After breakfast we checked out from the hotel and headed over to see the castle of this month – Linköping – and the cathedral right next to the castle.
The castle is the oldest inhabited secular building in Sweden and was set up at the 12th century. It was originally a residence for the bishop. King Gustav Vasa took over the castle in 1527 and he lived there during his visits to Linköping.
Since 1796 the castle is the residence to the governor of Östergötland and even today it still has the governor’s state apartment for representations and also private residence.
The cathedral next door was an amazing church to see and combined they holds the Linköpings Castle- and Cathedral museum. Linköping’s Cathedral church is one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval cathedrals, its construction beginning in the early 13th century. Only the cathedral in Uppsala is larger than this church in Sweden. Well worth a visit!
– as I see it..