Yesterday, I (Helena) visited Norrtälje, often referred to as the capital of Roslagen, on business. I work in the Stockholm County Council and since the county stretches from Södertälje in the south to Norrtälje in the north, there are sometimes longer journeys for meetings. After the meeting, the sun was shining in Norrtälje and I took a short walk along the Norrtälje river.
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Visiting the capital of Roslagen
Norrtälje belongs to Stockholm County, but is almost seven miles from the centre of Stockholm. The small town has a long history, which is evident in its winding streets and charming houses. When you walk past bakeries and shops with old-fashioned signs, you almost feel like you're in some cosy little town in a fairy tale.
The small town of Norrtälje
Today almost 60 000 people live in the capital of Roslagen, and the blue double-decker buses shuttle between Norrtälje and Stockholm. I've only been here a few times, but Peter, who grew up largely on Blidö, has walked these streets many times. Do you have any connection to this area, or have you been here in any context?
Norrtälje river
The river Norrtäljeån runs through the centre of Norrtälje and is a great place to walk along. According to an information sign, there are plenty of sea trout here, which spawn in the flowing sections during October and November. It is also apparently home to the endangered fish river lamprey in small numbers.
According to the same sign, you can also find perch, birch, bream, pike, pike-perch, pike-perch, burbot, burbot, roach, burbot, rainbow trout, rudd, cormorant, pike-perch, pike-perch, tench and eel... At certain times of the year it is possible to fish here if you have a fishing licence.
Ducks in Norrtälje River
I didn't look for fish, but couldn't resist taking some pictures of the many mallards hanging around. I also saw a white duck. I have never seen one before, does anyone know if it is a special kind...?
Have you been to the capital of Roslagen?
Have you been to Norrtälje? What is your relationship with the capital of Roslagen? Please tell us!
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Lena - good for the soul says:
I have only been there briefly, but liked what I saw. A friend has moved to Norrtälje (a bit outside) quite recently so now I have a reason to go there again.
Hug Lena
08 November 2017 - 6:16
Helena says:
Then you will certainly have reason to come there again! I can imagine that it is extra nice in the summer 🙂 ðŸ™'
08 November 2017 - 12:41
pilla says:
So cosy!
08 November 2017 - 7:06
Helena says:
Very nice little town 🙂
08 November 2017 - 12:42
Liniz Travel says:
Wow beautiful pictures! I almost feel ashamed when I say that I have never been there! Have a nice day, hope to see you tomorrow hugs
08 November 2017 - 7:06
Helena says:
Then you have a new destination now! See you tomorrow! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 12:42
Only British says:
Don't miss the Pythagoras lighter ball factory with its industrial history museum either. World famous once upon a time, even if the fishing boats don't make much noise today.
http://www.pythagorasmuseum.se
08 November 2017 - 7:16
Helena says:
Thanks for the tip! I missed it now, but then I have something left for another time 🙂 .
08 November 2017 - 12:44
Jan-Christer Tholin says:
Oh,oh NOSTALGI...worked as a freelance writer/photographer at Norrtelje Tidning & UNT until 1970..A fantastic summer town .... but pure darkness in the winter.
JC
08 November 2017 - 7:21
Helena says:
What fun that you worked right here, then I can understand that there is nostalgia 🙂 I can imagine that the winters are a bit boring, but just yesterday it was incredibly sunny and nice!
08 November 2017 - 12:45
Inga Magnusson says:
Beautiful with the old houses still standing! I have been there on a genealogy trip. My mum spent her early years in Roslagskulla which is quite close and we visited that place.
08 November 2017 - 7:35
Helena says:
What fun with a genealogy trip! The trip gets another dimension then 🙂
08 November 2017 - 12:46
åsa in åsele says:
Norrtälje... I've never been there 😉 Nice pictures, looks like a cosy town.
Seems to differ a lot between Södertälje and Norrtälje, I have been in Södertälje a little to and from in the past when my 08 sister lived there, think Norrtälje looks nicer 🙂 .
C and I were looking at pictures of your houseboat yesterday and she asked me where you have your mailbox, I guess you either have a mailbox or maybe a mailbox at the "service centre at the marina" but to avoid being curious I will now ask where your mailbox is located 😀.
