Ryd, Linköping
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Ryd is a city district in
Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
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, best known for housing the bulk of the
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(Linköpings Universitet, LiU) student body. They live in houses specifically assigned to LiU's students. Many of these homes are in the form of corridor rooms, where students have their own bedroom with an en-suite bathroom but a shared kitchen. The architecture of Ryd is typical of the
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housing project of 1965–1974, one exception being the manor-like Ryds Herrgård (a.k.a. Herrgår'n or simply HG) which serves as a student pub/club. It also had offices of Studentbostäder & Stångåstaden, where studentbostäder mainly helps the students for giving accommodation and Vårdcentralen (Medical Clinic). Ryd also has Rydcentrum, a retail space that includes Hemköp, where people can buy their household (food items), a pharmacy, a bicycle and key shop, a florist, a bakery, a small pizzeria outlet and a Chinese - Thai restaurant. Ryd also has a bus connection, where people can go to the Resecentrum (travel centre). Residents of Ryd are often heard speaking of ''Student Ryd'' (Swedish ''Studentryd'') and the predominantly non-student ''Human Ryd'' (''Människoryd'') as two separate areas of the district. In 2012, 33% of the inhabitants of Ryd were born outside of Sweden. There are two primary rental agencies that provide accommodations in Ryd. Stångåstaden requires applicants to register into a queue and accrue points in order to apply for rentals outside the student area. People who have not accrued enough point will not have the opportunity to get an apartment. Victoria Park rents accommodations in the southeast region of Ryd, and does not require queueing for points. Rents for comparable units are typically higher when renting from Victoria Park than from Stångåstaden, but because no point accrual is required it can be the only option for someone desiring to live in Ryd.


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FR Ryd
Association for tenants in ''Student Ryd''
RydKarta
An online map of Ryd
Ryds Herrgård
Geography of Linköping Neighbourhoods in Sweden {{Östergötland-geo-stub