Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde

A Summer visit to a sculpture museum at Royal Djurgården. Or at least a walk through the garden, looking at the many sculptures. Made by some of the best known sculptors at the time. Including Milles and Eldh. All the artwork here were bought by the Prince. Many years ago Prince Eugen, himself a painter and artist who got some of his art education in Paris, visited a friend at Waldemarsudde. He liked the area, so he bought a property and then had Sweden's best known architect at the time design a house for him. He also had an English garden built. After his death, the property was made into a museum. It is a very beautiful place. It sees a lot of visitors. The Prince is buried down by the water. There are two greenhouses here and all the flowers in the garden comes from there. The mill dates back to 1784. The blades were removed around 1880 which was fifty years after they stopped producing linseed oil here. There are paintings of the mill made by the Prince, where you can see that the blades were broken. The mill is in perfect working order, though.