Linköping is a city in southern Sweden. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 136,000 inhabitants.
Linköping is the center of an old cultural region and celebrated its 700th anniversary in 1987. Nowadays Linköping is most well known for its university and its high-technology industry. Dominating the city's skyline from a far distance is the tower of the cathedral.
The city is situated south of lake Roxen (which is part of the historically important water paths Motala ström and the Göta Canal) where the main road from Stockholm to Helsingborg crosses the river Stångån (and Kinda kanal).

Culture

Linköping is the home of the multi-purpose Östergötland County Museum and of the Linköping Symphony Orchestra. The city is one of the sites of the Ostrogothia Music Days each summer, and the host of the Student Orchestra Festival in May every other year. One of the most notable choirs in Linköping is the Linköping University Male Voice Choir.
When the area around the main square was re-planned in the 1960s and many old houses were destroyed, some of them were moved to Gamla Linköping just outside the central parts of the city, now a living museum environment and a popular site for both residents and tourists to visit.
Centrally located street Ågatan contains many pubs and restaurants. It also hosts many of the city's night clubs, such as Harrys, BK and Platå.