Since Stockholm is spread out across 14 islands and has so many high buildings, many of the best views of Stockholm are from other islands. The 14 islands that make up Stockholm are connected by some 50 bridges. We walked around Stockholm quite a bit and crossed from island to island by bridge. This post will be photos that I took from one island looking across to another island. I think that in this watery environment, this will be many of my best memories. I might also add that a local guide told us that Sweden has some 33,000 islands that make up their country and 24,000 islands that make up the Stockholm archipeligo.

The first two photos were taken from the South Island overlook. We drove high up on a bluff overlooking much of Stockholm. It was a great viewing place and we had a nice look at Stockholm, other than all the seagulls that were dive-bombing us for some reason. You can also understand why it was so hard to get photos of big buildings such as the Stockholm Palace when you were at such places. In the first photo: water, boats, beautiful buildings, and big churches really stand out to me. In the second photo, you can notice the same but also that despite being a highly urban area, Stockholm still has lots of trees and greenery.

The third photo is the Nordic Museum from the mainland. This museum is on Djurgarden, another island in central Stockholm. We didn’t visit this museum but walked around it. It is dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from early modern life, said to begin about 1520.

The last two photos were taken from Gamla Stan which is the most central island and called Old Town and looking across the water to other islands or perhaps the mainland. Again, when you are in front of these building rows, you might try to back up to get in a good shot, but then you would end up in the water. Most of the time you want photos such as these, you need to be across on another island.