Djurgården

Djurgården ; (Valdemarsön)
Waters	Saltsjön, Baltic Sea
Geographical location	59 ° 19 '35 " N , 18 ° 7' 0" E Coordinates: 59 ° 19 '35 " N , 18 ° 7' 0" E
length	3.9 km
width	1.1 km
surface	2.79 km²
Residents	800 ; 287 inhabitants / km²
main place	Djurgårdsstaden
	Map from 1802

Djurgården [ ˈjʉːrˌgoːɖən ] ( Swedish djur = animal, gård / en = the courtyard, meaning: the zoo) is an island, a district and park area in the east of Stockholm . The partly forested island belongs to the Stockholm district of Östermalm and has around 800 inhabitants, is 279 hectares and is surrounded by a 10,200 meter long beach. The island is actually called Valdemarsön , but practically only the district name is used.

location

Djurgården is located in the southern part of the Kungliga Djurgården, which was a royal hunting ground until 1809. It is easy to reach by car, bus, tram Djurgårdslinie (No. 7) and the two ferries Sjövägen (No. 80) and Djurgården ferry (No. 82) operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL).

The Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen , which runs along the north-east of the island, was completed in 1833, as the waterway there had previously become too narrow and therefore unusable due to the uplift of the land .

Attractions

There are a number of museums on central Djurgårdsvägen, such as the Vasa Museum , the Nordic Museum , the Abba Museum , Liljevalch's Art Hall , Aquaria Vattenmuseum , the fuel museum and the children's literature museum Junibacken , the Estonia memorial, amusement places , such as the Example Gröna Lund and the Circus, and inns from the 19th century, such as Hasselbacken, which is immortalized in literature. The main entrance to Sweden's first and largest open-air museum, Skansen, is located near Hasselbacken . On the Waldemarsudde lies Prince Eugene's villa , which is now a museum and shows pictures of the prince and his contemporaries, giving an overview of Swedish painting at the turn of the century (1900). Furthermore , the summer residence Rosendals slott is located on the island, surrounded by a public park, which Stockholmers like to use for leisure activities and picnics in summer. The Tjejmilen street race also takes place there every year.