Beckholmen

Beckholmen is a small island in central , . Having served the city's shipping industry for centuries, Beckholmen is now regarded as a historical monument of national interest, and, by its location just south of in the vicinity…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Skansen and Gröna Lund.

Theme park
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is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island in , . It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

Theme park
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, or colloquially Grönan, is an amusement park in , . Located on the seaward side of , it is 3.8 ha in size, relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly because of its central location, which limits expansion.

Museum
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is a Swedish interactive exhibition about the pop band ABBA that opened in , in May 2013. ABBA's collected works are showcased in a contemporary, interactive setting at , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Djurgårdsstaden and Skansen city quarters.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

Beckholmen

Latitude
59.32086° or 59° 19′ 15″ north
Longitude
18.10088° or 18° 6′ 3″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9FFW84C2+89
Geo­Names ID
2723133
Wiki­data ID
Q791762
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Tahitian—“Beckholmen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Beckholmen”
  • Breton: “Beckholmen”
  • Cebuano: “Beckholmen”
  • Corsican: “Beckholmen”
  • Danish: “Beckholmen”
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  • Hungarian: “Beckholmen”
  • Indonesian: “Beckholmen”
  • Italian: “Beckholmen”
  • Latvian: “Bekholmena”
  • Low German: “Beckholmen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beckholmen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beckholmen”
  • Norwegian: “Beckholmen”
  • Polish: “Beckholmen”
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  • Romanian: “Beckholmen”
  • Russian: “Бекхольмен”
  • Spanish: “Beckholmen”
  • Swedish: “Beckholmen”
  • Swedish: “Beckholmsstigen”
  • Tahitian: “Beckholmen”

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Localities in the Area

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