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sim1 Says: When you are at Drottningholm at noon don't forget to take a look at the changing of the guards! The main "Changing of the Guards" takes place at the Royal Palace in the heart of Stockholm, but Drottningholm also has its own, although this is a much shorter ceremony. The...
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sim1 Says: The last room I would like to show you a bit of is the Billiard Room at Kina Slott. Like the Confidence, this is also a seperate building. The billiard room is similar in style as the main building and was completed at the end of the the 1760's. This room was originally used...
sim1 Says: Kina Slott consists of more then one building, actually there are quite a few of them. Of course you have to visit the main building, which is by far the most impressive, but you shouldn't forget to take a quick peek inside the Confidence as well. The Confidence is a dining...
sim1 Says: I wish I could show you a bit more of the interior of the Kina Slott, but unfortunately photography is forbidden inside. The only photo I have is of this Chinese lacquer-panel. And unlike what this particular photo might suggest, the Kina Slott is a very colourful place. I...
sim1 Says: Everywhere you look on the outside of the buildings at Kina Slott, and even more so on the inside, you will see Chinoiserie. In the photos you can see a few examples of decorations that ornate the outside of the palace. Chinoiserie was very popular in the middle of the 18th...
sim1 Says: So who wouldn't like to get a small palace as a present? In this case Queen Lovisa Ulrika did on her birthday in the year 1753. Kina Slott was given to her by her husband King Adolf Fredrik as a surprise gift. Chinoiserie was the height of fashion in those days and thus the...
sim1 Says: From the windows at the top of the stairs you have a good view over the formal gardens of Drottningholm (second photo). The view over the garden is actually the only place where you are allowed to take photos inside Drottningholm. These formal gardens are the oldest in the...
sim1 Says: The interior of the palace is in early Baroque style of the 1660s and 1670s. Rooms not to be missed are the beautiful staircase (see photo previous tip), the Ehrenstrahl Drawing Room and the Hedvig Eleonora's State Bedchamber. The room I liked best of all though is the...
sim1 Says: Time to visit my favourite place at Drottningholm: the Chinese Pavilion! The Chinese Pavilion, or Kina Slott in Swedish, is a small pleasure palace hidden away in the gardens of Drottningholm. No worries though, there are lots of signs pointing you into the right direction,...
sim1 Says: Drottningholm Theatre had its true period of greatness during the reign of Gustav III, but who was he? Gustav III (1746-1792), also called the Theatre King, became king in 1771. After one year on the throne he made, with support of France, a coup d'tat to increase his power....
sim1 Says: Directly beside the Palace you can see the The Drottningholm Palace Theatre, or in Swedish called "Drottningholms Slottsteater". The Slottsteater is an opera house from 1766. Nowadays it is run by a private foundation, but you can visit it and it is even in function as a...
Tat_d_b Says: Really great service at this company!!Free rides with the stockholmcard ( you can by this at the Pressbyran) Goes every hour.Make sure you''re there early for tourist are crowding to get on the top deck. (or relax and settle for an indoor trip)I lost my memory card there and...
sim1 Says: The boats seems the must fun option when wanting to visit Drottningholm from the city centre, but there are of course alternatives. When you want to travel by public transport take the Underground (T-bana) to Brommaplan and from there change to bus 301-323, or alternatively...
sim1 Says: A enjoble way to travel to Drottningholm is by ferry. The ferry leaves from the heart of the city (Stadshusbron) all the way to the Palace. On the way you will have a nice view over Stockholm from the water. The ferry doesn't go all year round, but start approximately at the...
sim1 Says: For the ones that are desperate to do some gift shopping, there is a little souvenir store beside the Palace. When you walk from the front of the Palace towards the formal gardens (which are on the back side of the Palace) you'll get to a little square. Around the square are...
sim1 Says: I already mentioned it in some of my tips, but I find it so remarkable that I decided that this would be a appropriate local custom tip. Sweden is known to be rather expensive, but not everything is so expensive as one might expect! What really surprised me, and this was a...
Impossible to combine the two tours!!!
sim1 Says: Whatever they try to convince you off at Drottningholm, it is NOT possible to combine the guided two tours of Drottningholm and Kina Slott directly after each other!! The guided tour at Drottningholm starts at the one hour and at Kina Slott at the next. We were told that it...
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Let's move on and visit the Guards' Tent. You can't miss seeing it when walking through the garden from Drottningholm to Kina Slott (The Chinese Pavilion). This...
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