Folkparken - Norrköping, Sweden
Posted by: DougK
N 58° 35.601 E 016° 10.105
33V E 567916 N 6495363
People's Park is located in central Norrköping and at 20 hectares is the largest park in the city.
Waymark Code: WMHN4K
Location: Östergötland, Sweden
Date Posted: 07/25/2013
Views: 13
John Phillips financed the construction of Folkparken in 1892-1894. People park is designed on the pattern of the so-called English park.
The park has several areas of activities, including a children's play area with climbing frames and toys, and a big jump mountain and a paddling pool. It offers courses for disc golf, mini golf and sand-filled paths for beach volleyball.
People park is lush, green and naturally formulated. There are both nice plantings and large trees, including the rare fan-pine and magnolia as Queen Silvia planted when the park celebrated 100 years in 1994.