I have a few photos of the Royal Barge to show you. In Swedish, known as Vasaorden, and Kungaslupen. Owned by the Swedish Navy. It spends most of its time at the Berga naval base in Haninge, next to my favorite beach, btw. Only used for Royal weddings. Or visits by the Japanese Emperor. Or when Queen Elizabeth II visited. And also, one hundred years ago during the opening ceremony for Stockholm City Hall, a building designed by Ragnar Östberg. Back then, or two years before, the original barge was destroyed in a fire. A replica was built in time for the celebrations a century ago. And it was also used by the King and Queen last week as they made their way to the gala dinner at City Hall. The barge is 18 meters long. Made from oak. It takes 18 able seamen to navigate the oar-driven barge, and they could be seen practicing that on early mornings out on the Riddarfjärden bay last week.
6 comments:
Nice shots! Thank you.
It is a real treat to see this rarely observable ship. Thanks, Steffe.
It looks wonderful.
These boats and ships are very cultural and special. Thank you.
It's fit for royalty. My boat is for riff raffs. :)
Quite a watercraft.
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