Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . e by Westin) is a large Maternity Hospital (PI. 10; A,,6);then (left) the Military Hospital (Qamisom-Sjukhuset; PI. A, 6), tothe N. of which is Crown-Princess Louisas Childrens Hospital. FartherW. are the Sjukhem (sick-home), the hospital of St. Goran, and thelunatic asylum of Conradsberg. VI. DJURGARDEN. Tbamway (No. 7; p. 305) every 5min. from theNorrmalms-Torg (,4,5)by the Nybrohamn and Strandvag, then over the Djurgards-Bro (see below)to Bellmcmsro (p. 339). - Steam Launches, every V« hr
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . e by Westin) is a large Maternity Hospital (PI. 10; A,,6);then (left) the Military Hospital (Qamisom-Sjukhuset; PI. A, 6), tothe N. of which is Crown-Princess Louisas Childrens Hospital. FartherW. are the Sjukhem (sick-home), the hospital of St. Goran, and thelunatic asylum of Conradsberg. VI. DJURGARDEN. Tbamway (No. 7; p. 305) every 5min. from theNorrmalms-Torg (,4,5)by the Nybrohamn and Strandvag, then over the Djurgards-Bro (see below)to Bellmcmsro (p. 339). - Steam Launches, every V« hr. from various piers(p. 30?). The *Djurgard, laid out by Gustavus III. and-Charles XIV. onthe site of an old deer-park, with its fine old oaks, pleasant villas, andbeautiful walks, occupies an islet in the Saltsjo, about 2 M. long and3/4M. broad, separated from the mainland by the Djurgardsbrunns-vik. On the S. W. bank lies Djurgards-Staden, the only suburb ofStockholm still built chiefly of timber. The main approach is fromthe E. end of the Strandvag (p. 316), by the Djurgards-Bro (PI. H, 5),. VI. Djurgarden. STOCKHOTM. 50. Route. 333 a stone bridge completed in 1897, adorned with bronze figures fromnorthern mythology. On the right, immediately beyond the bridge, rises the — *Northern Museum (Nordiska Museet • PI. H, 5), an imposingedifice with many gables, built of reddish limestone with granitebase in the Vasa style, in imitation of a 16th cent. Swedish by J. O. Clason, and begun in 1903, it was completedin 1906 and. opened in 1907. The collection owes its origin to theuntiring zeal of Dr. Artur Eazelius (1833-1901), who foresaw thatall the old national furniture, implements, ornaments, and costumeswould soon be superseded by the products of modern industry, andwho succeeded in rescuing a host of such objects from their im-pending doom. No other country can present so complete a pictureof early and mediaeval culture, the memorials of which have beenswept
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