Page 83 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Stockholm

BLASIEHOLMEN & SKEPPSHOLMEN  81

4 af Chapman sculpture, graphics, digital The charming brick pavilion by
media and video, as well as the bridge was built in 1882 for
Västra Brobänken. Map 5 D3. Tel
08-463 22 66.  Kungsträd gården. offering courses for architects. the Royal Skating Club, which
@ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. - See The institute is not normally used the water between the
Where to Stay p159. open to the public, apart from two islands when it froze.
on Skeppsholmsdagen and an
The sailing ship af Chapman is “open house” in September.
one of Sweden’s most attractive Then visitors can enjoy the 7 Nationalmuseum
and unusual youth hostels and beautiful interiors, especially See pp84–5.
has 136 beds. The hostel also the vaulted 18th-century cellars.
includes the 152-bed building
facing the ship’s gangway. 8 Grand Hôtel
Visitors staying in more
conventional accommodation Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8. Map 4
can still go on board and C1. Tel 08-679 35 00.  Kungsträd-
enjoy af Chapman’s special gården. @ 55, 59, 62, 65, 76.
atmosphere. The three-masted See Where to Stay p160 and Where
ship was built in 1888 at the to Eat p168. ∑ grandhotel.se
English port of Whitehaven
and used as a freight vessel. Rich in history and tradition, the
She came to Sweden in 1915 Grand Hôtel was established in
and saw service as a school 1874 and occupies a prime
ship until 1934. The City of location on the city’s waterfront.
Stockholm bought the ship Nobel Prize laureates and their
after World War II, and she has families have all been guests of
been berthed here since 1949. Grand Hôtel and the list of royalty
She is named after Fredrik The medieval-style castle on and artists who have stayed here
Henrik af Chapman, a master Kastellholmen, built in 1846–8 is impressive. The hotel’s interiors
shipbuilder who was born in are of great historical significance
Gothenburg in 1721. 6 Kastellholmen and have been designated as
Swedish National Treasures.
Map 5 F4.  Kungsträdgården. Most notable are the Spegelsalen
5 Konst högskolan @ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. (Hall of Mirrors), a copy of the one
Right in the middle of at Versailles, and Vinterträdgården
Flaggmansvägen 1. Map 5 E3.
Tel 08-614 40 00.  Kungsträd- Stockholm, Kastellholmen is (Winter Garden), with a ceiling
gården. @ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. a typical archipelago island height of 20 m (66 ft).
Open to the public for special events. with granite rocks and steep In 2007, renowned Swedish
7 - 8:30am–4:30pm Mon–Fri. cliffs. From Skeppsholmen it chef Mathias Dahlgren opened his
is reached by a bridge built in eponymous restaurant, Mathias
A stroll around Skeppsholmen 1880. Every morning since 1640 Dahlgren, at the Grand Hôtel.
provides an opportunity to have a sailor has hoisted the three- The other restaurant, called The
a closer look at the beau tifully tailed Swedish war flag at the Veranda, is celebrated not just for
restored 18th-century naval castle. Whenever a visiting its views but also for its traditional
barracks, which houses naval vessel arrives, the battery’s smörgåsbord and the growing
Konsthögs kolan (the Royal four cannons fire a welcoming popularity of The Cadier Bar,
Institute of Art). At the entrance salute from the castle terrace. named after the hotel’s founder.
there are two statues depicting
a lion and a boar. “In like a lion
and out like a pig” is an old
saying among the lecturers and
the 200 or so students at this
institute, rich in tradition.
The institute started out in
1735 as an academy for painting
and sculpture for the decorators
working on Tessin’s new Royal
Palace. Gustav III granted it a
royal charter in 1773. Before it
moved here in 1995, it was
located on Fredsgatan as part
of Konstakademien (see p68),
although since 1978 it had
been run independently with
departments for painting, Spegelsalen, the Hall of Mirrors, at the Grand Hôtel, Sweden’s first five-star hotel

080-081_EW_Stockholm.indd 81 19/09/17 12:01 pm