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{{unreferenced, date=August 2011 Tornby is a city district and an industrial area in the north of
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 ...
, where one of
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's largest shopping malls is located. Tornby is limited to the south by the railway, in the north by the E4 motorway, to the west by
Skäggetorp Skäggetorp is a city district in Linköping, Sweden, located northwest of Downtown Linköping, downtown. The buildings are mostly two-story and three-story buildings, both condominiums and apartment buildings, which are built around a large cent ...
and Bergsvägen, which is the middle of the three freeway exits and in the east of
Stångån Stångån is a small river in southern Sweden, 185 km long and with a drainage basin of 2440 km2. It flows from the highlands of eastern Småland in the south to lake Roxen in the north. At the outlet near Linköping, the average discha ...
. East of Stångån the industrial area
Kallerstad Kallerstad is a city district in Linköping, Sweden, with mostly industrial, commercial and office areas. The district includes Kallerstad, Mörtlösa and Torvinge industrial areas. In 2009, fewer than a hundred people lived in the area. The dist ...
is located. Tornby shopping center, which forms the northwest corner of Tornby, is now the second largest shopping mall after
Kungens kurva Kungens Kurva (literally, "The King's Bend" or "The King's Curve") is a part of Huddinge Municipality, in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden, 20 km south of the city. The area got its name on 28 September 1946, when King Gustav V's chauffeur-driv ...
in Stockholm. Some of the shops and restaurants in Tornby shopping center are contained in one building, IKANO house. At Nygårds roundabout on Bergsvägen close to
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and auto parts store Biltema, the work of art Circulation II (2006) by Stina Opitz is located. This is the original
roundabout dog A roundabout dog ( sv, rondellhund) is a form of street installation that began in Sweden during the autumn of 2006 and continued for the rest of the year. There have been sporadic subsequent recurrences. The phenomenon consists of anonymous peop ...
. In the southern part of Tornby, next to a bridge over the railway, municipal housing company Stångåstaden's office is located (under construction 2009), with 19 floors and 64 meters, it is the highest house in Linköping. It is not the highest building, however, because the tower of
Linköping Cathedral Linköping Cathedral ( sv, Linköpings domkyrka) is an active Lutheran church in the Swedish city of Linköping, the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Linköping in the Church of Sweden. One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, it is situat ...
is 109 meters high.


See also

* Törnby Geography of Linköping