The waterside city of Jonkoping stands at the southern end of Lake Vattern in southern Sweden. The lake is the second biggest in the country and the sixth biggest in Europe, covering more than 7 square miles with a shoreline about 2 miles long. The lake is a Swedish tourist attraction and its water is renowned for being so clean it can be drunk without treatment. Visitors who hire a car in Jonkoping can visit plenty of attractions on the surrounding countryside, like the ancient Viking burial grounds at Visingsø, the scenic Domne River valley and Visingborg castle.
Sweden's tenth largest city, Jonkoping, is renowned for the number of churches dotted throughout its streets. If you hire a car in Jonkoping all the city's attractions are easy to reach. The highlights include the Lake Vättern waterfront and pier and two smaller lakes on the south side of the city: Munsjon and Rocksjon. The city grew on the basis of making matches, today, in Tändsticksområdet, the area where matches were made there's a match museum and a good selection of arts and crafts shops to browse. Look out too for Rosenlunds Rosarium, a park concentrating on hundreds of species of rose and the Ians Museum - a quirky art gallery.
