Travel · Jönköping

The best things to do in Jönköping

Ranked by the Sweden Herald newsroom and our readers, with the practical details you need.

The best things to do in Jönköping

Number 1
Attraction

Bottnaryd's church

Go to see Anders Falck’s biblical paintings made directly on the church’s timber walls and ceiling.

Bottnaryd

Gränna kyrka, JönköpingNumber 2
Attraction

Gränna kyrka

See medieval objects saved from the 1889 fire inside a church built over the foundations of its 12th-century predecessor.

Gränna

Hakarps church, JönköpingNumber 3
Attraction

Hakarps church

See a 1694 church that incorporates parts of a stave church and a wood church built centuries earlier.

Huskvarna

Huskvarna Church, JönköpingNumber 4
Attraction

Huskvarna Church

Its Old Norse-style timber design, by the Husqvarna factory’s architect, is the reason to visit.

561 31 Huskvarna

Number 5
Attraction

Rumlaborg

See the surviving earthworks of a fortress that once guarded an important route between Sweden and Denmark.

Huskvarna

Boxholm II, JönköpingNumber 6
Activity

Boxholm II

Take a two-hour trip on a wood-fired steamboat across Lake Sommen.

Tranås

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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