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A Picturesque Stroll along Djurgården's Waterway 2

A Picturesque Stroll along Djurgården's Waterway 2

Continued from Part 1: After passing the Ethnographical Museum, you will find a small path called Lidovägen. Head eastward and up on this sloping path and soon you will see a yellow house at Lidovägen 14-18. This is the residence of Benny Andersson of ABBA. You might see him walking his dog in this area. The slope goes steeply down and you now find yourself in front of a kayak clubhouse. Pass a couple of beautiful houses and very quickly you will arrive at the foot of Djurgårdsbrunnsbron bridge.

Brunn means well and bron means bridge. The origin of Djurgårdsbrunn was in 1690, when a well was found here providing a source of fresh water that was believed to give health benefits. Since then, this place had been a popular resort for Stockholmers. Next to the bridge is a wooden house that used to be an old-fashioned restaurant. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed, and today it houses some temporary avant-garde exhibitions that are often quite difficult to understand!

Across the street is a yellow house called Apotekshuset, an old pharmacy house from the 1800s that is now an ice-cream parlor serving the best soft ice cream in town. After the ice-cream stop, you can head toward the path along the canal, Djugårdsbrunnskanalen, on your left hand side.

Along the canal you can see many Stockholmers showing off their motorboats on their way to the archipelago. Along the path you will sometimes be joined by joggers, bikers, and horseback riders. When you come to a small bridge, the Lilla Sjötullsbron, cross to the other side. Then follow the Princessan Ingeborg’s Väg to Djurgårdsvägen, where you will find a little house with the name Isbladskärret on it. There is a nice marshland where you can see many wild birds.

Go east on Djurgårdsvägen until you reach Blockhusringen. This area is called Blockhusudden, and my husband likes to call it the Swedish Riviera. The yellow house situated by the water was the big toll house in the 1700s, not far from the world’s first automatic lighthouse. Farther down, next to the bus stop (no. 69), is Café Blockhusporten. It is a haven for the locals to gather for afternoon coffee and strawberry cream cakes with a fantastic view of the water across from Nacka Strand.

By now you might be exhausted! You can either take bus no. 69 back to the city center or bike back along Djurgårdsvägen to the bridge Djurgårdsbron, where you rented the bike.

As most tourist maps do not show enough details of the described areas, here is my own private map. Click to enlarge and feel free to print it out and bring it along with you:

From journal The Jewels of Stockholm

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A Picturesque Stroll along Djurgården's Waterway 1

A Picturesque Stroll along Djurgården's Waterway 1

I have put together this unique route to show you the most well-guarded and picturesque spots in Stockholm that are seldom explored by foreign tourists. These spots are all my darling places to visit in the summer.

You can either walk or rent a bike or a boat/kayak at the foot of Djurgårdsbron near the Nordic Museum. If you choose to take the waterway, simply head east on Djurgårdsbrunnsviken and you will see most of beautiful sites I will introduce below—from a distance.

If you choose to walk or bicycle, head east on Strandvägen, the waterfront avenue lined with luxurious buildings, until you come to an opening that leads to a small path hidden behind dense bushes. There are no clear signs, so if in doubt, ask passersby for Nobelgatan. Once you have entered this path, you will find Diplomatstaden in front of you. Notice the many colorful stone houses with individual styles lining Nobelgatan—they all belong to foreign embassies and are among the most beautiful houses in Stockholm. Take the path closest to the water and you will find a delightful view of yachts on the water with Skansen in background.

Keep going straight ahead until you come to a small park with a shallow beach that leads to a waterfront hotel and restaurant, Villa Källhagan. It is one of my favorite restaurants in town, serving delectable Provencal/Swedish fusion cuisine in a wonderful environment, en plein air. In front of the villa is a big lawn, a boat club, and a jetty, where a small group of locals often take a dip in the water when it gets too warm.

You can either choose to continue walking along the waterfront path called Folke Bernadottes Vög or take the main road to the north, Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen. Either way, you will come to the Sjöhistoriska Museet (Maritime Museum), Tekniska Museet (Technology Museum), and Etnografiska Museet (Ethnographical Museum). All of them are very interesting, and you might want to come back here on another day (bus no. 69 will bring you here directly).

Due to the word limit, I cannot include the whole itinerary here, so please continue by reading Part 2 of this walking tour.

As most tourist maps do not show enough detail of the described areas, here is my own private map. Click to enlarge and feel free to print it out and bring it along with you:

From journal The Jewels of Stockholm

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