Jönköping City Park

Up on a hill with a fantastic view of the city lies Jönköping City Park. Discover untouched nature, the unique Bird Museum, the city's largest playground, animal pastures, an open-air museum, women in history trails, football, mini golf and outdoor dances.

Jönköping City Park is more than 100 years old. Before it became a public park, the area in the western part of Jönköping was overgrown with bushes and mixed forest.

The city park has activities for all ages and different interests. If you like nature, playtime, culture, history or animals, head to this lovely oasis of beautiful, unspoilt nature. It is located high up, with a views for miles over Jönköping, Huskvarna and Sweden's deepest lake, Vättern.

Excellent excursion for families with children

Get ready for a full day out with the kids at the city's largest and most entertaining playground. Here the children can play for several hours. All around the park there are animal pastures where you can say hello all kinds of creatures – of both the cute and noble variety. There are alpacas, peacocks, goats, chickens, sheep, llamas, horses and fallow deer.

After playing, it's always a good idea to have a snack, ice cream or a cup of coffee. Near the playground there are tables, benches and a barbecue area where you can grill your food and then sit down to eat. If you want to buy something to eat and enjoy a fantastic view at the same time, then ‘Stugan’ offers coffee, lunch and an à la carte menu (https://jkpg.com/sv/jonkoping-huskvarna/stugan-i-stadsparken/). When you have got your energy back, you can challenge your family and friends to a game of mini golf. There is also a food kiosk at the 18-hole course.

A unique bird museum

With its amazing collection of beautiful birds, eggs and photographs, a visit to the Bird Museum is a must. There are 1,450 birds of 330 species, and 2,500 eggs from 281 bird species. Admission to the museum is always free.

Open-air museum with historic buildings

Are you curious about how the people of Småland lived and worked long ago? Then you should visit the open-air museum, which belongs to Jönköping County Museum. In 1901, engineer Algot Friberg purchased Bäckaby's medieval wooden church and moved it to Jönköping's city park. Several older buildings were then moved to the park and today the open-air museum consists of, among other things, a 17th-century ridge-cabin, a soldier's cottage, a drawing mill, a parish storehouse and a belfry.

Women's trails honour famous Småland women

In 1996, ten special trails were inaugurated to honour ten famous women from Småland. The paths in Jönköping city park are dedicated to: Vera Nilsson, Adéle Wetterlind, Hanna Ouhterlony, Ulla Stenberg, Ellen Key, Emilia Broomé, Moster Persson, Christina Nilsson, Kata Dahlström and Elin Wägner. The ‘Småland Stone’ bears 65 names of famous men born in Småland and has been in the city park since 1907.

Stadsparksvallen - J-Södra's football stadium

The classic Stadsparksvallen has a stunning setting in Jönköping's city park. The football stadium was inaugurated as early as 1902 and was also an athletics stadium until 1981. Nowadays, only football is played at ‘Vallen’, which is the home arena for the pride of Jönköping - J-södra IF.

Dancing and fresh air at Fröjden

Fröjden is a fine outdoor dance floor where you can dance throughout the spring, summer and part of the autumn.

An arboretum for studying plants

An arboretum is a plantation of trees and shrubs created for scientific study. In the early 1900s, trees and shrubs were planted between the current Stadsparksvallen and Dunkehallavägen. Some of these, together with new trees and shrubs, have been labelled so that visitors can study the names and see where the plants come from.

How to get here

Stadsparken is located high up on one of Jönköping's hills, a stone's throw from the city centre.