Lidköping
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Lidköping is a city with about 25,000 inhabitants in the province Västergötland in Sweden. It is by the lake Vänern.
Get in
By train
The train can take you to Lidköping from Gothenburg (1½ hr) and Stockholm via Skövde (3 hr).By bus
- Säfflebussen makes a stop in Lidköping with the bus line Gothenburg-Trollhättan-Vänersborg-Lidköping-Mariestad-Stockholm.
By car
The national highway 44 passes through Lidköping, and the European route E20 passes near it. The road 187 is the connection from E20 from south to Lidköping.
See
Läckö castleBuilt 1298 but totally rebuilt by Sweden's richest man about 1650.
- Kinnekulle. the view over Vänern, the largest lake of Europe outside Russia, is spectacular from the mountain top .
- Husaby has one of the oldest and most remarkable churches in Sweden, built about 1090-1130. Near the church is a spring where the king was baptized in year 1008, the breakthrough of the christianization of Sweden .
Do
Power Big MeetThe world's greatest show for classic American cars.
Buy
Rörstrand fabriksbodFabriksgatan 4. Rörstrand is the second oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The Fabriksbod offers porcelein with small defects at lower prices.
Sleep
STF Youth Hostel FalkängenFalkängsvägen. Youth hostel open all year round.
Hotel LäcköGamla Stadens Torg 5.
Go next
- Sigrid storråda is a viking ship built after a real one found in Norway. It offers public trips a couple of times every summer and can also be chartered. Everyone help rowing the boat.