Stockholm visitors should also take time to explore the surroundings of the city. Why not make some unique day trips or a Royal Canal Tour.
The Royal Canal Tour leads around the island of Djurgarden through the green Stockholm. It starts at the Strömkajen on the peninsula Blasieholmen, east of Kungsträdgarden.
Here was once the island Käpplingen. But it got connected to Norrmalm in the 17th century and became the peninsula Blasieholmen.
We pass the National Museum and the museum quay. Some of the ships here were restored true to the original and are partly still driven by steam-driven engines.
Past the Royal Dramatic Theater, we reach the most fashionable residential area of Stockholm, the district of Östermalm.
The boulevard Strandvägen with its chic buildings is the first address for famous personalities such as Björn Borg, or Per Gessle, the singer of Roxette.
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On the right is the island of Djurgarden. Djurgarden is almost 4 km long and 1 km wide.
Djurgarden means game park. Until 1809, it was the royal hunting ground. Today, it belongs to the only National City Park in Sweden founded in 1995.
The Djurgården canal forms the northern border of the island. The canal opened in 1834 after a 10-year construction period.
Before this, this was a natural waterway, which silted up by the Scandinavian post glacial rebound. Then King Charles XIV erected this canal.
On the island of Djurgarden is the open-air museum Skansen. It is the oldest open-air museum in the world and the only one which is home to wild animals.
But Djurgarden is also home to the Vasa Museum, the Abba Museum, the Nordic Museum and not to forget Junibacken. The Museum Junibacken is dedicated to Swedish children’s literature, especially those of Astrid Lindgren.
There are also amusement parks such as Gröner Lund, a Circus, guest houses, villas, and pleasure palaces.
Our excursion boat circumnavigates the island so that we can gain a good impression not only from the canal but also from Stockholm harbor.
The gigantic cruise liners and ferries fascinate us again and again.
Passing the old town of Gamla Stan with the royal castle, the Royal Canal Tour ends again at Strömkajen.
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The tour is wonderful and if you buy a Stockholm Pass it is free!
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This tour looks amazing! I’ll definitely take it next time I’m in the city! Lovely photos too!
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The tour is wonderful and if you buy a Stockholm Pass it is free!