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Östergötland

Linköping

Heda lock – Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal loop from Ljungsbro

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Sweden

Östergötland

Linköping

Heda lock – Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal loop from Ljungsbro

Moderate

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Heda lock – Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal loop from Ljungsbro

02:01

7.83km

30m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

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After 531 m for 23 m

After 3.70 km for 14 m

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2.23 km

Heda lock

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The Heda lock is the last of the 15 locks in Berg's lock system.

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3.67 km

Carl Johans Locks, Berg, Göta Canal

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Where the Göta Canal joins the lake on the west bank of the Roxen is the lowest point of the Bergs Slussar lock staircase, which consists of eleven steps. It begins shortly after the mouth of the canal with the imposing Carl Johans lock, which consists of a total of seven lock chambers connected directly behind one another and overcomes a height difference of 18.9 meters.

On the mountain side behind this lock staircase is a very large harbor basin, which is used as Berg's boat harbor and as a waiting area for the boats and ships waiting for the lock, but primarily serves as a water reservoir for the seven-step lock staircase.

At the opposite exit of the harbor basin is Oscar's lock, a double lock with which 4.8 meters of altitude can be overcome. After another, much smaller port basin, the last thing to come is the Karl Ludvig Eugen lock, another double lock with which the last 4.8 meters of height difference can be overcome.

Immediately by the locks there is a snack bar as well as a restaurant with a café and a beautifully designed adventure golf course. At the latest, the large car park with numerous motorhome parking spaces shows that Bergs Slussar is a very popular national excursion destination. In the immediate vicinity of the locks are the beautiful Bergsbaden bathing beach and the ruins of Vreta Kloster, Sweden's oldest monastery complex.

guidebook-sweden.com/de/reisefuehrer/reiseziel/bergs-slussar-schleusentreppe-goeta-kanal-berg

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3.71 km

Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal

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Bergs Slussar is the Göta Canal's largest flight of locks and one of Sweden's most famous engineering structures. The imposing lock system, almost a kilometer long, is a well-visited attraction in the small town of Berg am See Roxen, around 10 kilometers north of Linköping.

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