Neil Hopcroft

On the way back from Inverness I stopped by Ulriksdal Slott.

We walked up the hill from Uppsala to the castle on top of the hill.

Skokloster slott lies on the shore of Lake Mälaren. It was something of a surprise to discover since I was following signs toward a motor museum. Obviously more of a summer place than a winter place it was quite quiet in the area, with some work going on on the castle during its winter closure. The […]

I’d been meaning to go back to Karlberg Slott, having missed it last time I tried to get there. This time I approached from Västra Skogen. There appeared not to be much there, a large parade ground outside the castle and a map showing the location of a rune stone in the back garden. But I couldn’t find any […]

At the very northern point of the Edsviken lake is Edsbergs Slott, what appears to be a fortified manor or castle looking down the length of the lake. Some of the formal gardens are still maintained although it appears that the castle itself is no longer used as such – I didn’t investigate too closely but there […]