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innokentiy	Nov 20 2009, 09:10 AM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 522811 Nominate me as a Local Expert	What is this castle called? Attached thumbnail(s)

starlagurl	Nov 20 2009, 04:07 PM Post #2
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Good question! Is it in Sweden? Is this it??? http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/trav...e.jpg/tpod.html Elsinor Castle? (sp?) -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

innokentiy	Nov 21 2009, 12:27 AM Post #3
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 522811 Nominate me as a Local Expert	No, it is not Hamlet's castle. I saw it from a ferry deck in Stockholm, but I don't know its name

starlagurl	Nov 23 2009, 11:42 AM Post #4
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Maybe this will help: http://www.travelpod.com/s/photos/sweden+castle -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

innokentiy	Nov 24 2009, 05:41 AM Post #5
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 522811 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Starlagurl, thanks, but have not helped. Or anybody from inhabitants of Stockholm did not come into this theme, or they plainly do not know the city

aopaq	Nov 24 2009, 06:44 AM Post #6
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	Have you tried looking for it using GoogleEarth? I just spent a bit of time but without knowing what ferry dock you took the pic from, it was a bit hard. Hopefully, someone will have posted a pic with the name of the castle. This might be worth a try.

innokentiy	Nov 24 2009, 08:20 AM Post #7
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 522811 Nominate me as a Local Expert	I tried to search by means of GoogleMaps, but is ineffectual. The ferry went from Turku. The picture is made 20 minutes prior to arrival in port of Stockholm. In a picture the building North side is visible. That's all that I remember

aopaq	Nov 24 2009, 08:37 AM Post #8
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	I think you would have a much better chance with Google Earth rather than Google Maps. The resolution is excellent and I can see many lovely buildings but none which seem to match your pic. It is hard to know exactly where to search without a better idea of your route.

star0085	Dec 30 2009, 02:46 PM Post #9
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 30-December 09 Member No.: 617031 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Hi! I can solve this problem for you. To begin with: this is not a castle. You are not the first to make the mistake. In 1956 Queen Elizabeth was visiting Stockholm and her ship stopped and saluted outside this building as the commander of the ship thought this was the Stockholm castle. The Russian Tsar is said to have made the same mistake. It is infact an old insane asylum and a hospital originally built for lepers, orphans an elderly people. It is called Danvikens hospital or Danvikshem. It was built in 1902 and the architects name was Aron Johansson. Today it serves as a nursing home. Maybe the Swedish Royal family should move there? The king and the queen are getting on a bit... Any questions about Sweden? Don´t hesitate!

innokentiy	Jan 1 2010, 07:56 AM Post #10
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 522811 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Thank you so much! At last all has learnt. Surprising it seems to me that fact that for the specified purposes it has been constructed such beautiful and, I believe, expensive building. Unfortunately, at me to Russia, all such buildings are under construction grey, square and poor. Nobody will want to spend for patients and homeless many money

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