Travel Reference
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There's also a small memorial for the 852 passengers killed in the Estonia ferry disaster
of September 1994; it's up the hill across the main road from the ferry terminal.
An
STF hostel
( 0176-441 69; Riddersholm; dm/s/d from Skr 220/340/600)
sits off the
E18, 2km west of the ferry terminal; book in advance outside of the peak summer season
(mid-June to mid-August). There's no restaurant, so bring provisions.
Viking Line's direct bus from Stockholm Cityterminalen to meet the ferries costs Skr65,
but if you have an SL pass take bus 676 from Tekniska Högskolan tunnelbana station to
Norrtälje and change to bus 631, which runs every two hours or so weekdays (three times
Saturday and once Sunday).
Tyresta National Park
Some of the best hiking and wilderness scenery in the area can be found in the
4900-hectare Tyresta National Park, only 20km southeast of Stockholm. Established in
1993, the park is noted for its two-billion-year-old rocks and virgin forest, which includes
300-year-old pine trees. It's a beautiful area, with rocky outcrops, small lakes, marshes and
a wide variety of bird life.
At the southwestern edge of the park is
Naturum Nationalparkernas Hus
(National
Parks Visitors Centre; 08-745 33 94;
www.tyresta.se
; 9am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat & Sun)
.
Here you can discover all of Sweden's 29 national parks through exhibitions and slide
shows. Be sure to check out the centre itself: it's built in the shape of Sweden, complete
with all 41 corners! There are even 'lakes' on the floor, indicated by different stones.
Ask for the national park leaflet in English and the
Tyresta Nationalpark och Naturre-
servat
leaflet in Swedish, which includes an excellent topographical map at 1:25,000 scale.
From the visitor centre there are various trails into the park. Sörmlandsleden track cuts
across 6km of the park on its way to central Stockholm.
Access to the park is easy. Take the
pendeltåg
to Haninge centrum (also called Handen
station) on the Nynäshamn line, then change to bus 834. Some buses run all the way to the
park, while others stop at Svartbäcken (2km west of Tyresta village).