The best things to do in Jönköping: outdoors

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

1

Attraction

Rumlaborg

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

Huskvarna

2

Activity

Boxholm II

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

Tranås

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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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