Himmelstalund Rock Carvings

Norrköping, Sweden

Himmelstalund is a large park famous for having one of Sweden's biggest collection of petroglyphs with more than 1660 pictures. Some of the depicted boats having a similar shape as the Hjortspring boat. Oldest features have been dated to the transition between the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age (19201740 BC).

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Hagagatan 2, Norrköping, Sweden

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Details

Founded: 1900 BC
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in Sweden
Historical period: Neolithic Age (Sweden)

More Information

www.ssfpa.se
en.wikipedia.org

Rating

2.8/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

mervi nieminen (2 years ago)
07/23 two nights with campervan. Peaceful, lots of space, clean toilets/showers, two nice young lads doing customerservice. Nice place!

Ian (3 years ago)
Nice campsite with clean bathrooms. Showers don't have seperate stalls, but that was not a limitation for us. Enough inside facilities to wash up, or cook if you did not bring anything to cook on. We were there only for one night with a tent, but had a much more positive experience than some other reviews.

umashankar Ramalingam (4 years ago)
Lot of spiders

SwedenMAK Travel (4 years ago)
Amazing place i have been

Eran Zehavi (4 years ago)
We were there for the ancient engraved stones, it was nice to see and find the drawings.

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