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4 af Chapman been run independently with the battery’s four cannons fire
departments for painting, a welcoming salute from the
Västra Brobänken. Map 4 D3.
Tel 08-463 22 66.  Kunsträdgården. sculpture, graphics, computing castle terrace.
@ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. - 0 See and video, as well as offering The charming brick pavilion
Where to Stay p284. courses for architects. by the bridge was built in 1882
The college is not normally for the Royal Skating Club,
The sailing ship af Chapman is open to the public, apart from which used the water between
one of Sweden’s most attractive an “open house” once a year. the two islands when it froze.
and unusual youth hostels. Then visitors can enjoy the
The ship has 125 beds, and beautiful interiors, especially the
there are a further 155 beds vaulted 18th-century cellars. 7 Nationalmuseum
in the hostel building facing See pp86–7.
the gangway.
Visitors staying in more
conventional accommodation
can still admire the boat from 8 Grand Hôtel
a café nearby. The three-masted Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8.
ship was built in 1888 at the Map 3 C1. Tel 08-679 35 00.
English port of Whitehaven  Kungsträdgården. @ 2, 55, 65.
and used as a freight vessel. - 0 See Where to Stay p284 and
She came to Sweden in 1915 Where to Eat p294. ∑ grandhotel.se
and saw service as a sail
training ship until 1934. The Oscar II’s head chef, Régis Cadier,
City of Stockholm bought the founded the Grand Hôtel, one
vessel after World War II and of Stockholm’s leading five-star
she has been berthed here hotels, in 1874. Since 1901, the
since 1949. She is named after hotel has accommodated the
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, a Nobel Prize winners each year.
master shipbuilder who was Traditional Swedish delicacies
born in Gothenburg in 1721. The medieval-style castle on are served in an abundant
Kastellholmen, built in 1846–8 smörgåsbord in the elegant
Veranda. The hotel also has two
6 Kastellholmen Michelin-starred restaurants
5 Kungliga Konst­ and the Cadier Bar, named
högskolan Map 4 F4.  Kungsträdgården. after its founder.
@ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja.
Flaggmansvägen 1. Map 4 E3. Right in the middle of The hotel has 24 banqueting
and conference suites, the best
Tel 08-614 40 00.  Kungsträdgården.
@ 65. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. Open to the Stockholm, Kastellholmen is known of which is the lofty
public for special events. - 7 a typical archipelago island Vinterträdgården (Winter Garden)
with granite rocks and steep which can accommodate 800
A stroll around Skeppsholmen cliffs. From Skeppsholmen it is people. The Spegelsalen (Hall of
provides an opportunity to have reached by a bridge built in Mirrors) is a copy of the hall at
a closer look at the beautifully 1880. Every morning since Versailles and was where the
restored 18th-century naval 1640 a sailor has hoisted the Nobel Prize banquet was held
barracks which now houses three-tailed Swedish war flag until 1929, when it became
Kungliga Konsthögskolan (the at the castle. Whenever a too big and was moved to City
Royal Institute of Arts). At the visiting naval vessel arrives, Hall (see p106).
entrance 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 college, still
rich in tradition.
The college 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, the college
was located on Fredsgatan as
part of Konstakademien,
although since 1978 it had The exclusive Grand Hôtel on Blasieholmen

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