Jönköping

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Jönköping [1] is considered one of, if not the most, Christian areas in Sweden. It is twin cities with Huskvarna and sits on the southern end of Sweden's second largest lake, while containing two smaller lakes of its own. It's Sweden's 10th largest municipality with about 122,000 inhabitants (2006).

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Tändsticksområdet (an old match factory) has various cultural and handicraft shops, as well as the Match museum (Tändsticksmuseet) [2] - note to all trivia fans: Jönköping is the birthplace of the safety match - and the Radio museum [3].

Jönköpings läns museum [4] has a permanent exhibition on the early 20th century fantasy artist John Bauer, as well as various photo exhibitions and historical information.

The city has a pier that many swedes try to claim has the longest bench in the world, which is not true.

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Jönköping is the home to several schools including SVF, a school that many american students from North Park University in Chicago, IL, USA participate in an exchange program with each fall.

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It has a large shopping center to the east called A6 Center [5] that is a former military base (no longer needed since Sweden doesn't really have any enemies unless you count the Norwegians). There is also an IKEA store and several electronic, computer store chains in this area.

The western part of the city (Västra Centrum) has more exclusive shopping, while the eastern part (Östra Centrum) has cheaper shops.

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Sidewalk Express, Railway station. 19 SEK per hour.

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Jönköping is packed with cheap pizza places. Don't leave until you've tried a delicious kebab pizza! The 'Tre Kronor' pizza from Evergreen is strongly recommended.

Velvet Lounge [6], Västra Storgatan 4. Restaurant and bar with italian, asian, oriental, mexican and swedish food. Mains 106-202 SEK.

Chili Thai Restaurant, Västra Storgatan 12. Mains 99-139 SEK.

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Habo Kyrka (Habo Church) lies several kilometers northwest of Jönköping, just off the road to Falköping. It's a small frame church whose interior is decorated with peasant folk art depicting biblical scenes.

Gränna is the hometown of the peppermint rocks candy.

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