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