SWEDEN - Scandinavia - page 698

Quickie Orientation Bus Tour —Several different city bus tours leave from
the Royal Opera House on Gustav Adolfs Torg. Strömma/Stockholm Sight-
seeing's Stockholm Panorama tour provides a good overview (260 kr, 1.25
hours; daily at 10:00, 12:00, and 14:00; more frequent in summer).
By Boat
▲City Boat Tours —For a good floating look at Stockholm and a pleasant
break, consider a sightseeing cruise. The handiest are the Strömma/Stock-
holm Sightseeing boats, which leave from Strömkajen, in front of the Grand
Hotel, and from Nybroplan (each with recorded commentary). The Royal
Canal Tour is short and informative (160 kr, 50 minutes, departs at :30 past
each hour, generally daily May-Aug 10:30-18:30 but often as late as 19:30,
April and Sept 10:30-16:30, Oct-Dec 10:30-13:30, none Jan-March). The
nearly two-hour Under the Bridges Tour goes through two locks and under
15 bridges (210 kr, May-mid-Sept daily 10:00-16:00, June-Aug until 19:00,
departures on the hour). A third option, the Historic Canal Tour, leaves
from the Stadshusbron dock at City Hall (160 kr, 50 minutes, daily June-Aug
10:30-16:30, departs at :30 past each hour). You'll circle Kungsholmen island
while learning about Stockholm's history from the early Industrial Age to
modern times. To venture farther into Stockholm's archipelago, see the next
chapter.