Köpingsvik
Köpingsvik is a locality situated in Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 599 inhabitants in 2010.Köpingsvik is known as a tourist center, offering large and modern camping sites.Köping (historically) was an important Viking Age port of what is today's Sweden, covering an area of approximately 25 hectares (62 acres), almost four times larger than the similar site on the island of Björkö near Stockholm.Remains of an unfinished, massive 12th century church 42 metres (138 feet) long have been excavated as well as the largest collection of the so-called eskilstunakistor, 75 pieces.During the last ten years there have been several small excavations which have confirmed the earlier findings and the importance of the site.