Soderkoping Attractions

 
15km/9mi southeast of Norrköping can be seen Söderköping (pop. 13,000), founded in the 13th century as a trading station for Lübeck merchants who built a large church here (as they did at Skänninge). The church (St Lawrence's) was completed 200 years later, at the end of the 15th century. The town's location at the eastern end of Gota Canal brings many foregin tourists by boat. Excavations in Storgatan, Vintervadsgatan and elsewhere in the town have brought to light merchants' and craftsmen's houses and equipment which show that for a time during the Middle Ages Söderköping was one of Sweden's principal trading towns.
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