Pingst
Pingst is an islet in Adelsö socken, Adelsö-Munsö, Stockholm County. Pingst is situated nearby to the hamlet Skogalund, as well as near Hammarby strand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birka and Björkö.
Birka
Archaeological site
Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient. Birka is situated 3 km northeast of Pingst.
Björkö
Island
Björkö is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c. AD 750-975, together with Hovgården on Adelsö declared a World Heritage Site in 1993. Björkö is situated 3 km northeast of Pingst.
The Birka museum
Museum
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birka museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Pingst.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindby and Sandviken.
Lindby
Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lindby, Adelsö is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Lindby is situated 4 km north of Pingst.
Sandviken
Village
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandviken is a locality situated in Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 338 inhabitants in 2010. Sandviken is situated 4 km south of Pingst.
Mälby
Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mälby is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Mälby is situated 4½ km north of Pingst.
Pingst
- Type: Islet
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Adelsö socken, Adelsö-Munsö, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.30935° or 59° 18′ 34″ northLongitude
17.51942° or 17° 31′ 10″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9FFV8G59+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 3411398OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2684111
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