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.
Marabou Park is one of the most significant parks in Stockholm, and originally there used to be a factory that city authorities wanted to rearrange. Namely, the park was supposed to serve as a recreation park for the factory’s workers. The idea was expanded later on, so it was decided the park would be open for the public, and all visitors would use the park’s contents. Between 1937 and 1955, there were intensive efforts to restore that area, and architects Sven Hermelin and Inger Wedborn designed the gardens. Modern Marabou Park, open for the public, was created by the beginning of 1937.
Djurgården Park is actually a large island in the middle of Stockholm, and the park is the main recreational and amusement area of the Swedish capital. The fact that about 10 million visitors visit the park annually shows how popular it is. A huge part of the park are green spaces with pedestrian lanes next to the water among historical residences of former bourgeoisie and institutional buildings, many of which are considered historical monuments of national interest.
Vita Bergen is a beautiful mountainous park located in the eastern part of Stockholm. It got the present name in 1956. It is believed that the park was named after the bright colour of mountains that could be seen above the park. During the 18th century only poor families that mainly worked in textile factories nearby settled in this region. During the 19th century this part of the city was considered the poorest, and as such, the most derelict part of Stockholm. Famous writer August Strindberg mentioned this in his works.
The Observatory is a park located near Odenplan in Vasastan in the center of Stockholm. The park was named after the observatory located in the park. The park is mountainous which is why it is extremely popular because there are beautiful lookouts. The park expands on almost 5 hectares, and it is one of the smaller parks in Stockholm. In the northern part of the park there used to be a windmill, and the mill burned down in the middle of the 19th century. It is interesting that there is a weather station next to the observatory that has been measuring the temperature since the end of the 18th century. This is the oldest record for continual measurement of the temperature in the world.
Långholmen is actually an island located in the center of Stockholm. It is located between Södermalm and Kungsholmen. The park is considered rural, and it is covered in more or less dense vegetation. It is a popular place for a walk or picnic, and there the small beaches are often crowded during summer. Until 1975 there was a prison that has been turned into a hotel. It is interesting that initially the island was rocky and infertile, but during the 19th century prisoners that served their sentence there were ordered to cover the rocky surface with fertile mud from nearby streams. A few years later the fertile mud made the island a lush garden with exotic flora because trade ships that passed by the island brought seeds of various plants.
