Sweden
Svealand
Stockholm County

Vasabron

Vasabron is a bridge over in central , connecting to , the old city. The bridge is, unintelligibly, named after King Gustav Vasa, perhaps because of the vicinity to the statue of the king in front of the House of Knights.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Strömsborg and Bonde Palace.

Islet
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is a small islet in central , , located north of , and west of , between the bridges , a motorway passing through central Stockholm, and Vasabron.

Castle
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The is a palace in Gamla stan, the old town in central , . Located between the House of Knights and the Chancellery House, it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire, originally designed… is situated 180 metres southeast of Vasabron.

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The in , , is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. is situated 190 metres southeast of Vasabron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Klara and Gamla stan.

Neighborhood
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is a part of lower in the central part of . It has its name from . Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.

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pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

Vasabron

Latitude
59.32743° or 59° 19′ 39″ north
Longitude
18.06413° or 18° 3′ 51″ east
Open location code
9FFW83G7+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 386722951
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q7916304
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Vasabron” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瓦薩橋”
  • Finnish: “Vasabron”
  • French: “Vasabron”
  • German: “Vasa-Brücke”
  • German: “Vasabron”
  • Korean: “바사브론”
  • Macedonian: “Васабрун”
  • Macedonian: “Васин мост”
  • Polish: “Most Vasa”
  • Polish: “Vasabron”
  • Spanish: “Vasabron”
  • Swedish: “Vasabron, Stockholm”
  • Swedish: “Vasabron”
  • Turkish: “Vasabron”
  • Ukrainian: “Вазабрун (міст)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вазабрун”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rosenbadsparken and Centralbron.

Nearby Places

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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 “Vasabron”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.