On Saturday the people who look after the Swedish state properties had an open day where you could go and see rooms etc. that are normally closed to the public.
We chose to go to Skeppsholmen and have a look at a network of underground tunnels that run under the island.
The tunnels were used as battle command safety rooms, navel telecommunications centres and as a place to store and make navel mines. It was interesting because this island is one of my favourite parts of Stockholm and I never knew there were tunnels all over it. I suppose that’s the point of a “secret” tunnel.
Once we were back into the sunlight we went to Skeppsholmskyrkan which is an old 8 sided church that they have re-developed. Again, this was only open for that day.
You got a fantastic view across the harbour to the old town…
We thought we would make the most of the day by going around the harbour to visit one of the houses next to the place that is normally used a a guest house for visiting big-wigs.
The building is called the Tessinska Palace and it is famous for it’s inner gardens which you can see in the picture. It’s amazing to realise that such nice little garden is tucked away inside Gamla Stan which is more known for it’s narrow cobbled streets
