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Lidköping is a city with about 25,000 inhabitants in the province Västergötland in Sweden. It is situated by the lake Vänern and should not be confused with Linköping in Östergötland.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By train

The train can take you to Lidköping from Gothenburg (1,5 h) and Stockholm via Skövde (3 h).

[edit] By bus

• Säfflebussen [1] makes a stop in Lidköping with the bus line Gothenburg-Trollhättan-Vänersborg-Lidköping-Mariestad-Stockholm.

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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.

[edit] Get around

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• Läckö castle, built 1298 but totally rebuilt by Sweden's richest man about 1650 [2].
• Kinnekulle. the view over Vänern, the largest lake of Europe outside Russia, is spectacular from the mountain top [3].
• 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 [4].

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• Rörstrand fabriksbod [5], Fabriksgatan 4. Rörstrand is the second oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The Fabriksbod offers porcelein with small defects at lower prices.

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• STF Youth Hostel Falkängen, Falkängsvägen, +46 510 540653 [6]. Youth hostel open all year round.
• Hotel Läckö, Gamla Stadens Torg 5, +46 510 23000 [7].

[edit] Get out

• Sigrid storråda [8] 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.