STOCKHOLM WALK 4K: Gilded Crown on Skeppsholmsbron - Nort of Skeppsholmen

This gilded crown sits on the railing of a wrought-iron bridge called Skeppsholmsbron. Built in 1861, the Skeppsholm Bridge connects the Blasieholmen peninsula with the Skeppsholmen islet. Once a naval base, the island has been transformed into parks and a cultural center for museums. In the background is the channel called Ladugårds-landsviken. The buildings are along Stranvågen Boulevard.
Skeppsholmen is an island in Saltsjön in central Stockholm and is next to Kastellholmen part of the district Skeppsholmen . Skeppsholmen has a bridge connection with Blasieholmen called Skeppsholmsbron and to Kastellholmen via Kastellholmsbron . Skeppsholmen is located within the Royal National City Park .

On Skeppsholmen are the museums Moderna museet , Arkitektur- och designcentrum and Östasiatiska museet as well as the exhibition hall Bergrummet and is therefore also called Stockholm's museiö. From Skeppsholmsbron you can see Skeppsholmskyrkan and the Admiralty House's pinnacles and towers as well as the full rig of Chapman which is moored on the west side of the islet.

Skeppsholmen was the navy island for about 300 years . During this time, several of the current buildings were erected, designed by the then leading architects such as Nicodemus Tessin dy , Johan Eberhard Carlberg and Carl Hårleman . The military functions remained until 1968/1969. After that, the business was moved to the Muskö base and the old buildings were leased to museums, schools and cultural institutions.

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