My travels in Sweden:
A cruise with M/S Saga Lejon, 2008

Content:

1. From Skeppsbron to Hammarby sluss
2. From Hammarby to Essingen
3. From Essingen to Birka
4. From Birka to Södertälje sluss
5. From Södertälje to Skanssund
6. From Skanssund to Oaxen
7. From Oaxen to Sävö
8. From Sävö to Stendörren
9. From Stendörren to Nyköping

A cruise with M/S Saga Lejon from Stockholm to Nyköping, 2008

In 2008 I got a gift to my birthday, a cruise with the ship M/S Saga Lejon. It was a full day cruise from Stockholm to Nyköping in South. A friend to me told they did call this cruise the Swedish Hurtigrutten, Hurtigrutten is a famous Norwegian coast cruise.

More information about M/S Saga Lejon at Wikipedia:

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ M/S Saga Lejon (M/S Saga Lejon, Wikipedia)

1, From Skeppsbron to Hammarby:

Skeppsbron:

The cruise starts from Skeppsbrokajen in old town of Stockholm. We got a fine weather already from the beginning of the cruise, clouds as you see but not cold.

The ship has a lot of places where we could sit outside the cabin and enjoy the views of the coast.

The ship is built at Husum shipyard in Germany 1969.

A visit from US marine, a destroyer, or?

Hammarby Sjöstad:

The ski hill Hammarbybacken in the background, the hill is manmade.

The tugs Tiger and Tampa, now private owned.

The ship Nella of Stockholm, looks to be private owned and used as a house boat.

New residential blocks in Hammarby Sjöstad (Hammarby Sea town).

Another tug, Leif.

Skanstull bridge, the oldest bridge at Skanstull today, there are three bridges.

Hammarby Lock and the lock control office.

One of the machine rooms to the lock gates.