Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen
The Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen is a channel in the southern Djurgården in Stockholm , it extends from Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in the west to the Baltic Bay Lilla Värtan in the east. The canal is about one kilometer long and is crossed by a swing bridge.
There was a natural waterway here very early, but in the middle of the 18th century Djurgården ceased to be an island, because the increasing land elevation and swamping turned the connection into a narrow, unusable trickle.
The current canal came about through the initiative of King Charles XIV Johan . He wanted to beautify Djurgården and at the same time facilitate the supply of the city with vegetables that were grown on the archipelago islands . The canal became an expensive and lengthy affair. It took almost ten years to build the approximately one kilometer long, 9.5 m wide and 2.1 m deep canal. In 1834 it was finally finished.
Today the Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen is a popular destination with its shady promenades, which are planted with oak and maple . In summer there is also a lot of activity in the canal, when sightseeing boats, leisure boats and sport boats jostle there. The rowing club of Stockholm's Roddförening has its club and boathouse on the canal, which was inaugurated in 1913 according to the plans of the renowned architect Sigurd Lewerentz . Since 1994, Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen has also been part of the world's first national city park, Ekoparken .
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Summer 2007
Fall 2005
Winter 2006
Stockholm's Roddförening
Web links
- Bosse Arnholm: Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen. North alla kanaler. Retrieved August 9, 2013 (Swedish).
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ N , 18 ° 8 ′ 20 ″ E