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Norrköping is a beautiful city with an amazing waterscape, a well-preserved old industrial landscape, and many restaurants, parks and museums. The city centre is located about 10—15 minutes walk from the train station. Spinning mills, cotton factories and a variety of other industries were established along the rapids of Motala Ström in the 17th century and onwards.
It was water power from the river and the good harbour that made very rapid industrial growth possible.
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The city has put a lot of resources into preserving this area with beautiful walkways along the water and several interesting museums. The old buildings also house a number of great restaurants and cafes. You can easily spend half a day or more immersing yourself in this historic landscape. It has it all! The self-guided walk is only four kilometres, but there is so much to see.
Allow yourself plenty of time for stops to enjoy delicious Swedish food, visit the museums and take in the views.
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You can of course walk any direction you like, make the loop shorter or longer, and pick and choose what sounds interesting! Most establishments including restaurans close for Midsummer's Eve, sometimes also Midsummer's Day. Google Maps: Walking Tour. This clock tower from is the entrance to the Industrial Landscape. It serves as a symbol for the site where Holmen Works operated since the early 17th century.
The original function was to clearly separate the works from the rest of the city, as well as house archives and offices. A munitions factory was built here in which was the start of Holmen Works. Over the next decades Louis De Geer, Sweden's "father of industrialism" expanded the company into an empire of flour mills, ironworks, paperworks and a brass foundry.
All the old buildings burnt down in when the Russians torched the whole city during war-time, but the prominent Holmen Tower was reconstructed along with many factories. Next to Holmen Tower by the river you'll find the site of industry magnate Louis De Geer's paperworks.
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The present building is quite new, from , but most of the interior of the previous paper factory has been preserved throughout the new structure. It's now one of Sweden's most beautiful concert and conference halls. Restaurant "Kråkholmen" serves a lunch buffet with fantastic views of of the waterfall and rapids below. Concerts and shows: Louis de Geer. If you go to the riverside of the concert hall, you'll find a staircase down to a walking bridge that'll take you right by the famous waterfalls.
Walk along the waterfront next to the huge terracotta coloured brick building on your left.
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The house was built by Holmen Works and used as a cotton mill in the s. It became the largest and most impressive industrial building in all of Norrköping. Five stories high with gas lighting and elevators, it was the epitome of modernity at the time! In it was converted into a university building. When you reach the little walking bridge you'll see the old steam plant with its chimneys straight ahead.
It was built between — and is a good example of s neoclassical architecture with yellow facades and high narrow windows. The building used to house three coal-fuelled boilers that provided Holmen's textile and paper factories with heat and steam. It was no doubt a very tough work environment! These days the "Heat Church", if you translate it from Swedish, is an arena for entertainment and conferences.
Cross the walking bridge to the "Ironing Board".