Blå lagunen, Ekerö

Name: Blå lagunen
Address: Ekerö, Sweden

#3 among attractions in Ekerö

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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.

Coordinates: 59°22'32"N, 17°37'8"E

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Ekerö Sweden

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Blå lagunen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Birka, Färentuna kyrka, Gåseborg, Svartsjö Slott.

3.7 miSW
, Museum, Archaeological museum
Birka, Björkö
96 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.
1.7 miNE
Stela
Färentuna kyrka, Färingsö
43 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.
5.4 miE
Archaeological site
Gåseborg
137 min walk • Gåseborg is a prehistoric hillfort in the Lake Mälaren district in Sweden. The scientists don't know for certain, but most likely it was built to supervise and control the water fairway below the fort, probably sometime during the late iron age.
3.9 miE
View point, Forts and castles
Svartsjö Slott, Färingsö
101 min walk • Svartsjö Palace is a Rococo palace situated in Svartsjö on the island of Färingsö in lake Mälaren. It lies just outside of Stockholm.
3.2 miW
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 11, Adelsö
81 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.
3.2 miW
Church
Adelsö Church, Adelsö
83 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.
3.3 miE
Church
Sånga Church, Färingsö
86 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.
3.6 miW
59°21'36"N • 17°31'12"E
Hovgården, Adelsö
93 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 miE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 35, Färingsö
105 min walk • This memorial runestone, listed as U 35 under Rundata, is located in Svartsjö, Uppland, Sweden, and dates from the Viking Age.
4.5 miN
Park
Eldgarnsö, Färingsö
115 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.
0.7 miSE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 13
19 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.