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Stockholm part 3 - escape to the archipelago
Backdating a bit, want to finally get round to completing my Stockholm blog post before the next holiday!
so after a morning exploring Gamla Stan, the medieval city centre, it was nice and all but we wanted to see some of the countryside, so decided to take a boat trip to one of the closest archipelago islands, Fjaderholmarna. Not the easiest names to pronounce when trying to enquire about tickets, but armed with a google map on my phone, I resorted to the international language of pointing and tickets for a boat trip were purchased!
the boat trip only took around 30 minutes to get to the island, so hardly the archipelago proper but it was a beautiful little island and a wonderful way to escape from the city.
past the fairground on Djurgarden
I want to go on this rollercoaster so much!
unusual crane
A tad disconcerting to see your accommodation sailing down the water - our underwear travelled more than we did that weekend!
the prettier remote end of Djurgarden
Nacka Strand. From what I can gather, one of those former industrial areas redeveloped into posh flats
Approaching Fjaderholmarna
Fjaderholmarna features little more than a few restaurants/bars and a small crafts village, the rest of the island consisting of peaceful walking.
I loved the terrain here, scrubby rocks with birds nestling into various nooks and crannies
The crafts village. Nothing that really appealed to us for sale here, a bit mimimalistic for our tast but it the little workshops were very cute and interesting to explore. Particularly enjoyed the silversmiths, where I got greeted with the sight of a blonde haired shirtless viking brandishing tools into the furnace .... mmmmm!
Finally found a bay where I could go for a paddle in the Baltic waters. Yes it was cold, however the bigger issue was the razor sharp pebbles - unfortunately not possible to paddle for long as it was so sore on the feet!
WTF!!!
Stopped at a cafe for a quick drink, discovered it was an icecream parlour so couldn't resist ..... THE best icecream sundae I have ever had - liquorice icecream, raspberry icecream, liquorice sprinkles, liquorice macaron, cream and liquorice syrup. That and the view, I had died and gone to heaven.
Rob's sundae was rather nice too
continued our circuit of the island and found ourselves back at the pub at the harbour. Unfortunately we'd just missed a boat, so had an hour to wait until the next one --- at least there was beer. And a rather nice little microbrewery it was too!
There was a chocolate makers next door too. :-) I bought a white chocolate bar with lemon peel and liquorice (a bit of a theme here!) and it was gorgeous.
our accommodation is back in its mooring!
back on the mainland again - spotted a vintage tram. started to plot how we get to ride in vintage tram.
We still had some time to kill before our restaurant reservation that evening (and had to walk off that icecream!) so we strolled over to Skeppsholmen Island. It was getting a bit late now and the evening weather was a bit nippy, so it felt a tad desolate. Still, a pretty and peaceful place
Broke the news to Rob that this could have been one of our accommodation options. I'd dismissed it because I thought it would be too much of a faff to get to anywhere from here - with the ferry service, it was probably better located than our option!
Modern Art museum
damn person in the background ruining my photo! ;-)
longing to be over there, at the fairground
Got the ferry over to Slussen/Gamla Stan and had a bit of a wander before it was time for our reservation at the Viking Restaurant, Aifur. There was a bit of a massive queue, found out it was because every visitor got "announced" by a viking with a large horn. Quite an amusing novelty!
cool looking cutlery, if a tad impractucal to actually eat with
It was all rather expensive but we knew that already and this was our splurge of the weekend. Lots of meads to choose from and a limited but absolutely delicious menu. Not sure if it was authentically Viking but it tasted good anyway! I had venison steak with lingonberries and Rob had spare ribs with a mountain of roast veg.
After a bit of an embarrassing faux-pas with the bill, where I accidentally rounded the bill up to tip the waitress all of 30p, we set off back to Sodermalm to find a pub for a nightcap. The night was lovely and warm, so we wanted to find somewhere outdoors, ending up on the trendy square Medborgarplatsen which was full of bars with outdoor seating areas. Had an eyewateringly expensive Kopparberg and at 11am they asked everyone to continue their drinking indoors, so we decided to depart and head back to our boat as it had been a long day!
