Enköping

Enköping is located along Enköping stream (Enköpingsån) near its outlet in Lake Mälaren. It is the second largest city in Uppsala County. It is known for its many beatiful parks.
Some of the best preserved bronze age rock carvings in Svealand have been found in the Enköping region. During the Viking era the site where Enköping stands today was an important market place. The city was founded in the 13th century and soon became an important trade centre, connecting mining products from the north with Lake Mälaren and Stockholm. In the early 17th century Enköping lost its position as a centre of trade many burgers took to farming instead.
Enköping remained a rather small city of about 1000 inhabitants until the construction of Mälarbanan, a railway which connects Västerås with Stockholm and passes by Enköping, was constructed in 1876. By the end of the 19th century Enköping became a major producer of horseradish. Notable industries which emerged in the city were Bahco, manufacturer of hand tools, and Nordströms linbanor, producers of aerial lifts.
Since 1943 it has ben an important military garrison for the Swedish army.

Tourist office

• Enköpings turist­information

  phone: +46 171-62 50 40
  address: Rådhusgatan 3
  In the same building as Enköping museum.

Enköping rail station is along Mälarbanan which runs several trains from Stockholm and Västerås daily. There are also frequent buses buses to and from Uppsala as well as buses to Strängnäs. Apart from stopping at the railway station the buses also stop in the town centre.
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (Sigtuna) is 60 km from Enköping.
Highway E18 stretches in an west-east direction north of lake Mälaren and connects Enköping with Stockholm a one hour drive to the east and Västerås, Örebro, Karlstad and Oslo in the west. The smaller south west-north east road 55 connects Enköping with Uppsala 40 minutes to the north east and Norrköping, 2 hours to the south. Finally, road 70, lead from Enköping towards Borlänge and Idre in Dalarna.

Central Enköping is walkable. The countryside is best accessed by car.

Enköping is famous for the many parks which are scattered around town.

• Ekolsund Castle

  phone: +46 171-47 22 00
  In Enköping municipality. It was the summer residence of King Gustavus III. It has a famous arboretum which can be seen during booked tours.

• Enköping Konsthall

  phone: +46 705-33 62 19
  A local art exhibition hall.

• Enköpings Museum

  phone: +46 171-62 54 00
  address: Rådhusgatan 3
  A museum of local history.

• Grönsö Manor

  phone: +46 171-870 84
  17th-century castle by Lake Mälaren which is the private residence of the von Ehrenheim family. The palace interiors are only accessible through guided tours.

• Haga Castle

  phone: +46 171-41 47 00
  Castle near Enköping which is today luxury a conference hall, hotel, spa and restaurant. (Not to be confused with Haga of Solna!)

• Kvekgården

  phone: +46 171-46 16 05
  address: Fröslunda Kvekgården
  An open air museum showing a traditional 19th-century Uppland farm. Available for booked tours.

Take a boat trip on lake Mälaren! Four shipping companies run ships from Enköping; Bryggholmen (+46 171-814 80), who run to the island with the same name, Rederi Mälarstaden (+46 21-13 51 71), who run to Grönsöö slott, Sigtuna and Birka, Stromma, who run day trips to Birka, and Arboga Rederi (+46 73-9197584), who offer "shrimp eves" on the ship M/S Tor during summer.

• Enköping Golf

  phone: +46 171-364 84
  address: Åkersberg 1

Several of the old port warehouses by Hamngatan are today craft workshops were you can buy locally produced goods.

Several local farms including Resta gård (+46 171-46 62 80) utside of the city sell their own products.

• Bombance

  phone: +46 171 275 20
  address: Kungsgatan 27
  French restaurant.

• Hamnmagasinen

  phone: +46 171-218 92
  address: Hamngatan
  Restaurant in an 18th-century port warehouse. Open in the summer.

• Mister Uno

  phone: +46 171-388 18
  address: Kungsgatan 10
  A pizzeria.

• Vita elefanten

  phone: +46 171-365 35
  address: Kungsgatan 41
  Mixed Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Malaysian cuisine.

• All in

  phone: +46 171-47 97 79
  address: Kungsgatan 21-23
  Night club and bar.

• The Players Inn

  phone: +46 171-308 60
  address: Källgatan 15 D
  English pub.

Several offer the nearby castles, including Ekolsunds Slott, Haga Slott offer lodging.

• Anno 1799

  phone: +46 73-214 59 01
  address: Kryddgårdsgatan 6
  B&B in central Enköping.

• Enecopia Bed & Breakfast

  phone: +46 70-744 66 78
  address: Vårfrukyrka-Åkerby 3

• First Hotel Park Astoria

  phone: +46 171-47 80 80
  address: Kyrkogatan 7

• Gula Villan Vandrarhem

  phone: +46 73-065 43 23
  address: Kryddgårdsgatan 44
  A hostel runned by people with disabilities.

• Gårdshuset 51

  phone: +46 171-336 23
  address: Fjärdhundragatan 51
  Rent an entire house in central Enköping.

• Kompassen

  phone: +46 171-15 33 90
  address: Kaptensgatan 4
  Conference hall with hotel.

• Uppsala – the largest city in Uppsala County. It was the religious and political centre of viking era Sweden, and is the home of the oldest university and the tallest cathedral in the Nordic countries.
• Västerås – is the most nearby major city. It is easily accessable by train or car.

• Skokloster Castle

  phone: +46-8-402 30 60
  Located on a peninsula in Lake Mälaren a in the southern part of Uppsala County, it is one of the world’s finest baroque castles and the greatest private palace ever constructed in Sweden.