Walking in Köping, Sweden

00:00 Intro
00:41 Glasgatan
01:50 Bridge across river Svartån
02:30 Ducks floating on ice in the river
05:20 walk along the river
06:45 old part of town
10:25 city centre
12:00 Stora gatan
13:46 Hökartorget
14:15 Stora gatan
16:37 Ågången
18:47 Stora torget

Köping is a locality and the seat of Köping Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It had 17,743 inhabitants in 2010. Köping means merchant place. It was mentioned for the first time in the 13th century. It was probably given such a name as it did not yet have a charter. The central location of Köping deems it appropriate for merchancy for people from different parts of the country.

In the 19th century Köping established itself as an industrial city, with a large mechanical workshop and a prosperous harbor. A fire in 1889 destroyed large parts of Köping, whereafter it was rebuilt using stone material under supervision of architect Theodor Dahl.

In the 20th century all kinds of companies have established themselves in Köping. Volvo built a large industry there in the 1920s; the arguably most known bed manufacturer in Sweden, Hästens, in 1924; and a number of gold groceries between 1940 — 1960.