Stockholm - Surroundings

Stockholm's Arlanda Airport (for long-distance flights) is 45km/28mi north of the city center (fast airport buses from City Terminal). Arlanda and Stockholm's other airport at Bromma handle more than half of all Swedish air traffic.

60km/40mi south of Stockholm, on the Södertörn peninsula, is Nynäshamn, an industrial town with a modern church. There is a boat service to Visby, on the island of Gotland.

Activities of interest in Nynäshamn include swimming, kayaking, hiking and canoeing.

20km/ 12.5mi southeast of Stockholm (25 minutes on a suburban railroad), on an inlet in the Baggensfjärd, is the little residential town of Saltsjöbaden, a fashionable seaside resort (yacht marina, golf course, tennis courts, etc.). Here too is the Stockholm Observatory.

The observatory, built in 1931, is home to the Department of Astronomy of Stockholm University. It houses 50cm refractor and 1m reflector telescopes, an antique telescope collection, astronomics library and the world's largest model of our solar system.

The Multicultural Center is interested in how immigration has changed the face of Swedish society. The research is then used for education, publications and exhibitions.