Kaknästornet

The Kaknäs tower is a telecommunications tower located at Ladugårdsgärdet in , . The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: TV- and radio-tower in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Kaknaestornet” and “Kaknäs tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Ethnography and Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology.

Museum
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The , in , , 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 , , and , the Pacific region, the Americas and . is situated 440 metres southwest of Kaknästornet.

Museum
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The National Museum of Science and Technology is a museum in . It is Sweden's largest museum of technology, and has a national charter to be responsible for preserving the Swedish cultural heritage related to technological and industrial history. is situated 530 metres southwest of Kaknästornet.

Museum
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The in , is a for naval history, merchant shipping and shipbuilding. Located in the section of the inner-city district , the museum offers a panoramic view of the bay . is situated 680 metres southwest of Kaknästornet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindarängen and Djurgården.

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

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, more properly Södra , is a park island in the southern borough in . The island makes up much of the National City Park, and contains many museums and leisure venues, such as Skansen, the Vasa Museum and ABBA The Museum.

Locality
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is a neighbourhood in the district in central , Sweden. As the name suggests, the neighbourhood is the home of many embassies and ambassadorial residencies.

Kaknästornet

Latitude
59.33499° or 59° 20′ 6″ north
Longitude
18.12678° or 18° 7′ 36″ east
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
9FFW84MG+XP
Geo­Names ID
9031098
Wiki­data ID
Q1721899
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Kaknästornet” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “斯德哥爾摩電視塔”
  • Czech: “Kaknästornet”
  • Danish: “Kaknæstornet”
  • Danish: “Kaknästornet”
  • Dutch: “Kaknastornet”
  • Dutch: “Kaknästornet”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوكنيستونت”
  • Finnish: “Kaknäsin torni”
  • Finnish: “Kaknästornet”
  • Finnish: “Kaknästorni”
  • French: “Kaknästornet”
  • German: “Kaknästornet”
  • German: “Kaknästurm”
  • Macedonian: “Какнасторнет”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaknästornet”
  • Norwegian: “Kaknästornet”
  • Polish: “Kaknästornet”
  • Polish: “Wieża Kaknäs”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Kaknäs”
  • Slovak: “Kaknästornet”
  • Spanish: “Torre Kaknäs”
  • Swedish: “Kaknästornet”
  • “Kaknästornet”

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