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Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal – Carl Johan Lock Staircase loop from Sättuna

Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal – Carl Johan Lock Staircase loop from Sättuna

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Bergs Slussar, Göta Canal – Carl Johan Lock Staircase loop from Sättuna

02:14

52.8km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 5.31 km for 14 m

After 30.3 km for 25 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.79 km

View of Lake Roxen

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Along this stretch you have great views of the lake again and again.

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4.39 km

Vreta Abbey

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The monastery was Sweden's first nunnery and was established around 1100. The church is one of the most interesting in Sweden and contains numerous medieval gems.

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5.31 km

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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5.32 km

Carl Johan Lock Staircase

Highlight • Monument

Here boats are lifted a total of 18.8m via 7 locks in order to pass the Göta Canal from Lake Roxen. There are only gravel paths on both sides, but you should also take a look at the building from below (Roxen Lake).

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5.33 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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28.4 km

Ljung Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Located on the mountain at Ljungs Kile, part of the Fräknefjord, this now whitewashed church was built in 1902 and designed by architect Gustaf Petterson. The white colored church is clearly visible across the fjord to Orust and the church bells ring far and wide. The name Ljung probably comes from the plant heather, which grew in abundance here in the mountains (Lyng 1341), but perhaps also from the Norwegian word slinget (meander). Before 1658 Bohuslän belonged to Norway. The Heide river, which flows near the old church and the present one, meanders and forms meanders.

Source: svenskakyrkan.se/ljungskile/defaultaspxid652631

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29.1 km

Ljungssjön

Lake

29.3 km

Ljungssjön

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In the evening mood you can take great photos here. Also a nice place for a break.

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52.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.0 km

5.31 km

536 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

49.1 km

3.23 km

446 m

< 100 m

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View of Lake Roxen

Vreta Abbey