet actors in period clothing.

Accommodation options at hotels and hostels are available in the middle of the museum. You can find Gamla Linköping 2 km west of central Linköping (signposted from all major roads including E4, exit 111). The museum area has free entry and is always accessible, year-round, 24/7. The opening hours of other businesses vary slightly with the seasons, but many are open all year. For more info on current opening hours, visit gamlalinkoping.se.