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Sightseeing in Stockholm

editor — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:46:00 +0000

HELGEANDSHOLMEN, one of the three islands on which the first settlement developed, is reached by way of the Norrbro. The E end of the island is occupied by a small park, Strdmparterren, with a summer cafe. To the W is the old Parliament Building (1898-1 904), in High Renaissance style, with the Riks-bank (Swedish National Bank) beyond it. The Norrbro leads on to the island of STADEN; the main part of the old town (Gamla Staden) is here. Straight ahead is the Royal Palace, a Renaissance-style building designed by Tessin the Younger (d. 1728) and completed by his son, K.

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Stockholm Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:12:00 +0000

In the 19th c. many Swedish painters went to Dusseldorf and later to Paris for training. Notable among them were the landscape artist C. J. Fahlcrantz (1774-1861), Peter Krafft the Younger, a German (1777-1863), C. Wahlbom (1810-58), A. Wahlberg (1834-1906) and above all the greatest of modern Swedish painters, Anders Zorn (1860-1 920), who also produced etchings. In Denmark, where landscape painting was a favourite genre, impressive and original work was done by Jens Juel (1745-1802), N. A. Abildgaard (1743-1809) and Christopher Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853). Eckersberg in particular influenced the next generation of painters. About 1800 the Copenhagen Academy attracted

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Travel to Stockholm Sights and Attractions in Stockholm

editor — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:16:00 +0000

SIGHTS Old Town (Gamla Stan): Stortorget, Kopmansgatan; Osterlanggatan; Royal Warship Vasa (Wasavarvet); Skansen Open-Air Museum; Royal Palace (KungUga Slottet) Changing of the Guard; Apartments Royal Armoury Treasury Museum; Great Church (Storkyrkan); Riddarholmen Church (Riddarholmskyrkan); Town Hall (Stadshuset); Djurgarden Waldemarsudde House; Rosendal Palace; Thiel Gallery; Grona Lunds Tivoli; Kaknas TV Tower (Kaknas Tomet); Gustav Adolf Square (Gustav Adolfs Torg); Kings Gardens (Kungstradgarden); Riddarhouse (Riddarhuset); German Church (Tyska Kyrkan); Fjallgatan; Sergeis Torg; Hotorget. Outskirts: Drottningholm Palace (Drottningholms Slott, 12 km from the dty); Apartments Garden, Court, Theater, Chinese, Pavilion. Tours by boat (in summer). Under the Bridges Archipelago (Vaxholm, Moja, Sand-hamn, Uto);

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