Every design for Nyköping

Do you remember the feeling of coming home to Nyköping, where the Nyköpingsån and the Kilaån make their way out into Stadsfjärden and the Baltic? The residence town of Södermanland County sits on the Sörmland coast, with the archipelago almost in view and a cultural life gathered around the concert hall and the Culturum library.

There is something about walking along the water on an early summer evening, with the ruin of Nyköpingshus in the corner of your eye and the old churches of Sankt Nicolai and Alla Helgona that have stood here since the 1200s. Sörmland museum tells the district's history, and for anyone wanting to get out into nature there are both Ryssbergsbacken and the still water at Hovrasjön.

Nyköpingshus has seen kings and power struggles come and go, and perhaps it is exactly that toughness you recognise in yourself – a town with deep traces and the sea always close. A map t-shirt of Nyköping becomes a small way of carrying the streets, the river and the bay with you wherever you end up.