Norrköping Transportation Tips by Psife Top 5 Page for this destination

AROUND - Bistro and Spa Tramway

New for the summer of 2003 is a bistro tramway that traffic line 2. It's a rebuilt regular tramway with a bar and tables. You just pay the regular fee (and for your food and drinks of course).

The real surprise is the second cart, it's been rebuilt as a spa cart with a sauna and a jacuzzi.

Both are availible for bookings for private parties.

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Getting TO Norrköping

Norrköping has excellent communications;

European highways E22 from Kalmar and E4 from Malmö/Gothenburg both pass through Norrköping towards Stockholm.

The main rail road from the south of Sweden towards Stockholm runs through Norrköping.

Norrköping has a local airport with a flights to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Visby and 1 hour north of Norrköping lies Skavsta which Ryan Air uses.

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TO - Ryan Air

In Nyköping, 1 hour north of Norrköping, lies Skavsta airport. Skavsta is Ryan Air's main airport in Sweden (called Stockholm South) with several cheap flights to several destinations including Paris and London.

An inexpencive and convenient way to get to/from Norrköping.

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Type: Airplane

Website: http://www.ryanair.com

TO - Kungsängen airport

Norrköping has a small airport just on the outscirt of the town (5 minuters by car). There's not a lot of flights but there's daily flights to Kastrup, Copenhagen and Arlanda, Stockholm where you can transfer to continental and international flights.

It's a great airport because it has Europe's fastest boarding and your out oft the airport 5-10 minutes after landing.

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AROUND - Spårvagnen (Tramway)

You can get around in the central parts of Norrkoping with the famous tramways. There are 2 different lines, 2 and 3, and there's one every 15 minutes.

A single trip costs 16 crowns for an adult and a lot of tourists take the trip around with the tramways. In the summer there are occasionly a rolling café in one of the rebuilt tramways.

The yellow Tramways is a symbol for Norrköping and it caused an uproar when it was suggested that they would be painted in another colour.

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Website: http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se

AROUND - Local Bus

To go around Norrköping and surrounding Östergötland use the county bus Östgötatrafiken. They cost between 16 and 56 crowns and go to most destinations in the county.

They also run a county train that leaves 3 times per hour towards Linköping using the same fare.

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Website: http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se

TO - by Train

Norrköping has excellent train connections with trains leaving constantly for Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Västerås and Katrineholm.

Tickets can be booked and purchased online, prices are cheaper if tickets are bought more than 7 days ahead.

Youths (younger than 25) can purchase last minute discounts tickets online really cheap.

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Type: Train

Website: http://www.sj.se

TO - by Bus

The bus between Stockholm and Malmö (Copenhagen) stops in Norrköping, the bus costs around 200 crowns and there's a guarantee if the bus is full they use an extra bus.

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Website: http://www.swebusexpress.se

AROUND - Ettan

During the summer you can take a guided tour with the old veteran tramway in Norrk?ping from 1902. It's called Ettan (Number One) and used to go up Kungsgatan. Those tracks are gone nowadays but it's still a really nice ride and tour of Norrk?ping.

Make sure to look up the timetable in advance.

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Phone: 011-15 50 00

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Website: http://www.destination.norrkoping.se/