Culture along the Kinda kanal
Castles and manor houses, homesteads, cultural heritage and museums. There is a great deal of culture to discover along the Kinda kanal. Take a look at our map to find some of those special places adjacent to the canal.
Sturefors Castle
18th century Sturefors Castle is situated in lovely lush surroundings by the Kinda kanal and Lake Ärlången. The castle was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the younger for count Carl Piper and today belongs to the Bielke family.
The castle isn´t open to the public but the grounds are still worth a visit. Visitors come here to enjoy the English park with its magnificent mirror pond as well as the Sturefors nature reserve. Trails lead you through lush grazing pastures and by oak trees often measuring a full meter! Cruise boat M/S Kind sometimes stops in Sturefors, or you can easily travel here by land.
> Read more on their website (only in Swedish)
New Slottet Bjärka-Säby
Beautiful Baroque-styled Bjärka-Säby Castle was erected in the end of the 18th century for Swedish diplomat and nobleman, Germund Louis Cederhielm, heir of old Bjärka-Säby castle. The surrounding landscape was designed into the manner of a traditional English park.
> Read more on their website (only in Swedish)
Landeryds Hembygdsgård
Landeryd’s homestead local heritage park, an oasis by Landeryds Golf Course in the southern part of Linköping. In the park, the construction of which began in 1982, there are now 10 contemporary buildings constructed by Hembygdsföreningen Local History Society’s volunteer members.
> Read more on their website (only in Swedish)
Kisa Emigrantmuseum and Café Columbia
Kisa Emigration Museum and Café Columbia is located in one of Kisa’s oldest houses. The museum tells the story of the district’s earlier emigration, starting in 1845 with farmer Peter Cassel and several other fateful lives, and shows the building’s unique history as a pharmacy and an emigration office.
The Café was opened in 1921 by Dorothea Florén who gave it the name Café Columbia. Dorothea returned to Sweden from America and created, with her Café, a meeting place where people collected and drank the new-fashioned filter coffee.
> Read more on their website (only in Swedish)
BP Nostalgimack i Björkfors
BP Nostalgimack with interior from 1955. The gas station opened in 1955 and was in use until 1983. In 2001, the gas station was reopen as a new nostalgia museum and is today decorated as it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s.
During the summer, cars and mopeds are set up outside & several events are organized such as party nights, rock’n roll and rockabilly, car meetups, motorcycle and mopeds meetups.
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