Join us on a sustainable journey through time
Embark on a sustainable journey through time to 5 of Linköping’s cultural heritage sites! Experience Linköping as it was hundreds of years ago. All you need is a bus ticket for the same bus to get around – sustainable for both the environment and your wallet.
Explore cultural heritage sites and travel through time in Linköping. Many of the stops on this journey are within walking distance, but with Östgötatrafiken’s bus number 6, you can reach all five! Purchase a 24-hour inner city ticket on Östgötatrafiken’s app with your group and add everyone to the same ticket to receive a 20% discount. For an exact map of the bus route, you can find it here.
Östergötland County Museum
Begin your journey at the site where the history of Linköping and Östergötland unfolds, spanning over an impressive 11,000 years. At the museum, there’s always something exciting to discover among the cultural treasures of various kinds. The range of exhibitions and activities is extensive, welcoming everyone alike, young and old. Within the premises, you’ll also find county art consultants, building conservators, archaeologists, conservators, archives, and a library.
Admission is 110 SEK for adults, 90 SEK for students and seniors, and free for children up to 18 years old.
Linköpings Cathedral
Head towards Sweden’s best-preserved medieval cathedral – Linköping Cathedral! There’s much to discover here, and the Cathedral has dominated Linköping’s cityscape for over 800 years. The Gothic blind arcades with their peculiar stone figures, Golgotha – the glass sculpture from Orrefors, Mary spreading her cloak of flowers over us from one of the windows. The high, bright vaults and a sense of space greet you in one of the largest cathedrals in the Nordic region, but here you’ll also find a quiet corner for a moment of stillness, prayer, and lighting a candle.
It’s free to visit Linköping Cathedral.
Linköping Castle and Cathedral Museum
Next stop is located opposite Linköping Cathedral. Linköping Castle and Cathedral Museum is an exciting medieval museum where the fascinating history of Linköping Castle and Linköping Cathedral’s development comes to life! From the 12th century to the Renaissance – here you can see the unique treasures of the Cathedral and the hidden bishop’s tower from the 13th century. The museum is housed in Linköping Castle, which was originally built as a bishop’s residence, with its oldest parts dating back to the late 12th century. Here, you can enter Bishop Bengt’s tower, built in 1286, which still stands completely intact in the castle walls. In the treasure chamber on the second floor, some of the Cathedral’s fantastic silver objects and unique textiles are displayed, with the oldest ones made by the Bridgettine Sisters in Vadstena in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Entrance fee is 80 SEK for adults, 40 SEK for children aged 7-18, and 60 SEK for students.
Gamla Linköping Open-Air Museum
Continue your journey by boarding bus number 6 from Stora Torget, which is only a short distance from your previous stop. With the bus, you’ll head to our next stop on our time travel adventure – the Open-Air Museum Gamla Linköping. Join us on a memorable journey through time and experience the city, forest, and countryside as they were a hundred years ago! Take a break from everyday life and enjoy the peaceful and unique historical environment with wooden houses, cobblestone streets, old-fashioned gardens, trading posts, and museum homes! In Gamla Linköping, there are plenty of activities for both adults and children, making it easy to turn your visit into a full day outing. Be sure to stop by the charming shops that reflect the historic trading posts of Linköping. Here, you can indulge in cone-shaped candies, old-fashioned household items, and locally produced goods.
Entrance to the Open-Air Museum Gamla Linköping is free.
Swedish Air Force Museum
Make your way back to the bus and continue your journey to the next stop! The Swedish Air Force Museum is a modern, cultural-historical museum with a world-class collection of aircraft. In the museum’s exhibitions, you can explore a unique collection of military aircraft and other items connected to the hundred-year history of aviation. Alternatively, you can step right into the domestic environments from the latter half of the previous century in the large exhibition “If War Comes – Sweden During the Cold War”. The crown jewel of the collections is the wreckage of the Swedish DC-3 aircraft shot down by Soviet fighter planes over the Baltic Sea in 1952.
Entrance to the Swedish Air Force Museum costs 120 SEK for adults, 100 SEK for students and seniors, and is free for children up to 18 years old.
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