Långholmsparken
Langholmen is a piece of natural landscape in the large city of Stockholm. A bridge leads to this gem where once the Stockholm prison was situated that today is a hotel. There are beaches with clean water for swimming in the Malaren and cafes.
Långholmen Prison , officially Långholmen Central Prison Swedish : Långholmens centralfängelse , was historically one of the largest prison facilities in Sweden with more than cells, located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. It was built — as the central prison of Sweden, and was temporary closed down between — Afterwards, Långholmens spinnhus was moved. Part of the prison was demolished in The prison is also noted for being the location of the last execution in Sweden , as well as the final confinement of the last prisoner sentenced to execution , prior to the abolition of capital punishment in The hostel was taken into usage in May The island itself was originally rocky and barren, but in the 19th century, the prisoners were made to cover the island with mud dredged from the waterways around it.
After a few years, the fertile soil had turned the island into a lush garden with a somewhat exotic flora compared to its surroundings, caused by various seeds accidentally brought and spread by the trade and merchant ships from other places and countries that passed by the island. This peculiarity still persists, and today the island is known as a lush oasis. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.
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Categories : establishments in Sweden Defunct prisons in Sweden Buildings and structures in Stockholm Museums in Stockholm Prison museums in Europe disestablishments in Sweden. The former prison in July Stockholm , Sweden.