Lidköping
- Not to be confused with Linköping in Östergötland.
Lidköping is a city with about 25,000 inhabitants in the province Västergötland in Sweden. It is by the lake Vänern.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]The train can take you to Lidköping from Gothenburg (1½ hr) and Stockholm via Skövde (3 hr).
By bus
[edit]- Säfflebussen[dead link] makes a stop in Lidköping with the bus line Gothenburg-Trollhättan-Vänersborg-Lidköping-Mariestad-Stockholm.
By car
[edit]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.
Get around
[edit]By taxi
[edit]- TaxiKurir Lidköping, ☏ +46 510 250 50. Smart phone app offers address based routing and calculates price according to them.
See
[edit]
Map of Lidköping
- See also: Skaraborg history tour
- 1 [formerly dead link] Läckö castle. Built 1298 but totally rebuilt by Sweden's richest man about 1650.
Do
[edit]- Power Big Meet. Held annually on the first weekend of July. The world's greatest show for classic American cars.
Buy
[edit]- Rörstrand fabriksbod. Fabriksgatan 4. Rörstrand is the second oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The Fabriksbod offers porcelein with small defects at lower prices.
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- [formerly dead link] STF Youth Hostel Falkängen, ☏ +46 510 540653. Falkängsvägen. Youth hostel open all year round.
- [formerly dead link] Hotel Läckö, ☏ +46 510 23000. Gamla Stadens Torg 5.
Go next
[edit]- Götene
- Sigrid storråda [formerly dead link] 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.