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My cruises around Baltic Sea:
Vaxholm in Sweden


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You found Vaxholm East of Stockholm, about 25 km. It have always been an important defense from earlier enemies, most Russia and Denmark.

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Vaxholm's castell:

These photographs are from the castell, a separate island just 300 meters from Vaxhom.

Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

The harbor of Vaxholm's fortress. These photos are taking 2012, now in 2019 there is an electric ferry between Vaxholm and the fortress.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

There are canon balls everywhere.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Openings in the wall where they had there riffles pointed to the enemies.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Sea mines was an effective and non expensive weapon. With these they could block the canals from attacking ships.

Info about sea mines (Swedish and English):


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Old Bofors 40 mm canon, still in use 40 years ago when I did my military duty.

Info about Boforfor's 40 mm canon (Swedish and English):


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

This canon looks very old, maybe from the war WW I.


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Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Riffles in the pipe make the canon ball to rotate and then more stable.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Wooden wheels.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Swedish dust lids!


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

If a fortress been under siege the water supply is very important, this is an old hand driven water pump.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Any enemy ships out there ?


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

Lid of a sea mine.


Baltic Sea cities: Vaxholm

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