Enköping

Enköping is a city in western Uppland in Sweden with about 20,000 inhabitants, branding itself “Sweden’s nearest city”. It is the seat of Enköping municipality with about 40,000 inhabitants.

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Enköping is located along Enköping stream (Enköpingsån) near its outlet in Lake Mälaren. It is the second largest city in Uppsala County. It is known for its many beatiful parks.

Some of the best preserved bronze age rock carvings in Svealand have been found in the Enköping region. During the Viking era the site where Enköping stands today was an important market place. The city was founded in the 13th century and soon became an important trade centre, connecting mining products from the north with Lake Mälaren and Stockholm. In the early 17th century Enköping lost its position as a centre of trade many burgers took to farming instead.

Enköping remained a rather small city of about 1000 inhabitants until the construction of Mälarbanan, a railway which connects Västerås with Stockholm and passes by Enköping, was constructed in 1876. By the end of the 19th century Enköping became a major producer of horseradish. Notable industries which emerged in the city were Bahco, manufacturer of hand tools, and Nordströms linbanor, producers of aerial lifts.

Since 1943 it has ben an important military garrison for the Swedish army.

• 59.63627617.0794451 Enköpings turist­information, Rådhusgatan 3, ☎+46 171-62 50 40, e-mail: turism@enkoping.se. Tu–F 10:90–16:00; Sa 11:00–15:00. In the same building as Enköping museum. (updated Apr 2017)

59.64479217.0877931 Enköping rail station is along Mälarbanan which runs several trains from Stockholm and Västerås daily.

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (Sigtuna) is 60 km from Enköping.

Highway E18 stretches in an west-east direction north of lake Mälaren and connects Enköping with Stockholm a one hour drive to the east and Västerås, Örebro, Karlstad and Oslo in the west. The smaller south west-north east road 55 connects Enköping with Uppsala 40 minutes to the north east and Norrköping, 2 hours to the south. Finally, road 70, lead from Enköping towards Borlänge and Idre in Dalarna.

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