Lidköping City Hall

Lidköping, Sweden

Lidköping magnificent wooden city hall (rådhuset) was originally a originally a hunting lodge in the island of Kållandsö. It was donated to the Lidköping city by Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie in 1671. The upper floors were damaged by fire in 1950, but they are restored. Today city hall is the landmark and icon of Lidköping.

References:
  • Marianne Mehling et al. Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe. Schweden. München 1987.

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Founded: 17th century
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Sweden
Historical period: Swedish Empire (Sweden)

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Marco Kilias (2 years ago)
Pretty nice camping spot. Directly at the big sea. Nice spots with half Gras half asphalt and the toilets were clean nearly all the time. Oven and showers are free of charge and there are dishwashers - tremendously nice! But for a rainy day we took one of the cottages (150€) which was quiet expensive and nobody told us, that we have to clean them afterwards. The service stuff who came to our spot on the next day was very unfriendly while telling us, that we have to clean NOW. The spa area was nice.
Saeed Ghasemi (2 years ago)
Great experience on all levels. Good service and availability. Good activity options for kids. Great view. Quite clean place and good looking natural area. The pool was good too and we even used the lake for swimming. It's not deep at all.
Lilian Hallstrom (3 years ago)
Visiting friends for the day. Very clean facilities, great food at the restaurant and a great minigolf.
Per Holger Dahlén (3 years ago)
Say Hay to Pernilla from Mr.
Rickard C (3 years ago)
Conversation at the frontdesk; - 1 person with bicycle and tent please. -That will be 450SEK. -Give me a minute to consider that. - Hallo, it's high season.
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