Rindö Redoubt
Rindö Redoubt is a historic site in Vaxholm socken, Stockholm County. Rindö Redoubt is situated nearby to Vaxholm Fortress Museum, as well as near Vaxholms Hotell.Photo: Alers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: It is located on Rindö’s western cape and was built to supplement fortress Vaxholm in the defense of the inlet to Stockholm and it was able to control the sector in the north and northeast.
- Also known as: “Rindö redutt”, “Rindö Redutt”, and “Rindoe Redoubt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vaxholm Fortress Museum and Stegesund-Hästholmen.
Vaxholm Fortress Museum
Museum
Photo: Cbsahin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaxholm Fortress Museum is situated 530 metres southwest of Rindö Redoubt.
Stegesund-Hästholmen
Islet
Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stegesund-Hästholmen is an island, sometimes considered a pair of islands, in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. Stegesund-Hästholmen is situated in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. Stegesund-Hästholmen is situated 1¼ km north of Rindö Redoubt.
Vaxholms Hotell
Hotel
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaxholms Hotell is situated 740 metres southwest of Rindö Redoubt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaxholm and Norra Lagnö.
Vaxholm
Town
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.
The Stockholm archipelago, Stockholms skärgård or skärgården, is a group of thousands of islands in the Svealand region, extending east of Stockholm in the Baltic Sea.
Norra Lagnö
Village
Photo: Larske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norra Lagnö is a locality situated on a peninsular on the northern shore of the island of Värmdö in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is located in Värmdö Municipality and Stockholm County and has 332 inhabitants as of 2010. Norra Lagnö is situated 6 km southeast of Rindö Redoubt.
Österskär
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Österskär is the eastern part of Åkersberga, Österåker Municipality in Sweden. It hosts the terminal station of the Stockholm suburban railway Roslagsbanan. Österskär is situated 7 km northwest of Rindö Redoubt.
Rindö Redoubt
- Categories: architectural ensemble, redoubt, heritage site in Sweden, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Vaxholm socken, Vaxholm, Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.40587° or 59° 24′ 21″ northLongitude
18.36576° or 18° 21′ 57″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Inception
1858Open location code
9FFWC948+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 459200076OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Rindö Redoubt” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Rindö redutt”
- Finnish: “Rindön linnake”
- German: “Redoute Rindö”
- Russian: “Rindö redutt”
- Russian: “Редут Риндё”
- Spanish: “Reducto Rindö”
- Swedish: “Rindö redutt”
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