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7 times daily from Räntmästaretrappan. Pl. E, F. 4, in 2l o hrs.,
fare 75 5.). The steamer steers down the fjord to Kungshamn, and
then suddenly turns at a right angle towards the S. into the very
narrow and picturesque *Skurusund, separating the Vermdö from the
mainland. At the S. end of the strait lies Dufnäs, where Gustaf
Vasa is said to have fought against the Danish usurpers in his youth.
This point may also be reached by the pleasant route from
Stockholm to Kolbotten at the E. end of the Järla-Sjö (p.348), from which
the traveller may walk to Dufnäs in 25 min. ; or this route may
be taken in returning. At Dufnäs the strait expands, but farther
on the steamer proceeds towards the E. through another and even
narrower strait called Södra Staket, beyond which it enters the
broad and almost entirely land-locked Baggens-Fjärd, named
after Jacob Bagge (d. 1577), a Swedish naval hero, and steers
to theN.E. to Gustafsberg, where the porcelain manufactory is the
chief object of interest. One of the specialties of the place is
the tasteful Parian and biscuit china, which is favourably known
beyond the limits of Sweden (visitors admitted).
From the Baggens-Fjärd, a little to the S. of Gustafsberg, another
narrow channel, part of which is called the Strömma Canal, separating
the Vermdö from the Ingarö, and also traversed daily by steamers,
leads to Stafsnäs and the bleak little island of Sandhamn, a genuine
specimen of a Scandinavian ‘skär’, but boasting of a post-oflice and
lele-graph-station.
Steamers also run from the Stake to the S. to Dalarö, a rocky
promontory with a picturesque old tower, and a favourite sea-bathing
place, with an inn. Steamboats occasionally run from Dalarö to the S.
to the Galö (with an asylum for destitute children), the Ornö, the Muskö
(with the harbour of Elf snabben, from which Oustavus Adolphus embarked
for Germany in 1630), and the Utö, with valuable iron-mines. The entire
district is dotted with the summer-villas of the Stockholmers.
45. From Kolbäck and Valskog to Flen, Nyköping,
and Oxelösund.
13S Kil. (86 Engl. 31.). Railway in 7-9 hrs. (fares from Kolbäck to
Oxelösund 10 kr. 60, 5 kr. 30 Ö.; from Valskog to Oxelösund It kr. 5,
5 kr. 55 o.).
Kolbäck, seep. 315. The train follows the courso of the
Ströms-holms Canal (p. 365) to Strömsholm (p. 366), at its mouth, and
then crosses the Borgasund. It next skirts the shore of the
mainland, crosses the Qvicksund, and reaches the station of that name.
18 Kil. Rekarne, the junction for the railway coming from
Valskog (p. 315) viå Kunysör (at the mouth of the Arbogaå, see p. 315)
and Öster-Tibble. — The figures prefixed to the following stations
indicate their distance from Valskog.
29 Kil. (18 ,M.) Thorshälla, situated on the Thorshällaä or
Eskilstunaå, near its mouth in Lake Mälaren. The town was once
an important place, but has been entirely supplanted by
Eskilstuna since the construction of the locks (1856-60) by which the
falls of the Eskilstunaå are avoided.
Baedeker’s Norway amt Sweden. 1th Edit. 23
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