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Vaxholm

There are plenty of reasons to visit Vaxholm, the most obvious being that this is the closest archipelago island to Stockholm, making it a handy introduction to the region's extraordinary collection of pine-clad islands and islets.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Vaxholm Fortress Museum

    Vaxholm Fortress Museum

    Vaxholm

    While the current structure dates from 1833, the origins of Vaxholm Fortress lie in 1544, when King Gustav Vasa ordered its construction to protect the…

  • Hembygdsgård

    Hembygdsgård

    Vaxholm

    The Hembygdsgård preserves the finest old houses in Norrhamn. The fiskarebostad is an excellent example of a late-19th-century fisherman’s house, complete…

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