1 connection via Stockholm Central · 1 hr 41
Nyköpingshus stands at the river mouth, and its tower recalls a medieval royal banquet.
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Follow the Nyköping River downstream to Nyköpingshus, whose surviving King’s Tower stands where the water reaches the harbor. The medieval fortress is associated with the Nyköping Banquet of 1317, when King Birger Magnusson imprisoned his brothers. Exhibitions in the tower trace the castle’s fourteenth- and sixteenth-century history. The river path connects the fortress with the old centre and waterfront.
Nearby, Sörmlands Museum extends the story of the province through local history and material culture. Walk the streets around Stora Torget and the river to see how the old settlement grew around water, trade and royal power. Nyköping’s compact centre makes it easy to combine the castle remains, museum and harbor in one short visit.
