Wadköping is a visitor destination and open-air museum in central Örebro . With its wooden houses and farms, Wadköping depicts Örebro’s older buildings, urban environment and inhabitants. Here you will find museums, exhibitions, a café and restaurant, a wood lathe, a shop, a bakery and many other shops and crafts. The museum is named after Hjalmar Bergman’s fictional city Wadköping .
The buildings in Wadköping
Stage 1
- Tenngjutaregården , original address: Drottninggatan 76. Activities today: “Gamla Örebro” (restaurant and café) and Wadköping’s shop.
- Vävaregården , original address: Drottninggatan 64. Activities today: Old Örebro conference, “Walthers Massage” and “Lilla Butiken”.
- Borgarhuset (Cajsa Warg’s house), original address: Kyrkogatan 4. Activities today: “Cajsa Warg” (exhibition).
- Kungsstugan , original address: Järntorget. Activities today: Exhibitions: the history of Kungsstugan and the history of Wadköping’s origins (inaugurated in 2015).
- Skomakaregården , original address: Gamla gatan 17. Activities today: “The House of Taste”, “Teatervalvet”, “Sandra Walther – Massage and wellness” and “Hantverkarboden”.
- Handskmakaregården , original address: Drottninggatan 51 and Bondegatan 1. Activities today: “Skolmuseet” and “Dockteaterhuset”.
- Skepparegården , original address: Kyrkogårdsgatan 26. Activities today: “Hantverkshyllan”, “Ateljé Återbruk” and “Wadköpingsrummet”.
- Smedjan , original address: Axbergs parish. Business today: Wadköping’s smithy.
- Lekladan . original address: outbuilding in Tiveden. Activities today: Playhouse for children with play shop and play farm with wooden animals.
Stage 2
- Jeremiasstugan , original address: Tybble, Almby parish. Business today: Jeremiasbageriet.
- Hamiltonska huset , original address: Näbbtorgsgatan 16.
- Ullavihuset , original address: Ullavi, Närkes Kil.
- Behrn’s house , original address: Kungsgatan 9.
- Komministergården , original address: Nygatan 39.
- Svarvarhuset , original address: Ågatan 6. Activities today: the silver studio “ZilverZmen” and Närke’s wood lathe.
- Smedjebackshuset , original address: Skolgatan 12.
- Teaterladan and Kornboden , original address: Kungsgatan 23. Activities today: Theater and concert hall.
- Övre Vallbygården , original address: Lundby. Activities today: Wadköping’s office and MR ceramics.
- Erikagården , original address: Gamla gatan 13.
- Sturegården , original address: Sturegatan 7.