Full gallery of pics here.
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so after a morning exploring Gamla Stan, the medieval city centre, it was nice and all but we wanted to see some of the countryside, so decided to take a boat trip to one of the closest archipelago islands, Fjaderholmarna. Not the easiest names to pronounce when trying to enquire about tickets, but armed with a google map on my phone, I resorted to the international language of pointing and tickets for a boat trip were purchased!
the boat trip only took around 30 minutes to get to the island, so hardly the archipelago proper but it was a beautiful little island and a wonderful way to escape from the city.
past the fairground on Djurgarden
I want to go on this rollercoaster so much!
unusual crane
A tad disconcerting to see your accommodation sailing down the water - our underwear travelled more than we did that weekend!
the prettier remote end of Djurgarden
Nacka Strand. From what I can gather, one of those former industrial areas redeveloped into posh flats
Approaching Fjaderholmarna
Fjaderholmarna features little more than a few restaurants/bars and a small crafts village, the rest of the island consisting of peaceful walking.
I loved the terrain here, scrubby rocks with birds nestling into various nooks and crannies
The crafts village. Nothing that really appealed to us for sale here, a bit mimimalistic for our tast but it the little workshops were very cute and interesting to explore. Particularly enjoyed the silversmiths, where I got greeted with the sight of a blonde haired shirtless viking brandishing tools into the furnace .... mmmmm!
Finally found a bay where I could go for a paddle in the Baltic waters. Yes it was cold, however the bigger issue was the razor sharp pebbles - unfortunately not possible to paddle for long as it was so sore on the feet!
WTF!!!
Stopped at a cafe for a quick drink, discovered it was an icecream parlour so couldn't resist ..... THE best icecream sundae I have ever had - liquorice icecream, raspberry icecream, liquorice sprinkles, liquorice macaron, cream and liquorice syrup. That and the view, I had died and gone to heaven.
Rob's sundae was rather nice too
continued our circuit of the island and found ourselves back at the pub at the harbour. Unfortunately we'd just missed a boat, so had an hour to wait until the next one --- at least there was beer. And a rather nice little microbrewery it was too!
There was a chocolate makers next door too. :-) I bought a white chocolate bar with lemon peel and liquorice (a bit of a theme here!) and it was gorgeous.
our accommodation is back in its mooring!
back on the mainland again - spotted a vintage tram. started to plot how we get to ride in vintage tram.
We still had some time to kill before our restaurant reservation that evening (and had to walk off that icecream!) so we strolled over to Skeppsholmen Island. It was getting a bit late now and the evening weather was a bit nippy, so it felt a tad desolate. Still, a pretty and peaceful place
Broke the news to Rob that this could have been one of our accommodation options. I'd dismissed it because I thought it would be too much of a faff to get to anywhere from here - with the ferry service, it was probably better located than our option!
Modern Art museum
damn person in the background ruining my photo! ;-)
longing to be over there, at the fairground
Got the ferry over to Slussen/Gamla Stan and had a bit of a wander before it was time for our reservation at the Viking Restaurant, Aifur. There was a bit of a massive queue, found out it was because every visitor got "announced" by a viking with a large horn. Quite an amusing novelty!
cool looking cutlery, if a tad impractucal to actually eat with
It was all rather expensive but we knew that already and this was our splurge of the weekend. Lots of meads to choose from and a limited but absolutely delicious menu. Not sure if it was authentically Viking but it tasted good anyway! I had venison steak with lingonberries and Rob had spare ribs with a mountain of roast veg.
After a bit of an embarrassing faux-pas with the bill, where I accidentally rounded the bill up to tip the waitress all of 30p, we set off back to Sodermalm to find a pub for a nightcap. The night was lovely and warm, so we wanted to find somewhere outdoors, ending up on the trendy square Medborgarplatsen which was full of bars with outdoor seating areas. Had an eyewateringly expensive Kopparberg and at 11am they asked everyone to continue their drinking indoors, so we decided to depart and head back to our boat as it had been a long day!
Full gallery of pics here.
Save