Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen

Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen is a canal in central Stockholm, Sweden, separating the island Djurgården from the northern mainland. The canal stretches one kilometre from Lilla Värtan to Djurgårdsbrunnsviken and allows ships 9.5 metres wide and 2.1 metres deep to pass.

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Type: Canal
Description: canal in Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Also known as: “Djurgardsbrunnskanalen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thiel Gallery and Rosendal Palace.

Thiel Gallery

Museum

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The Thiel Gallery is an art museum in the Djurgården park area of Stockholm, Sweden. Represented are the members of the Artists Association from the early 1900s as well as one of the world's largest collections of works by Edvard Munch.

Rosendal Palace

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Rosendal Palace is a Swedish palace pavilion located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Charles XIV John, the first Bernadotte king of Sweden.

Museum of Ethnography

Museum

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The Museum of Ethnography, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish science museum. It houses a collection of about 220,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples from around the world, including from China, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, the Americas and Africa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blockhusudden and Lindarängen.

Blockhusudden

Neighborhood

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Blockhusudden is the eastern tip of the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. This place takes its name from "blockhus" meaning a strong, fortification, and "udden" meaning the point, the cape.

Lindarängen

Neighborhood

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Lindarängen is a location outside Stockholm, Sweden. During the 1912 Summer Olympics, it hosted the steeplechase trials for the equestrian eventing competition. Between 1921 and 1952 Lindarängen also hosted Stockholm's water airport for seaplanes.