Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Solna, Sweden

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 120 m
Descend 119 m

Experience Solna in Sweden in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Solna

Sight 1: Korv-Ingvar

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Elof Ingvar Rogell (13 September 1920 – 23 September 1999) was a local sausage seller in Solna.

Wikipedia: Korv-Ingvar (SV)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Eric Grates park

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Erik Grates Park is a park located on Centralvägen opposite Solna city centre in the district of Skytteholm in Solna Municipality. The park was named in 1993 after the sculptor Eric Grate, who spent his last fifteen years in Solna. The park today (2011) contains three sculptures by Grate:Oberon. 1953-54, bronze. Nike de Sant Andria. 1968, bronze. The sparrow god. 1972-73, bronze.

Wikipedia: Eric Grates park (SV)

882 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Hagalunds kyrka

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Hagalunds kyrka

Tapiola Church is a church building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It belongs to Solna parish in the diocese of Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Hagalunds kyrka (SV)

503 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Olle Olsson Hagalund-museet

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The Olle Olsson Tapiola Museum is a municipally owned and privately run artist museum in Tapiola in Solna municipality.

Wikipedia: Olle Olsson Hagalund-museet (SV), Website

970 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: Haga Parkmuseum

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Haga Parkmuseum Holger Ellgaard / CC BY-SA 3.0

Haga Park Museum is housed in the middle of the copper tents in Haga Park in Solna and depicts the history, people and buildings of Haga.

Wikipedia: Haga parkmuseum (SV)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Butterfly House Haga Ocean

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The Butterfly House is a nature museum located in Haga Garden in Haga Park in Solna Municipality. It was founded in 1989 and has around 350,000 visitors each year.

Wikipedia: Fjärilshuset (SV), Website

750 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Prins Gustafs monument

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Prince Gustaf's monument is a monument to Prince Gustaf, the prince of singers, which can be found in the northern part of Haga Park, not far from Haga Palace in Solna municipality. The monument was erected in 1854 on the initiative of the Royal Academy of Music. Gustaf had died in 1852 at the age of only 25, but had managed to set "Studentsången" and several other songs to music.

Wikipedia: Prins Gustafs monument (SV)

469 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Haga Palace ruins

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Haga Palace ruins

Haga Castle Grounds or Stora Haga Castle Ruins are the remains of Gustav III's grand plan for Stora Haga Castle in Haga Park. No less than six architects were involved in the commission to design the castle. The construction did not get more than the foundation before the king was assassinated in March 1792 and construction came to a halt. Today, only the castle's basement walls remain.

Wikipedia: Haga slottsgrund (SV)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Pelouse

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Hagaparkens Pelouse, or short large pelous, is the large lawn in Hagaparken in Solna. "Pelouse" is French and means lawn or lawn. Hagaparkens Pelouse, which is surrounded by walking paths on four sides, is about 300 meters long and 200 meters wide with an area of ​​about 6.0 hectares. Stora Pelousen, as well as the entire Hagaparken, has been part of the Stockholm Solna National City Park.

Wikipedia: Hagaparkens pelouse (SV)

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