08 November 2017 - 7:44
Helena says:
Glad you thought about our mailboxes 😉 Everyone who lives in the marina has mailboxes inside the marina, at one of the houses. That is, the postmen do not go out on the piers ... 😉.
08 November 2017 - 12:48
åsa in åsele says:
It's probably a white duck, a common variety... or they're unusual because apparently they're usually white because they live in cities 🙂 ).
Googled and found this:
I think that white colour occurs spontaneously in wild ducks, but many ducks in cities and towns are also mixed with domestic ducks and then white may be more common as there are white duck breeds.
08 November 2017 - 7:47
Helena says:
Haha, ok, I have to admit that I'm pretty bad at birds. I'm mostly used to common mallards, but maybe these are common as well... 😉.
08 November 2017 - 18:54
Petra says:
Have been there many times:) Norrtälje is a cosy summer town... Have never been there in autumn / winter time... so their Christmas market attracts 🙂.
/Petra
08 November 2017 - 8:38
Helena says:
It sounds like a cosy town for a Christmas market! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 18:56
Monet says:
After many years in Täby, Norrtälje became our "capital". We moved permanently to our summer house by the sea on Yxlan (the island before Blidö) and Norrtälje then became our centre of everything. So fun that you have been there and taken nice pictures. It is an extremely charming and pleasant city, now with strong growth as they will expand the entire harbour area with housing, restaurants and a promenade. It is, as you say, a small fairytale town and is said to be Sweden's most café-dense town. Many cosy restaurants, lots of activities, not just in the summer, lots of jazz evenings, etc., a hospital and top-class health centres - there is a unique collaboration between the municipality and the county council - Tiohundra - which works really well. And fast traffic with wifi buses to Stockholm plus a motorway. In the middle of beautiful Roslagen, too. We think it's unbeatable - we will live there when we move back to Sweden!
08 November 2017 - 9:02
Helena says:
Peter has more or less lived on Blidö and his brother still has a house there, so Yxlan we drive over a little now and then 😉 Glad you experienced Norrtälje as your "capital" 🙂 TioHundra are the ones I had a meeting with. I work in the county council centrally, so have contact with all the county council's administrations and companies, including TioHundra. Glad you think it works well with them, I also have good experience with them from my perspective. And agree that the buses are good! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 19:00
Mr Steve says:
I have memories of Norrtälje. In the late 1970s, I commuted from Uppsala when I worked at the Norrtälje prison for a while.
08 November 2017 - 9:05
Helena says:
Oh, you've worked there! Norrtälje is about as "close" to Uppsala as it is to Stockholm.
08 November 2017 - 19:01
Ama de casa says:
Norrtälje is a really nice city! Anders was born in Norrtälje and has family there, so we have been there a lot. He claims to be rosy-cheeked, but I classify him as a northerner because he moved to Skellefteå when he was three years old 🙂.
That white spirit has probably forgotten to take off his ghost costume after Halloween... 😀.
08 November 2017 - 9:39
Helena says:
Haha, that's how it must be! That I did not realise that the spirit had a Halloween costume 😉 .
08 November 2017 - 19:01
Ditte says:
Norrtälje is a nice city and the proximity to Stockholm and with frequent bus departures makes it easily accessible. We have been here a lot, but mostly spring, summer and early autumn. Partly by boat and partly because we have friends who live in the city. Nowadays it can be a bus trip from time to time. Smoothly with the SL card that applies.
Beautiful pictures from a nice city.
08 November 2017 - 9:55
Helena says:
Norrtälje is perhaps mainly a summer city, but with the nice autumn weather yesterday it was nice! Someone also wrote about the Christmas market higher up, and it might also be cosy 😉.
08 November 2017 - 19:02
Nils-Åke says:
Norrtälje is a cosy town. My wife has cousins who live there so there have been a few visits there.
08 November 2017 - 10:00
Helena says:
Then I understand that you have been there sometimes, nice city!
08 November 2017 - 19:03
Lena in Wales says:
With shame I can say that I have never been to Norrtälje. I come from the west coast, so maybe that's forgivable.
Looks really beautiful. Thanks for the nice reading and nice pictures!
