Munsö Church

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Munsö Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Diocese of Stockholm. Its site, Munsö, is a village and formerly an island in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden. Because of post-glacial rebound, this island in Lake Mälaren is now connected to the island Ekerö. Munsö Church lies not far from Väsby hage Nature Reserve. The round church at Munsö is one of a few so-called round churches in Sweden. ()

Local name: Munsö kyrka Coordinates: 59°24'5"N, 17°33'37"E

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Munsö Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blå lagunen, Birka, Färentuna kyrka, Uppland Runic Inscription 11.

2.7 miSE
Beach, Outdoor activities
Blå lagunen, Ekerö
70 min walk • Blå lagunen or Husbygropen is the name of an artificial lake on Munsön in Ekerö municipality, Stockholm county. The lake is a disused and reclaimed gravel pit. Ekerö-Munsöleden passes through the area.
4.5 miS
, Museum, Archaeological museum
Birka, Björkö
115 min walk • Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of the European continent and the Orient.
3.4 miE
Stela
Färentuna kyrka, Färingsö
87 min walk • The Färentuna runestones are 11th century runestones labelled U 20, U 21, and U 22 in the Rundata catalog that are located in Färentuna, Uppland, Sweden. Runestones U 20 and U 21 were registered separately although they come from the same original runestone and consequently are called U 20/21.
3 miS
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 11, Adelsö
77 min walk • U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at Alsnö hus near Hovgården on the island of Adelsö in Sweden.
2.9 miS
Church
Adelsö Church, Adelsö
75 min walk • Adelsö Church is a church located on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö, in Ekerö Municipality in central eastern Sweden. The Romanesque church, itself founded in the 12th century, is located next to Hovgården, an excavation site and a World Heritage Site dating back to before the Viking Age.
6 miSE
Church
Sånga Church, Färingsö
153 min walk • Sånga Church is a medieval Lutheran church on Färingsö island, close to Svartsjö Palace in the Diocese of Stockholm in Stockholm County, Sweden.
3.2 miSW
59°21'36"N • 17°31'12"E
Hovgården, Adelsö
82 min walk • Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö.
4.1 miNE
Park
Eldgarnsö, Färingsö
106 min walk • Eldgarnsö Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Stockholm County in Sweden. Eldgarnsö Nature Reserve consists of Eldgarnsö island in Lake Mälaren. A 6-kilometre-long trail runs around the island.
3.4 miSE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 13
87 min walk • This runestone, listed as U 13 in Rundata, crowns the barrow of Björn Ironside in Uppland, Sweden. The stone is a fragment; broken pieces of the stone lie next to it.
1 miW
Park
Väsby hage Nature Reserve
27 min walk • Väsby hage Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Stockholm County in Sweden. The nature reserve lies on Munsö, not far from Munsö Church, and consists of an area of old cultural landscape with meadows, patches of forest and groves. Large contiguous pastures dominated by stands of solitary oaks characterise much of the reserve.
5.1 miE
Church
Hilleshög Church, Färingsö
129 min walk • Hilleshög Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Diocese of Stockholm. It is located in Hilleshög, Ekerö Municipality just outside Stockholm, Sweden. Hilleshög Church is one of the most well-preserved Romanesque churches in Stockholm County, together with Markim Church.