Bogesund Castle, Vaxholm

Name: Bogesund Castle
Address: Per Brahes väg, Vaxholm, 185 93, Sweden
Telephone: +46 70 594 01 93

#3 among attractions in Vaxholm

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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Bogesund Castle is a former manor in municipality of Vaxholm, about 15 kilometres to the east of Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the center of the Bogesundslandet nature reserve. The castle style building overlooks the main shipping channel into and out of Stockholm through the Stockholm archipelago. ()

Local name: Bogesunds slott Built: 1640 (384 years ago)Coordinates: 59°23'36"N, 18°17'5"E

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Per Brahes vägVaxholm 185 93 Sweden

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+46 70 594 01 93

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Nearby attractions include: Thiel Gallery, Lidingö Cemetery, Vaxholms kyrka, Bosön.

6.9 miSW
Art museum with Edvard Munch paintings
Thiel Gallery, Stockholm
175 min walk • The Thiel Gallery, nestled in the picturesque Djurgården area of Stockholm, Sweden, is a museum that exudes a unique blend of art, history, and serenity. This former private residence, built in the early 20th century for banker and art patron Ernest Thiel, was...
4.7 miSW
Cemetery
Lidingö Cemetery, Stockholm
121 min walk • Lidingö Cemetery is a cemetery located adjacent to Lidingö Church in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is centrally located on the island of Lidingö at an elevation adjacent to Kyrkviken's southern shore.
2.3 miE
Church
Vaxholms kyrka, Vaxholm
59 min walk • Vaxholm Church is a church in central Vaxholm, Sweden. The chapel is a single-nave building built in the Neoclassical style. It was completed in 1803 according to drawings by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz and Olof Tempelman. It replaced an earlier wooden church in Vaxholm.
3.7 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Bosön, Stockholm
96 min walk • Bosön is a sports complex on Lidingö outside Stockholm in Sweden, and the headquarters for the Swedish Sports Confederation. Several Swedish national teams have annual training camps at Bosön.
2.7 miE
Historical place, View point, Museum
Vaxholm Fortress, Vaxholm
69 min walk • Vaxholm Fortress is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm. The fortress is accessed by the Kastellet ferry, an electrically powered cable ferry across the channel from Vaxholm town.
4.8 miNW
Forts and castles
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122 min walk • Rydboholm Castle is a castle located near the village of Rydbo in Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Uppland, Sweden.
6.7 miSW
Bridge
Lilla Sjötullsbron, Stockholm
171 min walk • Lilla Sjötullsbron is a concrete pedestrian bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Passing over Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen it connects Djurgården island to the mainland north of it.
2.2 miW
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 171, Stockholm
57 min walk • Uppland Runic Inscription 171 or U 171 is the Rundata catalog listing for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Söderby, which is four kilometers west of Vaxholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.
5.1 miSW
Island
Lidingö, Stockholm
131 min walk • Lidingö, also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is the seat of government of the Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County.
3.3 miNE
Village, Nature, Natural attraction
Ytterby mine, Resarö
85 min walk • Ytterby is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes. The name of the village translates to "outer village".
6.5 miSW
Nature, Lake
Lilla Värtan, Stockholm
167 min walk • Lilla Värtan or simply Värtan is a strait in Stockholm, Sweden. Separating mainland Stockholm from the island and municipality Lidingö, it stretches from Blockhusudden in the south to Stora Värtan in the north, and is joined by the Stocksundet mid-way.