Barkarby
Barkarby, also known as Barkarbystaden is an area in Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area.
Barkarby, also known as Barkarbystaden is an area in Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area. It is currently undergoing a large urban development through the Barkarbystaden project, transforming a former military airbase and airport area into an urban district.
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Worth seeing in and around Barkarby
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hässelby Castle
Hässelby Palace is a former manor located in Hässelby gård in the west part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. Since 2010 it has frequently been available for weddings, parties and conferences.
3.9 km · mansion in Hässelby, northwestern Stockholm, Sweden · Wikipedia - 02Spånga Church
Spånga Church is a church in the Spånga-Tensta borough in Stockholm, Sweden. It is part of Spånga-Kista Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm.
2.9 km · church in Spånga, northwest Stockholm, Sweden · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Stockholm's northern defenses are an array of fortifications and military buildings north of the city.
- 01Edsbergs
A 17th-century palace, today mainly used by the Royal College of Music.
- 02Edsvik
An art gallery.
- 03Bögs
A farm in Sollentuna for displaying traditional agriculture.
- 04MC Collection Museum
Has a collection of more than a hundred motorcycles.
- 05Cedergrenska Tornet
Kungsvägen 2, Stocksund, is an interesting tower in Danderyd conceived by Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren in the early 20th century.
- 06Gunnes
A reconstructed Viking Age farm, mostly open during summer.
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Things to do
Several beaches for open-water swimming, especially at Järfälla and Sollentuna. Hiking, cycling, fishing and bathing during summer. Ice-skating and cross-country skiing during winter.
- 01Väsjöbacken
Alpine skiing during winter, with six ski-lifts and a designated snowboard park.
- 02Brukets
In Järfälla, alpine skiing and snowboarding during winter.
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Where to eat
The suburban centres have low-end diners.
- 01IKEA Barkarby
While the IKEA stores are similar around the world, the diners are the cheapest in Sweden, with a two-sandwich breakfast for 10 kr, and a full meal for 45 kr.
- 02Edsbacka Wärdshus
Sollentunavägen 220 (Commuter train to Sollentuna, buses 607, 627 to Edsbacka),.
- 03Riddersvik
Has Sunday brunches and à la carte on Friday evenings.
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Getting to Barkarby
- Airports
- Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN), 28 km · Stockholm Västerås (VST), 72 km · Stockholm Skavsta (NYO), 87 km
- Stations
- Tensta metro station, 2.3 km · Akalla metro station, 3.3 km · Hjulsta metro station, 1.5 km · Rinkeby metro station, 4 km · Husby metro station, 3.8 km
- Stockholm / Västerås → Barkarby73 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · kr80–110
- Nyköping → Barkarby87 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · kr110–150
- Linköping → Barkarby170 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · kr205–275
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Barkarby
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barkarby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTapanis Buss has a route between Tornio, Finland and Stockholm serving coastal region along road E4 FlixBus Baltic sea ferries with passenger and vehicular (car and truck) capacities connect Stockholm with Helsinki, Turku, Riga and Tallinn.
- Get inA ferry from Gdańsk arrives in Nynäshamn, a port in the south of Södertörn.
- Get inE18, which leads by ferry from Finland to Norrtälje and goes north of the lake Mälaren through Västerås, Örebro and Karlstad to the Norwegian border and then on to Oslo E20, which goes south from Stockholm via Södertälje, and then, south of lake Mälaren, it goes west to Gothenburg.
- Get aroundSome archipelago islands are connected to the mainland by car ferries.
- Get aroundThere are also regular ferries between the islands which are operated by independent companies - some are under the same SL fare scheme, and others are not, requiring separate tickets.
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Next door to Barkarby
Barkarby is 14 km from Stockholm, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.