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Check for street cleaning times DIRECTORY
when parking is prohibited.
The city’s traffic wardens are Traffic Information
diligent. Being wrongly parked Stockholms Lokaltrafik
could cost you a fine of 550 Kr or
more. Do not leave valuables in Tel 08-600 10 00.
your car, particularly in a car park. ∑ sl.se
Cycling
Ferry linking Gamla Stan and Djurgården
Taxis
Djurgårdscykeln
Distances between places in 1-, 3-, 7- and 30-day travel Tel 031-227 227.
the city centre are short and cards. It is worth buying an ∑ djurgardscykeln.se
brief journeys by taxi start from SL Access Card, which can be
around 300 Kr. There are usually topped up with credit and held Taxis
plenty of taxis available, to a card reader as you enter
particularly at taxi ranks and your chosen method of Taxi Kurir
major sights, with the exception transport. The tickets are valid Tel 08-30 00 00.
of the rush hours. You can also for one hour from the start of
hail an empty taxi, indicated the journey. Single tickets can Taxi Stockholm
by the illuminated sign on the be bought on departure, while Tel 08-15 00 00.
car roof. The best method is to return tickets, SL Access Cards Taxi 020
order a taxi by phone or book and travel cards are sold at Tel 020-20 20 20.
one in advance. It is always Pressbyrån outlets and SL and
worth enquiring what the fare is T-bana stations. Archipelago and
likely to be, as many companies The network of red city buses Sightseeing Boats
charge a fixed rate. Be careful is built around a number of blue
about using unauthorized taxis “feeder” routes. These run more Open Top Tours
without a taxi sign on the frequently. Many streets in the Tel 08-12 00 40 00.
outside, or a taxi identity card on city centre have special bus ∑ opentoptours.com
display inside, especially at night. lanes which speed up the
traffic. The best routes for sight- Strömma Kanalbolaget
seeing are 3, 4, 47, 62 and 69. Nybrokajen, Stadshusbron.
Public Transport Run by Waxholmsbolaget, Tel 08-12 00 40 00.
All public transport in the public transport in the ∑ stromma.se
county of Stockholm is under archipelago is good all year
the control of Stockholms round, with more frequent Waxholmsbolaget
Lokaltrafik, but the actual services from June to August. Strömkajen, Vaxholm, Stavsnäs.
services are run by several An excellent way to explore the Tel 08-679 58 30.
companies. An extensive archipelago is to take the ferries ∑ waxholmsbolaget.se
network of local trains, under- from Strömkajen, which stop
ground trains, buses and ferries off at countless picturesque
carries hundreds of thousands jetties along the way. A “Round Kungsholmen”
of commuters in from the Other recommended trips tour departs hourly from the
suburbs every day. In the city include Birka, Drottningholm quayside near the City Hall.
centre, the Tunnelbana (T-bana) and Mariefred/Gripsholm (see The “Under Stockholm’s Bridges”
underground system’s green, red pp116–17) A popular way of and “Round Djurgården” tours
and blue lines are the mainstay, getting to Djurgården is on depart from Strömkajen
supplemented by city buses, a the ferry from Slussen to near the Grand Hotel, and
few tramlines and ferry routes. Allmänna Gränd. SL’s one-day passengers are also picked up
On regular lines in the and three-day cards are valid from Nybroplan. Tickets can be
Stockholm area there is a on the Djurgården ferry. bought at both these points.
choice of tickets: single-trip or A commentary is provided on
headsets in several languages.
Sightseeing
The tours generally run once
A pleasant way an hour. Most tours are only
of enjoying available in the summer, but
Stockholm some run until December.
from the water Sightseeing tours by bus
is to take an include the Open Top Tours
excursion run double-deckers, which run
by Stockholm between strategic stops
Sightseeing close to attractions in central
(Strömma Stockholm. Passengers can
Red city bus and blue “feeder” bus Kanalbolaget). hop on and off along the way.

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