Rinkesta Castle, Eskilstuna

#10 among attractions in Eskilstuna

Forts and castles

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Rinkesta Castle is a castle at Eskilstuna Municipality in Södermanland, Sweden. Rinkesta is located in Ärla parish south of Norrsjön and north of Sörsjön. ()

Local name: Rinkesta Coordinates: 59°21'30"N, 16°31'18"E

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Rinkesta Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tunavallen, The Hand of God, Ikaros Smederna, Rademachersmedjorna.

1.3 miNW
Outdoor activities, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Tunavallen, Eskilstuna
33 min walk • Tunavallen is a multi-use stadium in Eskilstuna, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 7,800 seated spectators. The original stadium was one of the venues for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. It was also the venue for the replay of the Swedish bandy final in 1954. The capacity was 22,000 spectators.
1 miN
Monuments and statues
The Hand of God, Eskilstuna
27 min walk • The Hand of God is one of the last works of the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, created to honor the Swedish entrepreneur C. E. Johansson, who revolutionized precision measuring of industrial parts. The original casting stands in Johansson's hometown of Eskilstuna, Sweden.
1 miN
Monuments and statues
Ikaros Smederna, Eskilstuna
25 min walk • Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden, Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion outside Eskilstuna.
1.2 miNW
Museum
Rademachersmedjorna, Eskilstuna
31 min walk • Rademachersmedjorna is an open-air museum in central Eskilstuna with preserved forges from the 17th century. The oldest smithies in the area were part of the finishing forge manufactory that was established in Eskilstuna in the 1650s.
1.4 miNE
Stela
Södermanland Runic Inscription 109, Eskilstuna
37 min walk • Sö 109 is the Rundata designation for a runic inscription on a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Gredby, which is near Eskilstuna, Södermanland County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Södermanland.
1.2 miN
59°22'30"N • 16°30'36"E
Eskilstuna Stadsmuseum, Eskilstuna
32 min walk • Museum
1.2 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Klosters kyrka, Eskilstuna
30 min walk • Klosters Church, popularly known as Kloster, is a church building in St. John's Parish that was consecrated on 9 May 1929. It is the largest and second oldest church in the parish.
0.9 miN
59°22'14"N • 16°30'56"E
Gallerian, Eskilstuna
23 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.9 miN
59°22'15"N • 16°30'50"E
Fristadstorget, Eskilstuna
24 min walk • Square, Shopping