Month: September 2021

This Year ASICS Stockholm Marathon decided to host their annually marathon on 9^th of October because of the pandemic. The restrictions has disappeared and we can look forward to an event with both spectators on the street and runners who have been practicing for months.

Djurgården is always open for the public and especially when there is a folk festival in town. This is a day you won’t want to miss! Therefore, we have compiled a list of different traffic information and how to best travel to Djurgården on a day like this.

The start is situated right outside the red-brick 1912 Olympic Stadium on wide Lidingövägen. The runners runs through the scenic Djurgården via Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen Manillavägen- Djurgårdsvägen to Strandvägen, Blasieholmen and then via Gamla Stan to Slussen.

Hotspots

You will find the hotspots right before and after Djurgårdsbron, by The ABBA Museum/Gröna Lund, Djurgårdsvarvet and by The National Maratime Museum. Here you can stand and cheer on your loved ones who participate in the race!

The Course Map – Hotspots, entertainment, and energy stations 

Read more about the course map here!

Traffic Information

On the day of the event on October 9, we recommend that you leave the car at home and choose public transport or  perhaps walk or bike if it’s possible. There are lots of alternatives to get to Djurgården!

Fancy a ride around the ferry?

Djurgårdsfärjan, SL’s ferry line 82. Djurgårdsfärjan runs between Räntmästartrappan/Slussen and Allmänna gränd/Djurgården, Skeppsholmen. You can bring a bicycle on the boat if it is enough space for it.

Sjövägen, SL’s ferry line 80. Takes the route Nybroplan – Allmänna gränd/Djurgården – Saltsjöqvarn – Finnboda hamn – Kvarnholmen – Blockhusudden – Nacka strand- Blockhusudden – Lidingö/Dalénum – Frihamnen – Allmänna gränd/Djurgården.

M / S Emelie takes the route Hammarby sjöstad – Masthamnen – Djurgården – Nybroplan.

Why not take the metro?

Of course, the metro runs as usual, so why not take the red line to Karlaplan or Östermalmstorg and walk the last bit to Djurgården.

How to walk from Östermalmstorg: From Östermalmstorg, go up the stairs that leads to Birger Jarlsgatan. Follow the road down to Berzelii Parken and then follow Strandvägen all the way to Djurgårdsbron. The walk takes about 20 minutes at a normal walking pace. You will be there in no time!

How to walk from Karlaplan: From Karlaplan, go up the stairs that leads to the Karlaplan roundabout. Then follow Narvavägen straight down to Djurgårdsbron.  The walk takes about 15 minutes at a normal walking pace. Simple and easy to follow!

Once you’ve reached Djurgårdsbron, you can always continue walking along Strandvägen to Dag Hammarskjölds Väg. It is a 20-minute walk that leads directly to Museiparken (Museum park) outside Tekniska museet, or a 5-minute bike ride if you choose to rent a bike from the Royal Djurgården Visitor Center. The visitor center is to the right, right after Djurgårdsbron.

Djurgårdsbron – temporarly closed for car traffic 

Djurgårdsbron closed to car traffic but you as a pedestrian are free to pass. The Djurgårdsbron will be opened at 14:45. Some car traffic can take place over the Djurgårdsbron by prior agreement.

Tram Line 7 – Djurgårdslinjen 

• 09.46, the last tram leaves from the central station towards Kungsträdgården.
• At 18.57, tram traffic will resume from the central station towards Djurgården according to the normal timetable.

Buss Traffic 

• In Stockholm City, there will be major restrictions on bus traffic during the Marathon. Some bus stops are removed for the day or moved to a different loaction.
• Information is set up at the relevant bus stops.
• For further information, please refer to SL, telephone +46(08)-600 10 00.

Do you want to read more about the traffic situation or Stockholm Marathon 2021? Go to the Stockholm Marathon’s website to read more about it.

Leaves are changing color, evenings are getting darker, and the cold is creeping in, fall is here soon. What better way than to Visit Djurgården and warm up at one of the many photo and art exhibitions that will be shown this fall?

Djurgården offers everything from photo exhibitions about women and democracy to the people of Värmland, its nature, and societies. If you are more interested in textile work, Friends of Handicraft’s gallery and the Thiel Gallery offers exhibitions on weaving, fabrics, and pattern sketches, among others. In addition, Prince Eugene’s Waldemarsudde will show Prince Eugene’s famous paintings, such as Molnet and Det gamla slottet, as well as lesser well known pieces from the museum’s rich collections that are rarely shown to the public.

Here are tips on exhibitions that can be viewed this fall here at Djurgården.

Elected to Lead

The Hunger Project along with The National Museums of World Culture welcomes you to their fall photo exhibition, Elected to Lead. The exhibition’s focus is on women and democracy, bringing up issues such as what happens when women gain influence on a society on the same terms as men?

Here you get to meet Lokamma, Shahida, Jagadevi, Guthyamma, Khublata, and Laxmi – six Indian women who have all fought for their places in politics. Six women who were elected to lead. The exhibition will be shown until January 16, 2022.

Studio Supersju 

On October 8, Friends of Handicraft  opens a new exhibition. The exhibition Studio Supersju is the weaving group who in 2016 decided to give contemporary weaving a face. The group consists of  Siri Pettersson, Arianna E.Funk, Vega Määttä Siltberg, Miriam Parkman, Mirjam Hemström and Ia Centerhall and spread across  the country, they work for weaving as an innovative tradition. The exhibition is showed until November 20, this year.

