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Published: August 4th 2013
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Drottningholm Palace
Recidence of the king and queen of Sweden and the palace, its gardens and the palace theatre are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List Palaces in and around Stockholm
In and around Stockholm there are quite a few palaces. Some of them we have visited before but others, those that are a bit off the beaten path, we haven't seen. Ake has for the fun of it spent some time visiting the various palaces. At first he planned on visiting all palaces that are within reasonable distance from Stockholm. But when Ake realised how many palaces there really are in and around Stockholm he decided to limit this little project to 27 palaces.
You can now see the photos of these 27 palaces in this blog.
If you want to visit any of the palaces always check their homepage for opening hours. Even the palaces that are open for visitors are mostly only open during season.
In Wikipedia it says that a "palace is a grand residence", and using that definition all of the buildings quailify as palaces. It may be argued that not all of the buildings featured in this blog entry are palaces. Some are referred to as "house" or "castle". Since I have never seen a definition that can help me tell the difference between a "castle" and
Rosersberg Palace
One of the royal palaces a "palace" I am going to keep calling these buildings palaces.
These palaces featured in this blog entry are
Karlberg Palace - This is the photo in the panorama at the top. The palace itself can not be visited since the military uses it. The park is open for the public.
Drottningholm Palace - The home of the royal family. The palace and the gardens are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List mainly for the extremely well preserved
18th century theatre. The theatre, parts of the palace and most of the garden is open for the public.
Rosersberg Palace - One of the royal palaces. Can be visited by the public.
Ulriksdal Palace - One of the royal palaces. Can be visited by the public.
Skokloster Palace - Property of the Swedish government. Can be visited by the public. The palace holds a very large weapon collection
Åkeshof Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Ulvsunda Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Hässelby Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Taxinge Palace - Conference centre
Sundbyholm Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Ulriksdal Palace
Ulriksdals Palace is one of the royal palaces. When the photo was taken some renovations were made, hence the scaffolding Näsby Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Rosendal Palace - One of the royal palaces. Can be visited by the public.
Ekebyhof Palace - Conference centre
Tullgarn Palace - One of the royal palaces. Can be visited by the public.
Görveln Palace - Hotel
Rastaborg Palace - The palace is a private home
Gustav III Palace - One of the royal palaces. Can be visited by the public.
Tyresö Palace - Owned by Nordic Museum. Can be visited by the public.
Bogesund Palace - Owned by the Swedish government. Can be visited by the public.
Häringe Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Noor Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Ljunglöfska Palace - Hotel and conference centre.
Årsta Palace - Restaurant and conference centre.
Stockholm Palace - One of the royal palaces. Parts of the palace is open for the public and there are several museums on the premises
Svartsjö Palace - In the palace there is a café and that and the rest of the palace can be visited by
the public.
Örby Palace - Today houses the Vietnamese embassy in Stockholm.
Steninge Palace - The palace itself can not be visited right now but the garden is open for the public and in a building neadby there are shops and a restaurant
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Stockholm
We'd love to get to Sweden. Looks like a lot of exploration is available.