08 November 2017 - 10:06
Helena says:
Haha, since you're from the west coast, you're forgiven 😉 It's hard to have been everywhere ...
08 November 2017 - 19:04
Role o Carina says:
Seems like a nice city to walk around!
May well be a car visit there at some point 🙂 .
Are there parking spaces there, perhaps?
Take care.......
08 November 2017 - 10:56
Helena says:
Good question!!! I quickly googled and found this site, which mostly has campsites but also some pitches in Roslagen: https://www.roslagen.se/boende/camping/
However, there was no centre in Norrtälje ... I also read something about a sports centre and something about Kärleksudden, but something unclear ...
08 November 2017 - 19:09
Anja says:
We have been there with the motorhome and parked very boring outside the campsite (if I remember correctly). The nice thing in the crow song was that you could walk along the Hälsans stig, which follows a watercourse, into Norrtälje. It was very nice and Norrtälje itself is so cute, but as someone pointed out, probably dead boring in the winter....
08 November 2017 - 11:55
Helena says:
So good with a comment from someone who has been there with a motorhome! 🙂 The previous comment was about parking spaces and I do not know how it is with that, but here was an alternative in any case!
08 November 2017 - 19:10
Annette says:
So fun to see photos from my home municipality 🙂 It is about as far for us to Uppsala as to Norrtälje, so there are not so many visits to Norrtälje. But it is cosy. I took the opportunity to take pictures when I was there last spring, about the same place as you, it looks like: https://justnujusthar.com/2016/04/12/276-skargardsliv-90366/
Now I have to click on and see where you ended up when you visited Västerås, my husband's childhood town. Have a great time!
08 November 2017 - 11:59
Helena says:
What fun to see your pictures! Yes, those charming houses by the river are hard not to photograph ... 😉 Ok, so this is your home town? Nice! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 19:12
Alexandra says:
Norrtälje is cosy!
My cousin went to high school there and since we were hanging out all the time back then, I was there quite a lot. But now it's been a few years since I was there ...
08 November 2017 - 13:00
Helena says:
Then I understand that you hang out there a lot! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 19:13
Razzy says:
My partner and I usually try to go there a couple of times a year. Take some photos and just walk around and stroll...
08 November 2017 - 13:52
Helena says:
A city suitable for photography 🙂
08 November 2017 - 19:13
Lanclin-Linnea says:
As I grew up in Täby and the family home in Rimbo, I have been to Norrtälje many times 🙂 One of my aunts lives in the middle of Norrtälje now and it is very cosy 🙂 ).
08 November 2017 - 15:47
Helena says:
Then I understand that you moved in these areas! I have only been there a few times, but I lived for quite a long time in Åkersberga (high school and high school) and then they were always someone who had a summer cottage or family in the Norrtälje area 🙂.
08 November 2017 - 19:14
BP says:
Norrtälje is the most cosy small town in the world, especially during the summer. We usually go there almost every year (when it's not raining) and check out the Custom Bike Show in Societetsparken on the first Saturday in June. The painting on the Great Bridge is new, because it didn't exist last year. The only thing I think is a great pity that they didn't preserve the cool silos in the harbour. Instead, there will be luxury flats...
08 November 2017 - 16:47
Helena says:
It sounds a bit cool with "Custom bike show in Societetsparken" 🙂 Aha, so the painting is new? I had no idea, but a little fun with the colour click!
08 November 2017 - 19:16
Husis blog says:
Unfortunately, my owners have not been to Norrtälje yet. However, the male owner is going there in a little over a month for work. Too bad he would get up so late because what he says it will probably only be to the hotel and the next day it will be a full day at the institution before the train goes home in the evening.
I'll see if I can persuade the owners to take me there because in your pictures it looks like a cosy town.
08 November 2017 - 18:34
Helena says:
Norrtälje is a nice city so maybe you will get the chance to come there too! 🙂
08 November 2017 - 19:17
None says:
Norrtälje is my favourite city in Sweden <3
I always mix up Norrtälje, Nyköping and Norrköping haha... A tip, try Nyköping as well, a small town with a river, good nightlife and fishing, they had a canoe Olympics there so there is a very long pier that people fish from, then they fish in the river as well.
16 November 2017 - 20:32