Hagaparken

Sweden / Stockholm /
Hagaparken ("Haga Park"), or simply Haga in Solna Municipality just north of Stockholm, Sweden is a vast and popular nature area, with large parks, lakes, woods and gardens. Within the park is Haga Castle, King Gustav III's Pavilion, the Chinese Pavilion, the Temple of the Echo, an old castle foundation and several other interesting buildings on the grounds (as the peculiar Copper Tents and also the Butterfly House). Included in park is also the royal burial ground of the Swedish royal family (since 1922), where several members and ancestors of the present Swedish royal Bernadotte family rest.

Hagaparken has historically been favoured by Swedish royalty, especially Gustav III who founded it and developed it from 1780 to 1797, and by the famous troubadour Carl Michael Bellman, a contemporary of Gustav III, who is much associated with Haga due to the lyrics of his compositions, poems and his writings. The song Fjäriln vingad is entirely dedicated to the park.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagaparken
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Coordinates:   59°21'38"N   18°2'1"E

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  • nice place for picnic
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