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in front of the large Lunatic Asylum of Conradsberg. In 5 min.
more we pass the lodge at the S. end of the asylum, follow the
road through the gateway to the left, and then (4 min.) through
a second gateway. Just heyond it a path ascends in 3 min. more
to a rocky knoll, adjoining the rocket-laboratory, which commands
a beautiful view of Lake Mälaren and Stockholm, entirely different
from the views on the Baltic side of the town. — Returning to the
road, we follow it to the left and soon reach the formerly (1759-88)
famous porcelain manufactory of Marieberg, now occupied by the
‘military train’ battalion. A path passing the large bell and
descending to the right leads in a few minutes to the steamboat-pier
(steamer to Stockholm 8 times daily).
Travellers arriving by steamer ascend 60 paces, turn to the right, and
then to the left, past the large bell. Opposite are two paths, of which
they select that slightly to the right. After a few paces more (5 min.
from the pier) the path to the best point of view diverges to the right.
Another short excursion may be taken to the palace of
Karlberg and the So lx a Kyrka. Steam-launches leave the
Riddar-hushamn (near the Vasa Bridge; Pl. U, 4) every 1/2 hr. for
Rörstrand (12 Ö.) and Karlberg (12 ö.).
The steamboat steers to the N. of the Kungsholm, passing
through the Klarasjö, Barnhusvtk, and Rörstrandsvik. The
principal intermediate stations are Atlas, with a railway-carriage
factory, and Rörstrand, with the oldest porcelain factory in Sweden,
founded in 1727, and distinguished for the original forms and
peculiarly bright colouring of its productions.
The palace of Karlberg, situated on the mainland to the
N. of the Kungsholm, about 2 Engl. M. to the N.W. of the
Norrbro, was erected by Karlsson Gyllenhjelm, a natural son of
Charles IX. (p. 351), at the beginning of the 17th cent., was
afterwards occupied by the royal family, and in 1792 was enlarged and
converted into a military school. At the back of the building is
a beautiful public *Park (always open), which forms the only
attraction of the place. From the end of an avenue on the E. side
(5 min.), we may cross the railway to Upsala at a small
halting-place, turn to the left, and follow the road to ((4 hr.) Solna Kyrka,
a round church, and one of the most ancient in Sweden, with a
pretty churchyard which has long been the burial-place of some
of the principal families of Stockholm. Berzelius, the chemist (d.
1848), is buried here. On the N.E. side of the church is the
principal Cemetery (Nya Kyrkogarden) of Stockholm, containing
many handsome monuments, but contrasting unpleasingly with the
old churchyard. Farther to the E. are the entrance to the park of
Haga (see below; omnibus to Stockholm in the afternoon), and the
omnibus and steamboat station of Siallmästaregården. at the W.
entrance of the park of Bellevue (see p. 347).
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