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  Vaxholm - The Capital of the archipelago
The town and municipality of Vaxholm cover 112 square kilometres of land and water, spreading across 64 islands.
For a number of years the municipality of Vaxholm has shown the fastest growth in population among all Swedish municipalities and the town keeps growing.
The excellent Vaxholm herring was rowed into Vaxholm by boat and from Vaxholm into Stockholm.
www.vaxholm.se /turism/eng/index.asp   (910 words)

  
  The Manila Times Internet Edition | LIFE & TIMES > Vaxholm: A summer paradise
To visit Vaxholm is an experience; it is part of a wonderful living archipelago community, with approximately 60 islands and just over 10,000 inhabitants.
The first writings about the history of Vaxholm dates back to the 16th century when King Gustav Vasa ordered the isle of Vaxholm to be fortified in order to lock the approach to Stockholm.
Vaxholm is the gateway to the northern Baltic.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/aug/07/yehey/life/20060807lif7.html   (296 words)

  
 19gosweden.ART - The Boston Globe
Vaxholm is often called the ''capital" of the archipelago.
Vaxholm and the nearby islands of Resaro and Tynningo have traditional Midsummer celebrations with the raising of the maypole, dancing, and outdoor parties, all in a gorgeous island setting.
Vaxholm is 21 miles northeast of Stockholm, about 30 minutes by car and an hour by boat.
www.boston.com /travel/articles/2005/06/19/if_you_go_sweden   (410 words)

  
 Cottages in Vaxholm Archipelago   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Vaxholm is an ideal location for anyone who wants to see the sights of Stockholm and also enjoy the delights of the Archipelago.
Vaxholm is an important hub for boat services in the archipelago.
Vaxholm itself is a charming archipelago town with all the facilities you are likely to need.
www.dess.se /envaxholm.htm   (110 words)

  
 Vaxholm - How to get here
There are several alternative roads from E4 to Vaxholm.
Once you have left road E18 and are driving on road 274 towards Vaxholm you can turn off towards Bogesund at Säbyvik.
This is the old road to Vaxholm that is full of little hills and frequent curves.
www.vaxholm.se /turism/eng/by_car.asp   (0 words)

  
 Vaxholm: Protektionism mot fri rörlighet - Svenskt Näringsliv
El-ettans ordförande Mikael Prohorenko sätter upp lappar om blockad i Vaxholm, i mars 2004.
Det innebär att även den nya regeringen anser att Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet och ett stort antal andra svenska fackförbund hade rätt att blockera det lettiska företaget Laval så att det till sist måste upphöra med sitt tillfälliga arbete i Sverige och avbryta sitt entreprenadkontrakt med Vaxholms kommun.
I Vaxholm fick de svenska fackens blockader förödande konsekvenser för det lettiska företaget och dess anställda.
www.svensktnaringsliv.se /fragor/utlandska_foretag_i_sverige/article19927.ece   (668 words)

  
 Photos : Vaxholm - Archipelago - Stockholm in summer - Sweden
Vaxholm is a small town of 8500 inhabitants in the North-East of Stockholm and is located on an island.
Vaxholm fortress in the middle of the access channel to Stockholm.
Vaxholm hostel was built in the middle of the 20th century.
www.objectif-suede.com /show_theme_en-7.html   (132 words)

  
 Vaxholm - the Stockholm guide to tourist information, hotels & maps.
Vaxholm´s history runs from the first half of the 16th century when Gustav Vasa had a block house built on the little island where Vaxholm Fortress is located today.
The Vaxholm Artillery Corps was established in 1889.
The Vaxholm Artillery Corps was changed into the newly formed Coastal Artillery in 1902 with one regiment in Vaxholm and one in Karlkrona.
www.stockholmtown.com /templates/page____7105.aspx?epslanguage=EN   (526 words)

  
 ARCHIPELAGOES  Stockholms skärgård  Vaxholm
Redan 1851 etablerades dagliga ångbåtsförbindelser mellan Vaxholm och Stockholm, och det blev inledningen till att välbärgade Stockholmsbor började bygga sommarhus i Vaxholm och på öarna runt omkring.
Vaxholm ligger i innerskärgården med skyddade vatten, som ger rika möjligheter till en rad olika vattensporter.
Ett rikt kulturliv, en spännande historia och det stora utbudet av fritidsaktiviteter har inspirerat såväl konstnärer som artister och idrottsutövare att slå sig ner i eller besöka Vaxholm.
www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/SVENSKA/STOCKHOLM/VAXHOLM.HTM   (563 words)

