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Brunnsviken
Brunnsviken (literally ''The Bay of Wells'') is a by brackish lake in Sweden located on the boundary between Solna Municipality and Stockholm Municipality, connecting to Lilla Värtan through Ålkistan. It has a perimeter of . Around Brunnsviken there are a wide range of interesting buildings and facilities. Brunnsviken stretches all the way from Vasastaden, Stockholm in the south to Bergshamra, Solna in the north, with Hagaparken along the western shoreline. In the 1700s, Gustav III had plans to build a continuous belt of English parks around the lake. Since 1994, Brunnsviken has been a part of the Royal National City Park The Royal National City Park ( sv, Kungliga nationalstadsparken) is a national city park, established by the Riksdag in 1995, and located in the municipalities of Stockholm, Solna and Lidingö in Sweden. 1/ km²2/ Population per km² Gallery .... References Lakes of Stockholm County Geography of Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ålkistan
Ålkistan (Swedish language, Swedish: "The Eel Hatch") is the name of a canal, and the surrounding area, north of Stockholm, Sweden. The canal connects Lilla Värtan to Lake Brunnsviken, and delimits Bergshamra (Solna), Bergshamra, the northern part of Solna Municipality, Solna, from the northern part of Djurgården. The name ''Ålkistan'' first appears on a map of Djurgården dated 1649, pointing out ''Åhlekijstetorpet'' ("The Eel Hatch Cottage"), ''Åhlekijstebackan'' ("The Eel Hatch Hillside") and ''Åhlekijste wijken'' ("The Eel Hatch Bay"). In a rivulet leading to the bay eels were caught using cages (in Swedish called ''kista'', "coffin"), which gave the area its present name. The cottage is mentioned as a tavern in 1789. By the mid-19th century, mud threatened to cork the rivulet, which would effectively have turned Lake Brunnsviken, being used as refuse dump as it was, into a sewer. King Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV therefore ordered the present canal to be construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
