Blockhusudden
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thiel Gallery and Blockhusudden lighthouse.
Thiel Gallery
Museum
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nacka Strand and Vikdalen.
Kvarnholmen
Suburb
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kvarnholmen is a peninsula on the western part of the Nacka Municipality, south-east of Stockholm, Sweden. It is surrounded by the Saltsjön to the north and by the Svindersvik bay to the south.
Blockhusudden
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: Eastern tip of Djurgården island, Stockholm
- Categories: peninsula and locality
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.32146° or 59° 19′ 17″ northLongitude
18.15164° or 18° 9′ 6″ eastElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
9FFW85C2+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2416670597OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Blockhusudden” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blockhusudden”
- French: “Blockhusudden”
- German: “Blockhusudden”
- Spanish: “Blockhusudden”
- Swedish: “Blockhusudden”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blockhusudden”. Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.