Skeppsholmen
Skeppsholmen is one of the islands of
Stockholm. It is connected with Blasieholmen and Kastellholmen by bridges. Positioned strategically at the
Baltic Sea entrance to Stockholm it has traditionally been a place of military buildings. Nowadays the military presence is rather low and the
art museum Moderna muséet is dominant instead. It is the main
modern art museum of Stockholm. In the same building is also an architecture museum. The island also is host to Östasiatiska Muséet (in english: east-asian museum). At the southern shore is an old sailing ship named
af Chapman which is used as a
youth hostel these days. You get there by foot from Kungsträdgården past Grand Hotel and Nationalmuseum, by bus number 65 the very same way or by steam boat from
Slussen,
Djurgården or Nybroplan. Stockholm Jazz Festival is a popular annual summer event at Skeppsholmen.