Östergötland County · Sweden
Where to stay in Linköping
Linköping is a city in Östergötland County, Sweden, home to about 117,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels in Linköping, with about 605 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 4
- Best months
- June to August
- Nearest airport
- LPI4 km · Linköping City Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
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About Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County.
Linköping is the clerical and administrative centre in a rich farmland district, the province and county Östergötland. The town was founded during the Middle Ages and is therefore one of the oldest cities in Sweden. The cathedral and the castle are two medieval buildings that are still standing. At the "battle of Stångebro" in 1598, the city fought on the Catholic side and lost. A memorial of the battle is found just outside the city centre. The following "bloodbath of Linköping" in 1600 is remembered with a memorial at the main square.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Linköping
See
- Linköping Castle
- Linköping Cathedral
- Stadshuset
- Gamla Linköping and Valla fritidsområde
- Linköpings Slotts- & Domkyrkomuseum
- Swedish Air Force Museum
- Östergötlands länsmuseum
Do
- Kinda canal
- Linköpings GolfClub
- Linköpings Trädgårdsförening
- Saab Arena
- SF Bio
- Tinnerbäcksbadet
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Linköping
4 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel™ Linköping City hotel | 75 |
| Home Hotel Slottsparken hotel | 146 |
| Quality Hotel™ Ekoxen hotel | 208 |
| Quality Hotel™ The Box hotel | 176 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Linköping
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Linköping are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 75 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Linköping: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linköping City Airport (LPI), about 3.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Norrköping Airport (NRK, 41 km) and Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO, 86 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
All bus lines originate at Resecentrum. You'll also find a reception desk there where you can find timetables or get help. The local bus company is called Östgötatrafiken. They also run the buses and trains in the rest of Östergötland and is the cheapest way to get around. It's not possible to pay cash for a ticket on the bus, but you can use a contactless payment card. You can also buy tickets in Quickomats, some stores and at the Resecentrum. The ticket is valid for a limited time (usually 1 hour) so you can use the same ticket for more than 1 trip.
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LPI · Linköping City Airport
NRK · Norrköping Airport
NYO · Stockholm Skavsta Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Linköping
Eat
Most restaurants in the city offer a restricted choice Saturday Shopping Lunch between 12:00-15:00 for around 80 kr which can be a good way to try out new restaurants. Lunch from Monday-Friday is often cheaper.
Drink
There are many nice coffee houses and cafes by the main square and in the central parts of the city. They serve a wide variety of coffee. Sweden and the Swedes are the second highest consumers of coffee per person worldwide. In the past ten years traditional Swedish coffee tradition has been diversified and enriched by Italian and continental European coffee, the result being the caffè latte (the Italian word for Swedish coffee with milk) and a gazillion other forms of coffee.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Linköping
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
Questions
Linköping: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Linköping?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Linköping are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 75 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Linköping?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linköping City Airport (LPI), about 3.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Norrköping Airport (NRK, 41 km) and Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO, 86 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Linköping?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Linköping?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Linköping
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.