Lidingö Lidingö is a separate city within the Storstockholm (Greater Stockholm) area. Situated on a

The inner city is made up of 14 islands connected by some 50 bridges on Lake Mälaren, which flows into the brackish Baltic Sea, and passes the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands and islets.
Stockholm is a cosmopolitan place with both classical and modern architecture, and a captivating Old Town, Gamla Stan . Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways, and another 30% is made up of green spaces. Air quality is third best of the European capitals - behind Berlin and Copenhagen.
Black: Old town , Red: Norrmalm , Orange: Östermalm , Yellow: Södermalm , White: Kungsholmen , Dark green: Ekerö , Blue: Lidingö , Pale blue: Stockholm archipelago , Pink: Västerort , Magenta: Norrort , Green: Söderort , Dark red: Södertörn .
Most venues are found in the inner city, " innerstaden ", historically the zone within the city tolls. The Municipality of Stockholm extends beyond the inner city, including the western and southern suburbs .
Norrmalm Norrmalm contains the central business district known as City , with several department stores and shopping malls, museums, hotels and restaurants too many to mention, most of Stockholm's major theatres, and the central railway station. The pedestrian shopping street napa valley bicycle tours Drottninggatan runs in a north-south direction through the area, by the square Sergels Torg . The islets Skeppsholmen and Kastellholmen napa valley bicycle tours can be reached on foot. Vasastan is a mainly residential area, where the Odenplan square offers shopping and nightlife.
Östermalm Östermalm is an affluent borough, napa valley bicycle tours including Nationalstadsparken [1] , "the National City Park". The Stureplan square is a hub for upmarket shopping and nightlife. Södra Djurgården or simply Djurgården is an island-park, with several major tourist venues - the Skansen open air museum, the Gröna Lund amusement park, and the Vasa Museum . The borough also contains a forest, a museum cluster napa valley bicycle tours with the Science and Technology Museum and Kaknästornet , as well as Stockholm University and the Royal Institute napa valley bicycle tours of Technology
napa valley bicycle tours Gamla Stan An island with great waterfront views, the northern part of the Old Town is dominated by the Royal Palace and the Swedish Parliament . The rest of the island is a picturesque collection of old buildings and narrow cobblestone streets. The adjacent napa valley bicycle tours island Riddarholmen holds a church and several old government buildings.
Södermalm Södermalm is a rugged island with buildings of all ages. It is always commonly referred to as Söder (The South). Fjällgatan offers some of the best views of Stockholm and the Baltic Sea inlet. The major north-south street Götgatan and adjacent streets are littered with a variety of restaurants, bars and shops. napa valley bicycle tours It starts like a hump next to Slussen with the busy pedestrian zone called Götgatsbacken ("The slope of Götgatan"), and passes Medborgarplatsen ("Citizens' square"), napa valley bicycle tours which has plenty to offer in terms of shopping and night life. The "bohemian" area south of Folkungagatan is occasionally nicknamed "SoFo", with obvious inspiration from SoHo. Among its variety of restaurants, cafés, pubs, odd shops and trendy boutiques one will encounter the most liberal assembly of successful but also wannabe Swedes. Shopping and exposing their offspring at the idyllic square Nytorget or just basking napa valley bicycle tours in the lovely park Vita Bergen . At Skeppargränd people still inhabit an entire block of remaining small wooden houses along cobbled streets from a bygone era. Långholmen is a lush island off Södermalm. This is where the notorious prison Långholmsfängelset is situated. The cells have since been converted into small hotel rooms, and the sometimes napa valley bicycle tours macabre history napa valley bicycle tours of this historical complex is displayed in cabinets. The waterfront has some of central Stockholm’s most popular beaches and there is also room for nudists on some of the cliffs.
Kungsholmen Kungsholmen is an island at the western inner city, with Stadshuset (Stockholm City Hall) at its eastern tip. Further west, a collection of relaxed neighbourhood bars and restaurants can be found. West of the Fridhemsplan transport hub and the Västermalmsgallerian shopping mall, the island is more suburban. Lilla Essingen and Stora Essingen are two smaller, mainly residential, islands that belong to the borough of Kungsholmen. Close to the park Rålambshovsparken is a nice natural beach, Smedsuddsbadet , suitable for children.
Western Suburbs The Western suburbs, Västerort , were built up during the late 20th century. Stockholm-Bromma Airport dominates the area. Vällingby , founded in the 1950s, is one of Europe's first planned suburbs. Solvalla is a prominent horse-race stadium. Kista is an international centre of information technology, also known for the busy shopping mall Kista Galleria and the landmark skyscrapers Kista Science Tower and Victoria Tower .
Solna and Sundbyberg , just north of central Stockholm, are two separate cities within the Storstockholm (Greater Stockholm) area. Solna is the home of Friends Arena , the region's largest stadium, the vast royal park and recreational area Hagaparken , and the Karolinska Institute , a leading institution of medical research. Haga slott (palace) in Hagaparken is currently napa valley bicycle tours the home of crown princess Victoria and her family. Sundbyberg is the smallest municipality in Sweden napa valley bicycle tours and sometimes referred to as "Sumpan".
