Roslagen
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About Roslagen
Roslagen is the coastal region of the Uppland province in Sweden, east of Stockholm and Uppsala. No longer a formal political entity, it is divided between Stockholm County, containing Lidingö, Vaxholm, Österåker, Norrtälje, and Uppsala County, containing Östhammar, Tierp and Älvkarleby municipalities.
These municipalities administer several islands of different sizes, such as Ljusterö, Blidö, Yxlan and others; these are described in the Stockholm Archipelago article.
See Stockholm/Norrort for Danderyd, Täby and Vallentuna.
Roslagen travel guide
Getting there
Public transport is operated by SL in Vaxholm, Österåker and Norrtälje municipalities, and by UL in Östhammar, Tierp and Älvkarleby municipalities. Trains call at Tierp and Älvkarleby. From Stockholm by bus from Tekniska Högskolan (Östermalm). Roslagsbanan is a rail line from Stockholm to Åkersberga. Baltic Sea ferries from Åland and mainland Finland connect to Stockholm and Kapellskär.
Getting around
Public transport is scarce, but you get wherever you want with a car. A no-cost car ferry operates between Östhammar and Gräsö.
See
The maritime scenery.
Forsmark nuclear power station (Öregrund) offers some guided tours. Pythagoras Industrial Museum. Norrtälje: Vallonbruken. the Walloon Mills, most of them in Östhammar. Skebobruk Museum.
Itineraries
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Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.