Stockholm – biggest port in Sweden!

Traffic across the Baltic is on the increase ..small wonder when you see photos such as this... 

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  On its way into 'Stadsgården' a cruise ship passes Waldemars Udde Museum and Djurgården island on the right, Hammarby on the left in a section of the waterways named Saltsjön. Photo: Per-Erik Adamsson - Stockholms Hamnar

• Our photograph on start page is of the ferry line for Gotland - if you haven't been to the island yet, consider it...
  Gotland - Captivating Island of Art and Design

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  Viking Line. 9.4 million passengers to and from Finland and Åland.

• After an increase in passengers of 12% in 2010 Stockholm has now surpassed Helsingborg as Sweden’s biggest passenger port. The Baltic traffic is almost as big as the traffic to Denmark with a total of 11.2 million passengers versus the Baltic's 11.1 million. Stockholm itself saw 9.1 million passengers in 2010, according to new statistics from Passagerarrederiernas Förening Passagerarrederierna.

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  Gotlandslinjen. 1.7 million passengers for the Baltic island in 2010.

• Close to 29 million passengers chose transportation by sea in 2010. The traffic across the Baltic Sea is now almost as great as the traffic between Sweden and Denmark. A total of 11.1 million passengers crossed several destinations across the Baltic Sea in 2010.

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  Stockholm port has now surpassed Helsingborg's as the biggest in Sweden.

• We covered the increase in curise traffic to Stockholm as Disney Magic visited Stockholm for the first time last summer - Magic Kingdom's flagship docks in Stockholm