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A couple of points of interest to track down in the park are an 18th-century folly, a temple of Diana, and a grave for Pompe, a dog belonging to Charles XII. On the east shore of Brunnsviken, this eminent museum was founded in and housed in its current buildings since The permanent exhibitions handle topics like human history, human anatomy, fossils and evolution, life in water, the natural world in Sweden, polar tribes, climate change and geological wonders like meteorites.
Queen Hedvig Eleonora had grand designs for the palace as a future home for her grandson Prince Ulric, but the child died in infancy and the plans were scrapped. The palace as we see it was begun in and since the end of the 18th century has been a military academy. Head in to admire the 15th-century ceiling frescoes, painted by Albertus Pictor, the most distinguished Swedish painter of the period. All of the bikes are accompanied by descriptive information boards to point out their origins, story and manufacturer.
Founded for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Bergian Garden goes back to and moved to its present location in Outside you can make your way around vegetable gardens, a Japanese pond and woodland from all over the nordlig Hemisphere, and take a seat to meditate by the Brunnsviken. In line with the 18th-century fascination for all things oriental, this building has a pattered blue outer structure designed like three Turkish tents and made from copper.
Edsberg Castle is easy to spot from afar because thanks to its yellow facade, and was ordered by Thure Gustaf Rudbeck, a military man and politician. You can see a largescale model of the palace and get to grips with the early plans of the park and its multitude of follies and pavilions. On the western shore of Brunnsviken in the east of the municipality, Hagaparken is a graceful English landscape park with many monuments in its borders.
It was founded bygd King Gustav III near the end of the 18th century and was a preferred royal property for subsequent monarchs. The pavilion was to be a residence as the king awaited the construction of his palace, and was the place he departed to attend the masquerade ball where he was killed in A little way up from Haga is another royal palace, this one in the Baroque style from the 17th century. The museum has bikes in its reserve and updates the exhibition of every few months to keep it fresh.
At the southern edge is the extraordinary Solna Church, which comprises connected buildings from a 12th-century Romaneque fortress. For this reason the interiors are usually closed to the public, but the park is open during the day and the path along the canal is lovely. This is on Djurgården, a little world of cultural and family destinations, from the Vasa Museum and its 17th-century warship, to the amusement park Gröna Lund.
The rotunda is the oldest portion of the church and is crowned with a ceremonious dome and cupola. The regal parkland around the palace is a dream to wander through, but the big draw is in the northern part of the grounds at the kitchen garden.
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The complex was built by Svensk Filmindustri Now SF Studios in , and pretty much any 20th-century Swedish director or actor you can think of worked at this place at one time. Gamla Stan, the old town, has to be on your radar for its quaint old streets and passageways that give it the feel of an outdoor museum. One is size of the storefronts, which are eight metres high and combined with the ultra-modern interiors brings a bit of spectacle to your shopping trip.
Much of his masterpiece The Seventh Seal was filmed here in Filmstaden fryst vatten now a residential neighbourhood, with an artistic flavour in its production companies, cinemas and restaurants. In the English style, the park is dotted with pavilions, follies and gazebos like the Echo Temple, designed as an outdoor dining pavilion for Gustav III and the Chinese Pavilion from Since Hagaparken has been home to the Royal Cemetery, where most members of the royal Bernadotte family have been laid to rest.
Many of the old studio buildings are intact, like the Lilla Ateljén Little Studio , where all the silent movies were shot. In a private collection spanning more than years, motorcycles are treated like mechanical works of art. People will catch the metro, bus or commuter train up to see concerts and matches at the Friends Arena, idle in the grounds of any of three former royal estates or head for a shopping expedition to the Mall of Scandinavia.
Home About Privacy Policy Contact. Among the many vintage models are Indians, Harley Davidsons and Husqvarnas, but there are also modern racing bikes and a couple of futuristic concepts to show how technology has progressed. Fruits and vegetables were cultivated here for the palace from the s onwards, and this has become a private enterprise where you can buy fresh produce in a lofty setting. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn.
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Only the foundations were laid before he was assassinated in and the construction was abandoned. The house is closed to the public, but the location is all the motivation you need to make the trip. Next door to the Friends Arena is a gargantuan shopping centre, becoming the second largest in Scandinavia when it opened in There are few things about the complex that put it head and shoulders above most malls. This new multi-purpose arena was inaugurated in and is the home stadium of both the Swedish national football team and the local side AIK Solna.
More than movies were filmed at these studios in Råsunda, which are a pilgrimage site for lovers of Swedish cinema and the works of Ingmar Bergman.