In the 1760s, silk fanning was attempted in a small village nearby, using specially imported silkworms. Sadly Swedish winter proved too much for the poor beasts, as they all froze to death. Getting there The finest way to reach Drottningholm is by ferry, which takes just hour each way (40kr oneway, 70kr return) and leaves every thirty minutes OROTTNINGHOLM A IV D THE A R С H I P E L A G О 3SS A husbron to coincide with the opening times. Or take the Tbana to BroiaP'®" and bus #301 from there a less thrilling ride, but covered by the Stockholm Card. The Archipelago Q kholm's archipelago is real summer holiday material, literally thousands of • iMds harbouring beaches, great swimming and some worthy historical sights. Wth a boat pass, islandhopping is simple and relatively cheap; even without one, many places are close enough to visit on a day trip from Stockholm. Practicalities For access to the archipelago, the Interskerries Card OuneAug, valid 16 days' 200kr) is a good buy as it allows unlimited travel on Waxholmsbolagefs boats; and a 25 percent discount on tickets for the Kustlinje service that operates up and down the whole of the Swedish east coast archipelago from Norrtalje to Nynashamn. You can buy the card at the Sverigehuset tourist centre, or from the Waxholmbolaget office, below the Grand Hotel at Stromkajen (MonFri 7am 5.15pm, Sat 7am2.30pm, Sun 7am6pm; «08679 58 30). The boats to the archipelago leave from the adjacent numbered berths on the quayside. (Holders of the SL Monthly Card can simply buy a supplementary boat card instead see p.360.) Accommodation is widely available throughout the archipelago. There are numerous youth hostels on the islands and along the coast, notably at FJARDLANG (near ORNO), ST KARLSHOLMEN, NORRTAIJE, DALARO, GALLNO, BJORKO and ADELSO. All are open only from June to the middle or end of August full information from the STF office in central Stockholm. Alternatively, you could rent a cottage on the island of Ingmarsd, in the heart of the archipelago. The small village of holiday cottages here offers accommodation from around 2300kr a week for four people in high season, coming down in May to around 1500kr. Book at the tourist centre in Sverigehuset in Stockholm, which also has a catalogue of other cottages scattered throughout the archipelago. Campsites are suфrisingly hard to find although a tent and a little imagination will pose no problems for a night's stay at most places. Open fires are prohibited all over the archipelago. J'Pelago highlights AOTOLM, only an hour away from the capital, is an atmospheric wooden narbour town with an imposing fortress. This structure superseded the fortifica suT ''lolinen in Stockhohn and guarded the waterways into the city, ccessfolly staving off attacks from the Danes and Russians in the seventeenth ipmlOvT"? centuries; nowadays it's an unremarkable museum (daily noon bv b„ fr ° military bits and pieces.