Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Solna, Sweden
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6.9 km
135 m
Explore Solna in Sweden with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in SolnaSight 1: The Temple of Echo
The Haga Echo Temple was built in 1790 as a summer dining room for Gustav III who loved to dine outdoors. It is situated in Hagaparken in Solna just north of Stockholm. The architect was Carl Christoffer Gjörwell.
Sight 2: Pelouse
Hagaparken's pelouse, or Stora pelousen for short, is the large lawn in Hagaparken in Solna. "Pelouse" is French and means lawn or lawn. The Haga Park 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. Since 1994, Stora Pelousen, like the entire Haga Park, has been part of the Stockholm-Solna National City Park.
Sight 3: Haga Palace ruins
Haga Castle Foundations or Stora Haga Palace ruins are the remains of Gustav III's grand plan for Stora Haga Palace in Haga Park. No less than six architects were involved in the task of designing the castle. The construction had only reached the ground before the king was assassinated in March 1792 and the construction came to a halt. Today, only the castle's cellar walls remain.
Sight 4: Haga Parkmuseum
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.
Sight 5: Hagalunds kyrka
Hagalund Church is a church in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It belongs to Solna parish in the diocese of Stockholm.
Sight 6: Eric Grates park
Erik Grates Park is a park located on Centralvägen opposite Solna centrum in the district of Skytteholm in Solna Municipality, Sweden. 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 of Grate:Oberon. 1953-54, bronze. Nike de Sant Andria. 1968, bronze. The god of sparrows. 1972-73, bronze.
Sight 7: Korv-Ingvar
Elof Ingvar Rogell (September 13, 1920 – September 23, 1999) was a local sausage seller.
Sight 8: Ekensbergskyrkan
The Ekensberg Church in Solna belongs to the Ekensberg Church parish, a congregation within the Equmenia Church, originally a mission church. The Ekensberg Church is located on an oak -grown Bergknalle in central Solna just a few meters from the place Råsundastadion used to be.
Sight 9: Solparken
Solparken is a small park at Råsundavägen in central Råsunda in Solna, just north of Stockholm. The park is surrounded by large rental properties from the early 1900s of great cultural and historical value. The park was part of the new district that began to be built around 1910. A rebuilding of the park took place in 2005 when a new open water system was constructed, the purpose is to delay and purify the stormwater from Råsundavägen before it flows further down towards Råstasjön. The water system takes the form of a paved stream that flows down to a pond. The renovation was adapted to the old park, which is dominated by tall spruce trees that today have grown taller than the surrounding residential buildings.
Sight 10: Alby kyrka
Alby Church is a listed church building in Lilla Alby in Sundbyberg Municipality, Sweden. It was decommissioned and sold in 2013.
Sight 11: Tuvanparken
Tuvanparken is a park in the district of Lilla Alby in Sundbyberg Municipality, Sweden.
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