This wooded island oasis in the middle of the thriving city of Stockholm is unlike anything I’ve seen in my travels in the US and abroad. Djurgården is almost entirely public green space, dotted on the west end of the island with museums, galleries, and an amusement park. It became a royal hunting ground in the late 16th century, but by the late 18th century had become a popular recreation area. The path along the canal on the north side of the island is a wonderful route for running and biking, a pastoral landscape in the big city. 
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