I have had some relative difficulty finding information on Spränga Brygga from the internet, though in the end, the pieces have started to come together, and I will soon be able to present quite a lot of interesting facts about this harbor!This entry documents what I anticipate finding once I arrive at Spränga, which will be interesting to compare and augment with what I encounter at location.
One element that I find particularly interesting from the start is how such a small location can handle such a large number of tourists without being completely worn out. This is to the credit not only of the local inhabitants, though also the tourists that arrive.
Location:Spränga Brygga (which just means Spränga Harbor in English - though the verb "spränga" also means to explode or burst, I wonder if it refers to some mining activity?) is a harbor in the mid-section of the island of Utö, as I have circled in yellow on the satellite image of the island on the left.
Unfortunately I was unable to find any high-resolution aerial image of the harbor, though perhaps I will be able to rent a helicopter on the island once I am there to see it from the air. As there is a military airbase in the southern part of the island of Utö, there is surely the infrastructure necessary to support the presence of aircraft on the island - which in turn leads credence to the hypothesis that there is the possibility of rental. Anyway, I will look out for this as something to do.
Photos:
I was unable to readily find any good high-quality images of the harbor on the internet, other than the one posted earlier. What a wonderful surprise, therefore, to have received the following images, taken by Ewa-May Wetterskog af Petersens on June 28th 2008! I will therefore present these images for you as what one can expect upon arrival in Spränga Brygga in June, and publicly thank her for these.
Below is the landing dock of Waxholmsbolaget ferries from Årsta Brygga. This would be the front end of the Welcome Center that is seen in the last photo on the Going to Utö entry.
Looking Northward from the same location, you can see Näsuddens
Brygga just behind and to the left of the small island in the bay. This will surely be the location of another trip...
There is a small little grocery store there, where you can get the sort of things that you get at such a place:
To the west, at the far end of the harbor is the stone church, referred to as Utö kyrka (if you are going to look it up elsewhere). This is not only the largest stone church in the Stockholm archipelago, but it is also reputed to have the oldest church organ in all of Sweden (1745). The church itself was built in 1850.
This church will definitely be on my list of places to visit (see my church). What a pity that I will not be there for Sunday service.
I would like to learn more about the history of the church, so that will be something interesting to see once I am there.
Here is a basic map of the bay:
To the west, at the far end of the harbor is the stone church, referred to as Utö kyrka (if you are going to look it up elsewhere). This is not only the largest stone church in the Stockholm archipelago, but it is also reputed to have the oldest church organ in all of Sweden (1745). The church itself was built in 1850. This church will definitely be on my list of places to visit (see my church). What a pity that I will not be there for Sunday service.
I would like to learn more about the history of the church, so that will be something interesting to see once I am there.
Here is a basic map of the bay:
Note: the other, larger port is Gruvbryggan, which is farther north. That will surely be the subject of a later entry. In the meantime, here is a detailed map I found: view image.
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