The parks in Stockholm are surely the sight for our sore eyes throughout the year, ideal for relaxing, walking, sitting on benches and watching what this unique city has to offer. The parks there have a special flair during autumn and summer months. The enchantingly vivid colours of leaves are a sight you will remember for a long time, with the bonanza of colors decorating the trees and the ground underneath make every single park different and unique, which makes these parks tourist attractions which must be included in our “must see“ list.
Parks in Stockholm take up large spaces and each park is unique on its own, but Ivar Los park is definitely the one that is worth our visitors’ time. It was named after its founder and conceptual creator Ivar Lo-Johansson, who moved in the building across the park in 1934. He was so amazed by the whole district that he wanted to leave a piece of his legacy on the stretch of land the park was located on in Stockholm. On that piece of land there used to be houses from the 18th century that were demolished in the 1930s so the park project could be realized.
Rålambshovsparken or Kungsholmen is a very popular park in Stockholm. The construction began in 1936 according to the project of Erik Glemme. The park takes up a large space together with Fredhällsparken corso. Visitors may have a chance to see the amphitheater built in 1953, on Stockholm’s 700th anniversary. Plays are often organized during summer, and information about the program you may get on the spot. The amphitheater has 5.000 seats on total. Sculptures of great artists such as Egon Nielsen, Eric Grate, Elli Hemberg and Lars Falk are exhibited in the park.
Humlegården is Swedish “garden of hop”. Initially, this was a big royal fruit garden, and the Swedish word humle means hop – the park is named after hop because it is the major plant that predominates in the park. The park was built on King Johan III’s request, who wanted to have an orchard and a garden there. Different plants used to grow there, various fruits and vegetables, as well as aromatic herbs. Later they started growing hop. After the king’s death, the orchard paled into insignificance, and by so the maintenance of the park stopped.
Tantolunden is one of the biggest parks in downtown Stockholm. Tantolunden is one of the parks that was “made” by the then city gardener Alfred Medin. He was in charge of numerous green spaces in this city. The park was named the huge Tanto estate that used to be there. Medin had an ambitious plan with serpentine passages and pedestrian lanes that would lead to the park’s highest point. In the very center he imagined something like a round-about with benches. The designed was inspired by romanticism. Simply, it was the time in which Sweden lived then – visitors came to park smartly dressed, ladies wore classy dresses, and they loved to spend time in nature. First trees were planted in 1896, and a playground was arranged in the western part in 1906.
Haga Park¸ Hagaparken in Swdish, is located in Solna, on Stockholm outskirts, in Sweden. The park expands on 144 hectares on the western shoreline of Lake Brunnsviken. Gardens in the park were built in the English style, and the whole project was envisioned by King Gustav III. It is also the reason why there are numerous historic landmarks in the park, such as castles, temples and pavilions, including two official residences of the Swedish royal family – the Haga Palace and King Gustav III's Pavilion. In the park, there are also remains of a palace whose construction began, but was never finished. The present appearance of the park was created between 1780 and 1797, and architects that took part in the construction of the park and accompanying buildings were Fredrik Magnus Piper, Louis-Jean Desprez, Olof Tempelman and Carl Christoffer Gjörwell.
