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The best museums in Göta kanal: history

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The best museums in Göta kanal: history

Trehörnings masugn, Göta kanalNumber 1
Museum

Trehörnings masugn

Come to see a timber-framed blast furnace tied to the iron industry that shaped the Mariedamm area.

Number 2
Museum

Motala Motor Museum

Go to see a working 1920s–30s car repair shop alongside the museum’s displays of cars, motorcycles and mopeds.

How this list is made

Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.

Updated 3 November 2026

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