Linköping

Introduction

Linköping - downtown in winter

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Linköping is a city in the south of Sweden, and the capital of Östergötland county. With approximately 100,000 residents, it's a major city for Swedish standards, but the lack of high rise buildings makes it feel more like a town than a city. The large Linköping University means a quarter of Linköping's population are students, and this clearly sets its mark on the city's atmosphere.

Weather

Linkoping has moderately warm summers, between 19 °C and 22 °C from June to September. Nights are around 13 °C or 14 °C. Winters last from December to March with temperatures around zero during the day, -5 °C at night. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, but with some more rain in summer and quite some snow in winter.

Getting There

By Plane

Linköping Airport - flights to Stockholm, Amsterdam and Copenhagen, amongst others.

By Train

It takes around 80 minutes to get to Linköping by train from Stockholm on Swedish State Railways. The train station is few minutes walk from the city centre.

By Car

About 2 hours drive from Stockholm on the E4.

Learn

Linköping - university campus

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Linköping University has a student population of 25,000 and with 3,500 employees, LiU is one of the major universities in Sweden. It is organized in four faculties and 14 departments^[1].

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Posten AB is the Swedish postal service, with fast and reliable services. They have a wide range of services including a track and trace system and different options regarding the sending of postcards, letters and parcels. There are both express and economy services and if you are not in a hurry the latter option is fine enough. The postal service was abandoned at the public post offices in 2001. The public today deals with its postal business at Postal Service Points. Mail and parcels can now be picked up at a number of places, including gas stations, supermarkets and kiosks. Look for the blue and yellow sign above or by the entrance of outlets providing this service. You can also buy stamps and there are quite a few more services in these places, many of which stay open late in the evening and on weekends. Yellow post boxes are for national and international letters and blue for regional letters.
Postal Service Centres are maintained for business clients and Svensk Kassaservice, a chain which deals with simple financial transactions but offers no postal services. There are also traditional post offices offering the full range of services. They are usually open between 9:30am and 6:00pm and may have extended opening hours once or twice a week.
On of their competitors is Bring Citymail AB, formerly privatised but now nationalised by Norway.