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Tours of the City Walking Tours Walking tours, are offered by City Sightseeing (tel: (08) 5871 4030; website: www.citysightseeing.com). The ‘Old Town Walkabout’ – a guided stroll through the medieval core of the city – costs SKr80 for one and a half hours, departing twice a day (1130 and 1430) from Gustav Adolf Torg (29 June-1 September). Bus Tours City Sightseeing (tel: (08) 5871 4030; website: www.citysightseeing.com) offers a variety of bus tours departing from in front of the Royal Opera House. The ‘Stockholm in a Nutshell’ tour – combining a one-and-a-half-hour bus tour around the city centre and a one-hour boat cruise to Djurgarden – is one of the most popular at SKr260. Boat Tours A waterborne tour is as essential for visitors to Stockholm as it is for visitors to Venice. The Stockholm Card gives free boat tours on certain services during the summer. Strömma Canal Company (tel: (08) 5871 4000; website: www.strommakanalbolaget.com) and Stockholm Sightseeing, Skeppsbron 22 (tel: (08) 5871 4020; website: www.stockholmsightseeing.com), run various boat tours of the city, with departure points from quays by the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Grand Hôtel and City Hall. Boat tours of the major waterside sites take about two hours and cost SKr140. A tour around Djurgården lasts about one hour and costs SKr90. |
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