Runsa

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Runsa is an estate located in Upplands Väsby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It the site of the ruins of an ancient fortification and of Runsa Manor which was built in the middle of the 17th century. ()

Local name: Runsa slott Coordinates: 59°33'31"N, 17°49'26"E

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Runsa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rosersberg Palace, Steninge Palace, Edsby Castle, Uppland Runic Inscription 258.

1.3 miNE
Royal palace and gardens by the lake
Rosersberg Palace, Rosersberg
34 min walk • Rosersberg Palace is one of the Royal Palaces of Sweden. Situated on the shores of Lake Mälaren, on the outskirts of Stockholm, it was built in the 1630s by the Oxenstierna family and became a royal palace in 1762, when the state gave it to Duke Karl, the younger brother of Gustav III of Sweden.
3.1 miN
Baroque palace amid tranquil gardens
Steninge Palace
79 min walk • Steninge Palace is a Baroque palace overlooking Lake Mälaren near Märsta outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Built 1694-1698 to the design of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, the palace is directly inspired by Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in France, and has a reputation in Sweden as one of the most elegant examples of Baroque mansions.
3.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Edsby Castle, Upplands Väsby
93 min walk • Edsby Castle is a manor house located in Stockholm, Sweden. It was completed in 1872. Since 1968, the manor has served as a retirement home, but before then, it was the Teleborg girls school. Vardaga acquired the building in 2015.
5.4 miSE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 258, Upplands Väsby
139 min walk • The Uppland Runic Inscription 258 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is in granite and located at Fresta Church in Upplands Väsby Municipality.
4.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Lilla Vilunda runestones, Upplands Väsby
108 min walk • The Lilla Vilunda runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones that were erected by members of the same family and which are located at Lilla Vilunda in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles
Skånelaholm Castle
106 min walk • Skånelaholm Castle is a castle in Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden.
5.4 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna
139 min walk • St. Mary's Church is a Lutheran church in Sigtuna, not far from Stockholm, Sweden. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Uppsala.
4.5 miSE
Historical place, Farm, Museum
Gunnes gård, Upplands Väsby
116 min walk • Vikingagården Gunnes gård is a reconstruction of a Viking farm located at Ryttargatan 270 Upplands Väsby, Upplands Väsby municipality. Gunnes Farm began construction in 1989 on the initiative of the Stockholm County Museum.
4.6 miE
Church
Skånela Church
119 min walk • Skånela Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Archdiocese of Uppsala in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is one of the oldest churches in Stockholm County.
5.2 miNW
Stela
Norrtil Runestones
134 min walk • The Norrtil Runestones are two monuments listed in Rundata as U 410 and U 411, standing at Norrtil, Saint Olovs parish, Uppland, Sweden. Both runestones were erected at the second part of 11th century along the ancient road leading from Sigtuna to already existed at that time settlement of Til.
5.4 miSE
Church
Fresta Church
139 min walk • Fresta Church is a Lutheran church in the municipality of Upplands Väsby in Stockholm County, Sweden.