Örjan Henriksson at Liljevalchs+

For four years, the photographer Örjan Henriksson has done deep dives into the landscapes of his childhood and his family in Värmland. Liljevalchs shows an excerpt from this project which depicts the people, nature, and the communities.

Örjan Henriksson is one of Sweden’s foremost photographers with a low-key and concentrated storytelling in image form. He loves the analog black and white photography and has had a number of high-profile exhibitions around the world. In 2015, he was awarded the first Bindefeld Scholarship in memory of the Holocaust.

The exhibition, with five big and 13 smaller photographies, are shown in Liljevalchs+ between September 24 and November 7.

Soul of a Place at Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde

One of the fall exhibitions shown at Waldemarsudde is Soul of a Place with focus on Prince Eugen as a landscape painter. With his suggestive and and atmospheric depictions of Swedish nature, Eugen was one of the leading landscape painters at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition presents famous paintings, such as Molnet and Det gamla slottet, as well as lesser well known pieces from the museum’s rich collections that are rarely shown to the public.

The exhibition is, for the visitors, displayed as a journey to these places, through Prince Eugen’s paintings which is exhibited from November 14, 2021, to May 1, 2022. Read more about Waldemarsudde’s exhibitions here.

Carl Johan De Geer – The big misconception 

In the early 60’s, Carl Johan De Geer began to produce large-pattern, imaginative, expressive prints in strong, contrasting color combinations. It was a revolt against the brown-walled discreet ideals of the time and the aesthetic values of growing up. Through shape and color, he wanted to influence the whole society.

Since then, Carl Johan De Geer (b. 1938) has been a prominent figure in Swedish cultural life. Innovative, provocative, and brilliantly versatile, he worked as a visual artist, designer, filmmaker, photographer, set designer, as well as author. However, he knew already from the beginning that he wanted to become a textile designer.

The exhibition presents his textile work. Fabrics and patterns are displayed together with photographs from the same time period. Films are also shown where Carl Johan De Geer talks about his inspiration and production. The exhibition will be shown at the Thiel Gallery from October 16 to March 20, 2022.

Take part in all the fun that’s happening here at Djurgården this fall, here.

It’s not every day a new museum opens at Djurgården, but now it’s finally time! We’re happy to welcome Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, which will open on the 23 of September. The museum is located at Djurgårdsstrand 17, between the Vasa Museum and Gröna Lund, it lays only a few meters from the water.

Vrak is perfect for the curious ones and the history buffs. The museum tells the story of more than 100,000 wrecks that have been found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Through immersive film experiences the visitor can move down to the seabed of the Baltic Sea and, among other things, walk along the mythical wreck, “Resande Man”. With the help of digital solutions such as VR dives, archive dives and games the museum manages to bring history to the surface without affecting and disturbing the seabed of the Baltic Sea.

Vrak is the Vasa Museum’s new sister museum and is part of the Swedish Maritime and Transport History Museums. Functional architect Paul Hedqvist designed the boat hall for Vrak – the Museum of Wrecks. The building has retained its exterior, but has been given a modern makeover on the inside. Through collaboration with Fahlander architects and construction contractor Serneke, they have carefully rebuilt the boat hall with sustainable materials such as concrete, oak, steel, and glass. They have taken inspiration from the sea, ships, and the seabed to renovate the boat hall into a building where man meet sea. The museum is now nominated for the ROT-award and The Betongpriset for the careful rebuilding.

On Wednesday 22 September, Vrak will be inaugurated with a visit from the King. If you cannot wait, there is already material on their website, vrak.se. There you can find wreck stories, films about wrecks in the Baltic Sea and much more.

 

Many of us have been waiting for the day when Sweden’s most successful and beloved band of all time will be reunited. On Thursday night, September 2, this dream finally came true. ABBA is back with new music – 39 years after the band broke up.

For the first time, fans around the world heard the new singles “I still have faith in you” and “Don’t shut me down”. The songs are a part of the upcoming studio album which will be released in November this year. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus also revealed during the press conference in London that the upcoming studio album is a part of the big concert project “ABBA Voyage”.

“ABBA Voyage” is a project that the ABBA members worked on for many years and which initially involved recreating the four members as digital 3D avatars, in order to be able to set up a live concert where everything but ABBA was live. The project progressed, and suddenly the group had an idea that it would be fun to create some new music for the concert. 

In the museum’s new installation, there are interviews with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Ludvig Andersson and Svana Gisla participate as producers of the project, and last but not least, creative director Ben Morris talks about the huge technical production of the show. Needless to say, the video with the new music is also shown.

The museum’s own contribution to the installation is a loving tribute to the fans who, in the mid-1980s, started a campaign involving letters that were sent to ABBA’s record label Polar. In the letters, fans wrote of their great desire to get one last album, or at least some new songs, “-we’ve been waiting for six years”…!

  – It´s tremendously exciting for us to finally be able to tell our new and old visitors about the ABBA Voyage project. This is a cool journey, where Stockholm and ABBA The Museum act as “the road to London”, to the concert in the newly built arena. The album of letters, created by the fans who longed for new music in the 1980s, is now on display in the museum. A warm and loving tribute to all of ABBA’s loyal fans,” says Ingmarie Halling, Creative Director & Curator at ABBA The Museum.

 – What can you say? Suddenly, it happens! Something that a lot of people thought would never happen. Now, in addition to showing and telling you about ABBA’s history, we can also present what is happening in both the present and in the future. Because ABBA’s musical journey just keeps going,” says Caroline Fagerlind, Museum Director at ABBA The Museum.

 Experience the entire history and future of ABBA at ABBA The Museum.