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BLASIEHOLMEN &
SKEPPSHOLMEN

opposite the royal Palace on the eastern side entertainment venues. blasie holmen is also
of the strömmen channel lies blasieholmen, the place for auc tion houses, art galleries,
a natural springboard to the islands of antiques shops and second-hand bookshops.
skeppsholmen and kastellholmen. the quayside is the departure point for
several elegant palaces were built at sightseeing and archipelago boats.
blasieholmen during sweden’s era as a great skeppsholmen is reached by a wrought-iron
power in the 17th and early 18th centuries. bridge with old wooden boats moored next to
but the area’s present appearance was acquired it. In the middle of the 17th century the island
in the period between the mid-19th century, became the base for the swedish Navy, and
when buildings such as Nationalmuseum many of its old buildings were designed as
were erected, until just before World War I. barracks and stores. today they house some
In the early 1900s, stately residences such of the city’s major museums and cultural
as bååtska Palatset became overshadowed institut ions, juxtaposed with the avant-garde
by prestigious hotels, lavish banks and construction of the moderna museet.

Sights at a Glance
BERZEELI Museums Public Buildings
NÄCKSTRÖMSG. PARK 1 Östasiatiska museet 5 Konsthögskolan
2 Moderna museet pp82–3 Islands and Squares
3 ArkDes
7 Nationalmuseum pp84–5 6 Kastellholmen
Kungsträdgården 9 Blasieholmstorg
w Raoul Wallenbergs Torg
TEATERGATAN
STALLGATAN BLASIEHOLMS-GATAN NYBROKAJEN Synagogues
Nybroviken
0 Synagogan
KUNGSTRÄDGÅRDSGATAN
HOVSLAGARGATAN
BLASIE- Hotels and Restaurants
HOLMEN NYBROKAJEN 4 af Chapman
STRÖMKAJEN
MUSEI-
PARKEN 8 Grand Hôtel
q Berns
MUSEIKAJEN Concert Halls
e Musikaliska
NORRA
Skeppsholms- BROBÄNKEN
SÖDRA BLASIEHOLMSHAMNEN
bron
Norrström
TYGHUS- ÖSTRA BROBÄNKEN
PLAN
BATTERI-
PARKEN
See also Street Finder
pp206–18 SKEPPS-
EXERCIS- HOLMEN
PLAN
AMIRALITETS-
Restaurants pp166–71 PARKEN SVEN SKSUNDSVÄGEN
SVENSKSUNDSPARKEN
1 B.A.R. LÅNGA RADEN
VÄSTRAB R OBÄNKEN
2 Hjerta AMIRALENS GRÖNA GÅNGEN
HOLM-
3 Långa Raden TORG Ö. BROB Ä NKEN
4 Mathias Dahlgren Matsalen S trömmen SÖDRA BROBÄNKEN
and Matbaren Kastellholms-
Saltsjön bron
KASTELL-
BACKEN
KASTELL-
PARKEN
ÖRLOGSVÄGEN
KAST E LLH OLM S KAJE N
0 metres 250
0 yards 250
The af Chapman youth hostel, on a ship moored opposite the Royal Palace For map symbols see back flap
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