This small town in the heart of southern Sweden is surrounded by unspoilt woods and rolling farmland. Hire a car in Falköping to fully explore this gentle rural landscape. Highlights include Lake Hornborga, a famous wildlife spot, where crowds come to watch the spectacular cranes. At Ekehagen Ancient Village you can wander through a re-created Iron Age settlement in the woods. The countryside around here is dotted with prehistoric remains; there are hundreds of megalithic stone circles and graves in the land surrounding Falköping. The pick of them all is probably at Ekornavallen with a circle of standing stones and a mysterious burial chamber.
One of the country's best-known cheesemakers, Falbygdens Ost in Falköping, is a company that is little known in the outside world. It's worth a visit to the shop and restaurant but many foreign visitors will hire a car in Falköping and tour round several other attractions in this market town too. The Falköping Museum is set in pretty gardens and displays an introduction to the area's extraordinary prehistoric remains. Across the city, Mösseberg is a huge open-air recreation area that includes an animal park, artificial ski runs, playgrounds and nature reserve.
