Visit Djurgården!

Entrance to the visitors' center

I braved the drizzly atmospheric condition today to catch the visitors' centre for Djurgården called Visit Djurgården. Djurgården is both the mention of an island every bit good every bit a National City Park (which includes the island). In fact, it is the world's showtime National City Park. For the sake of comparison, you lot could nation that it is Stockholm's version of Hyde or Central Park. In the yesteryear this was a regal game common too these days it is all the same owned yesteryear the Crown. It is a peachy common to take a nature walk.

Some beauty constitute on the island.

Besides acres too acres of beautiful parks, woodlands too fields... Djurgården also has the highest concentration of tourist sites (museums, fine art galleries, entertainment parks, etc;) inwards Stockholm. So if you lot are planning a catch to Stockholm, chances are pretty high that you lot volition pass a considerable amount of your catch on this island! Here you lot volition notice museums such every bit the Vasa, Nordic, ABBA, Biology, Technology, Spirits and Maritime History. There are also several peachy fine art galleries/museums including Liljevalchs, Waldermarsudde too Thielska. If that wasn't enough, too thus you lot direct keep Skansen common & zoo, Aquaria every bit good every bit the entertainment parks Gröna Lund too Junibacken. You don't direct keep to become hungry patch here... quite a few restaurants similar Villa Godthem, Ulla Winbladh too Oaxen Krog. Several cafés are spread throughout the park... a personal favorite during the summertime is the rose gardens at Rosendals Trädgård.

Sjöcafé, following to center, amongst boats too bikes for rent!

So you lot tin encounter why I am thus happy that they direct keep built a visitor centre only for the island/park. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peachy idea! There is thus much to encounter too produce that you lot sometimes involve about goodness advice... likewise me! The visitors centre is located only on the isle side of Djurgårdsbron (the dyad connecting the isle amongst the mainland). The centre is opened upwardly daily, year-round, too is manned yesteryear experts on Djurgården too its sites. There are also gratis maps of the common every bit good every bit brochures of the dissimilar museums too fine art galleries to assistance you lot create upwardly one's heed what to visit. The centre is connected to the newly renovated café Sjöcafé, thus you lot tin rest for ahwile too direct keep a java or drinking glass of wine. The café also rents paddle boats, kayaks too bicycles.

Take a street automobile to Djurgården, or...

Getting to Djurgården is quite easy... either yesteryear bus, street car or ferry (especially goodness for Rival Hotel guests!). Or why non walk along the waterfront promenade of Strandvägen? If you lot desire to innovation ahead of your visit, their website (linked at the transcend of this article) is filled amongst peachy data too an interactive map!

...a ferry (with Gröna Lund inwards background).