Coming back from Näsby on the Roslagsbanan I changed at Djursholms Örsby to explore a different branch.
Djursholms Örsby
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Näsby
Taking the narrow guage railway from Mörby, Näsby Park looked like an interesting place to visit. Its not. The Näsby Slott, although rebuilt after its fire in 1897 now houses a conference centre and has the air of somewhere with attack dogs roaming the grounds on weekends. So I didn’t explore inside the razor wire fence.
Hagästra
At the southern end of the green line is Hagästra, predictably another concrete wasteland of suburbia, with little in the way of redeeming features except for a shop selling delicious strawberries.
Drottningholm gothic tower
Hidden elsewhere in the palace gardens there is a gothic tower.
Drottningholm Chinese pavillion
At the bottom of the garden of Drottningholm Slott is a Chinese pavillion (not a very exciting page at the time of writing, hopefully it’ll get filled out a little over time).
Drottningholm Slott
Following the road across the bridge from Nockeby over the small island of Kärsön you get an impressive view across the water to Drottningholm Slott, the official residence of the Swedish royal family. Indeed, as I was there a pair of Canadian tourists were nearly run over by a very enthusiastic chap in an understated but clearly extremely powerful Merc who was driving along the promenade like he owned the place.
Nockeby
I took the train toward Hässelby Strand but changed at Alvik onto the Nockebybanan – a tram/light rail line that wiggles its way through the suburbs to Nockeby.
Nockeby itself is another new suburban area near Mälaren lakeside.
Saltsjö Järla station
After exploring Nacka Strand I walked back to find a different station on the Saltsjöbanan. This one is nearby what appears to be a factory outlet style shopping area, which perhaps warrants further investigation at some point in the future.
Nacka Strand
North of Forum Nacka is Nacka Strand, the start of the city lights on the boat back from Vaxholm. From the boat this looks like a fantastic futuristic part of the city, with new offices nestled amongst old, now converted, warehouses. That impression is somewhat deceptive, the hillside the area is built upon gives it a much greater impression of scale than when you are there. Thats not to say its a boring place, just not quite so interesting as the view from the boat at night suggests it should be.
Forum Nacka
Over the hill from Lillängen is Forum Nacka, a modern shopping centre.
