Birka Björkö

Birka Björkö is a passenger ship terminal in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County. Birka Björkö is situated nearby to the marina Birka gästhamn, as well as near The Birka museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Birka and The Birka museum.

Birka

Archaeological site

Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient. Birka is situated 440 metres northeast of Birka Björkö.

The Birka museum

Museum

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Birka museum is situated 190 metres east of Birka Björkö.

Ansgar monument (Björkö)

Peak

Photo: Nordelch, CC BY 2.5.

Ansgar monument (Björkö) is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindby and Mälby.

Lindby

Hamlet

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lindby, Adelsö is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden.

Mälby

Hamlet

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mälby is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden.

Hovgården

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö. Hovgården is situated 3½ km north of Birka Björkö.

Birka Björkö

Type: Passenger ship terminal
Wheelchair access: yes
Category: transportation
Location: Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.33036° or 59° 19′ 49″ north

Longitude

17.53862° or 17° 32′ 19″ east

Open location code

9FFV8GJQ+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 596498652

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=ferry_terminal

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

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