Citadellet vaxholm
The fortress lies in the middle of the Kodjupet strait , one of two main routes into Stockholm from the open sea. Vaxholm Town Hall [ sv ]. Archived from the original on 26 May Retrieved 25 May Vaxholms Fästnings Museum.
The Museum at Kastellet
Media related to Vaxholm at Wikimedia Commons. Vaxholm is situated on an island, but is linked to the Swedish mainland by a series of road bridges, and a bus service connects the town to Stockholm city. For historical reasons it has always been referred to as a city , despite the small number of inhabitants, which as of total was 6, Vaxholm Fortress was originally constructed by Gustav Vasa in [ citation needed ] to defend Stockholm against shipborne attacks from the east.
Sports [ edit ]. It occupies the islands of Vaxön and Kullö in the Stockholm archipelago. Place in Uppland, Sweden.
The Vaxholm Fortress Museum
In other projects. References [ edit ]. The Waxholmsbolaget and other ferry lines also provide boat services to central Stockholm and many of the other islands of the huvudstaden archipelago , using a mixture of classic steamers and modern fast passenger ferries. The designated coat of arms reminds of the fortifications as well as shipping industry. Tools Tools. It was not until that houses were allowed to be built from materials other than wood, giving the town a distinctive appearance.
Through a number of acquisitions and mergers, this company became that known today as Waxholmsbolaget. Contents move to sidebar hide. Statistics Sweden. Until , the urban area of Vaxholm, as defined by Statistics Sweden , was entirely contained within the island of Vaxön. The Kastellet ferry , an electrically powered cable ferry provides passenger access to Vaxholm Fortress on its islet in the middle of the Kodjupet.
It later received rights as a merchant town köping and in was granted the Royal Charter. However in that year, the urban area was redefined to include the adjacent island of Kullö. Gallery [ edit ]. The Vaxholmsleden [ sv ] car ferry connects Vaxholm to the island of Rindö across the Kodjupet strait.
The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Fortress , which was constructed in on the adjacent islet of Vaxholmen. Archived from the original on 18 May Retrieved 18 May Nationalencyklopedin in Swedish. As a consequence and in the s, Vaxholm became a popular resort town, especially for bathers, and many wooden summer houses were built by people from Stockholm. Download as PDF Printable utgåva. History [ edit ].
City and urban area in Vaxholm Municipality in Sweden's huvudstaden archipelago. The town of Vaxholm, which lies adjacent to the fortress but on the western side of the Kodjupet strait, was established in , when King Gustav Vasa bought some farms from Count Per Brahe the Elder. Article Talk. This was followed in by the wider Vaxholmsbron bridge that links to the island of Kullö to the north-west of the town, carrying county road [ sv ] on its way to the mainland.
Wikimedia Commons Wikivoyage Wikidata item. Retrieved 10 July Transportation [ edit ]. Read Edit View history. In the town got its first fixed land connection via the single-lane Pålsundsbron bridge that links to the Bogesundslandet peninsular to the south of the town.