Danderyd and Täby , to the north-east, are affluent napa valley bicycle tours municipality suburbs that can be reached napa valley bicycle tours by underground and bus or Roslagsbanan , a narrow-gauge railway. Danderyd has the lowest income tax In Sweden and the Djursholm area displays some of the most expensive napa valley bicycle tours private homes in the whole country. Täby centrum claims to be one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia, and the horse-race track Täby Galopp will entertain spectators for a few more years. Runriket at Jarlabankes bro in Täby kyrkby is the gateway to the world's largest napa valley bicycle tours collection of Viking Age standing stones with narrations carved in runic script. The museum trail is always open and stretches many miles along public roads and pathways into the municipality Vallentuna . Nearby Täby kyrka (church) holds some of the most vivid medieval wall paintings in the country.
Vaxholm is the gateway to the northern Stockholm napa valley bicycle tours archipelago , and a ferry hub. The town has a great waterfront view and a quaint small-scale shopping area. It also sports Vaxholms fästning , which is a fortress turned into a coastal defense museum.
Lidingö Lidingö napa valley bicycle tours is a separate city within the Storstockholm (Greater Stockholm) napa valley bicycle tours area. Situated on a large island just east of central Stockholm it boasts affluent suburbs, small town centers and quaint rural areas. Points of interests are Millesgården : an impressive open-air sculpture museum; Bosön : a national sports facility; napa valley bicycle tours Ekholmsnäs : a ski slope; and Elfvik napa valley bicycle tours : a farmland with an array of conference hotels. Lidingö is reached by Lidingöbron (Lidingö bridge) and buses from Ropsten terminal station on the red underground line.
Ekerö Ekerö in Lake Mälaren is the only Swedish municipality with two UNESCO World Heritage sites: Royal residence Drottningholm and Viking Age settlements Birka on the island Björkö alongside Hovgården on the island Adelsö . The islands also contain napa valley bicycle tours manors, farms, forests and beaches.
Southern suburbs The southern parts of Stockholm municipality, Söderort , is best known for the stadium cluster: Globen the Globe Arena , clearly visible from most of Södermalm, host ice hockey games as well as international artist performances, the smaller Hovet and the open-air stadium Söderstadion . Nearby Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery), [2] , is an UNESCO [3] World Heritage site . To the south-west of the inner city, the borough Liljeholmen has a pleasant recreational area around lake Trekanten.
Huddinge , Haninge and Tyresö to the south are residential suburban municipalities with large recreational napa valley bicycle tours areas, including the large Tyresta virgin forest, napa valley bicycle tours one of 28 national parks in Sweden, where the oldest pine trees are around 400 years old.
Södertälje , a city with a distinct history where the Baltic sea meets lake Mälaren in Sweden's biggest lock. Södertälje is the home of Tom tits - Stockholm's biggest science center for children, the Torekällberget outdoor museum, and Tvetagården - a well known hostel just by lake Måsnaren.
Stockholm is not the oldest town in Sweden. As Sigtuna , Sweden's first capital, was sacked by pirates in 1187, the Swedes built up fortresses along the inlet of Mälaren, and Birger Jarl ( Jarl is a title corresponding to British Earl ) had a fortress napa valley bicycle tours built on an island napa valley bicycle tours later known as Gamla Stan. The first records of Stockholm were written in 1252 by Birger. As the land raised, the Stockholm straits became the only waterway napa valley bicycle tours between Mälaren and the Baltic Sea during the 15th century, replacing Uppsala as the effective capital. Since King Gustavus Vasa liberated Stockholm in 1523, Stockholm has remained Sweden's most important centre napa valley bicycle tours of commerce, though Gothenburg later became the largest international napa valley bicycle tours port. During the 17th century, Stockholm was the base of the Swedish napa valley bicycle tours Empire, napa valley bicycle tours with a land area twice the country's current size, nearly encircling the Baltic Sea.
The city contains napa valley bicycle tours buildings from all ages since the 13th century. Like the rest of Sweden it was untouched by the World Wars, but particularly between 1955 and 1975, hundreds of old buildings in Norrmalm were demolished in a large-scale modernization process, napa valley bicycle tours encouraged by similar projects napa valley bicycle tours in other European cities. Since then, only infills and a few areas have been developed with new architecture in central Stockholm.
Despite its northern location, Stockholm has fairly mild temperatures throughout the year. As a result of its northerly latitude, the city sees a dramatic seasonal variation in sunlight, from more than 18 hours of daylight around midsummer, to around 6 hours of daylight in late December. Stockholm enjoys an average of nearly 2,000 hours of sunshine a year. Average yearly precipitation is 539 mm (21.2"), with July and August slightly