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Strandvägen with its stately houses and boats along the quayside
2 Strandvägen 3 Junibacken one of the city’s most popular
Map 4 E1. @ 69, 76.  Galärvarvsvägen 8. Map 4 F1. tourist attractions. A mini-train
Östermalmstorg, Karlaplan. v 7. Tel 08-587230 00. @ 67. v 7. takes visitors from a mock-up
4 Djurgårdsfärja. Open Jan–Apr & of the station at Vimmerby
In the early 1900s Stockholm’s Sep: 10am–5pm Tue–Sun; May–Dec: (the author’s home town) to
ten richest citizens – seven of 10am–5pm daily (July–early Aug: to meet some of her characters,
whom were wholesale 6pm). & - 0 = 7 finishing with a visit to Pippi’s
merchants – lived in palatial ∑ junibacken.se home in Villekulla Cottage,
new houses along Strandvägen. where children can play in the
Before 1897, when a major They are all here – Pippi different rooms.
exhibition was held just across Longstocking, Mardie, Karlsson There is also a well-
the water on Djurgården, this on the Roof, Emil, Nils Karlsson stocked children’s bookshop
muddy, hilly stretch known as Pyssling, Ronja the robber’s and a restaurant.
Ladugårdslands Strandgata daughter, the Lionheart Brothers
aspired to becoming “a street, and many more favourite char- 4 Nordiska museet
the like of which will not be acters from Astrid Lindgren’s
found anywhere else in Europe”. children’s books. In accordance See pp94–5.
It was a long process. Even after with the novelist’s wishes, visitors
all the grand buildings had can also meet the creations of
been completed, the wooden other Swedish children’s authors. 5 Biologiska
quay erected in the 1860s was When she heard about Staffan museet
something of an eyesore. It Götesam’s project for a children’s Lejonslätten. Tel 08-442 82 15. @ 67.
was still used up to the 1940s cultural centre, she was adamant v 7. Open Apr–Sep: 11am–4pm
by boats bringing firewood it should not be just an Astrid daily; Oct–Mar: noon–3pm Tue–Fri,
from the archipelago islands. Lindgren museum. 11am–3pm Sat–Sun. & 8 by appt.
Nevertheless, the renamed Nevertheless Junibacken is = ∑ skansen.se
Strandvägen, with its three rows still something of a tribute to
of lime trees, soon became the the much-loved author. It was The National Romantic
elegant boulevard envisaged officially opened by the Royal influences of the late 19th
and, then as now, it was a Family in 1996 and has become century inspired the architect
popular place for a stroll, to
admire the elegant façades, Wooden Boats Along Strandvagen
watch the boats and to see
and be seen. Until the 1940s sailing vessels used to carry firewood from Roslagen on
The financiers behind this the Baltic coast to the quayside at Strandvägen. This trade had lost its
and other housing projects in importance by the 1950s, and boating enthusiasts started buying up
the early 1900s were wealthy these old vessels. Some were
and could call on the best renovated and sailed to the
architects, including I G Clason Caribbean, others became illegal
(1856–1930). Clason was drinking or gambling clubs on
Strandvägen. New harbour
influenced by Italian and French regulations led to the formation
Renaissance styles for his work on of two associations to administer
No. 19–21 (Thaveniuska Huset) the boats. The wooden boats
and No. 29–35 (Bünszowska moored along Strandvägen
Huset), where he designed today are owned by people
gateways made of ships’ timbers. who want to preserve a piece
No. 55 (Von Rosenska Palatset) of the area’s cultural heritage. Old wooden boats along the Strandvägen quay
is also by Clason.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp284–5 and pp294–5

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