  
 Vaxholm, Sweden
Vaxholm lies on the island of Vaxö, northeast of Stockholm on the channel used by seagoing vessels making for the capital.
The fortress of Vaxholm was given its present form in 1838, but immediately after this rebuilding lost any military significance, since its walls could not withstand modern artillery.
During the 19th century this was a favorite summer resort of the people of Stockholm, and the little summer houses with a carved decoration and enclosed verandas, in which the inhabitants drank their evening punch, are relics of that period.
www.planetware.com /sweden/vaxholm-s-upp-vax.htm   (189 words)

  
 Vaxholm, Sweden
Vaxholm Municipality (Kommun) is a municipality of the Stockholm archipelago in central Sweden.
In Vaxholm lays the fortress of Vaxholm, built between 1836-1863, and perhaps the most notable thing in the municipality.
Today, many of islands (among them the main island Vaxholm) can be reached be bridges from the mainland.
creekin.net /c6831-n177-vaxholm-sweden.html   (170 words)

  
 Vaxholm - Vermietung von Ferienhäusern in Vaxholm, Schweden, Västergötland, Dalsland. Ferienwohnung und Ferienhaus ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Vaxholm - Vermietung von Ferienhäusern in Vaxholm, Schweden, Västergötland, Dalsland.
Ferienhaus bei Stockholm, Mittel-Schweden, Vaxholm für 7 Personen (Schweden) [653359]
Vaxholm Ferienhaus Stockholm + Umgebung Ferienhaus Vaxholm Ferienhaus Ferienhaus Söder- & Västmanland - Urlaub in Söder- & Västmanland Stockholm + Umgebung Ferienwohnung Schweden Ferienwohnung Ferienhaus Schweden - Urlaub in Schweden
www.tourist-online.de /Schweden/Stockholm/Vaxholm.html   (335 words)

  
 Vaxholm, Sweden
Vaxholm Municipality (Kommun) is a municipality of the Stockholm archipelago in central Sweden.
In Vaxholm lays the fortress of Vaxholm, built between 1836-1863, and perhaps the most notable thing in the municipality.
Today, many of islands (among them the main island Vaxholm) can be reached be bridges from the mainland.
www.creekin.net /c6831-n177-vaxholm-sweden.html   (170 words)

  
 Waxholmsbolaget - Waxholm
Vaxholm became a town in its own right in 1647.
It is no wonder the Stockholmers were quick to make Vaxholm their summer paradise, once the steamboats started frequenting the archipelago in the 1800’s.
The harbour soon became a meeting point and the town also gave its name to what is today the backbone of all the traffic through the archipelago, Waxholms bolaget.
www.waxholmsbolaget.se /show.asp?id=7127   (196 words)

  
 Vaxholm and the Stockholm Archipelago
The village of Vaxholm is a quaint resort town located about 45 kilometers from Stockholm.
After exploring Vaxholm, we took a ferry in a loop around the central archipelago before returning to Stockholm.
A chapel on the grounds of Vaxholm's oldest church.
www.edwebproject.org /scandinavia/vaxholm.html   (436 words)

  
 Learn more about Vaxholm in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Learn more about Vaxholm in the online encyclopedia.
Vaxholm is a municipality in central Sweden, in the county of Stockholm.
The village of Ytterby is part of the Vaxholm municipality.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /v/va/vaxholm.html   (144 words)

  
 Vaxholm case could lead to EU crisis of confidence   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Laval argues that the industrial actions taken in Vaxholm were not in compliance with EU law and brought the case to the Swedish labour court, which decided to ask for a preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
But the right to collective action is, together with freedom of association and the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, recognized as a fundamental right in international conventions, such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and in the constitutional traditions common to EU member states.
The promises from the commission that the proposed directive would not lead to social dumping and a race to the bottom in terms of pay and conditions were never very convincing.
www.ezilon.com /information/article_13269.shtml   (1090 words)

  
 ARCHIPELAGOES  Stockholm archipelago  Vaxholm
The archipelago's fortress town Vaxholm is only a one-hour boat trip away from Stockholm.
Founded in 1647, the historic town of Vaxholm is compact and easy to explore on foot.
On the small island opposite the town is Vaxholm Castle with its Fortress Museum.
www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/STOCKHOLM/vaxholm.htm   (249 words)

  
 CyberCity / Vaxholm / Historia
1700-talets Vaxholm hade stark anknytning till fästningen och farleden in till Stockholm.
Vid början av 1800-talet var Vaxholm länets största stad (Stockholm lydde under överståthållaren).
Vaxholm var då en av länets minsta städer men också ett viktigt skärgårdscentrum, som attraherade båtburna sommargäster.
www.historia.su.se /urbanhistory/cybcity/stad/vaxholm/historia.htm   (297 words)

  
 Visit Vaxholm And Fall In Love With It
Vaxholm is one of the most popular destinations of the Stockholm archipelago.
The Vaxholm Kastellet (castle) on the rock at the east side is now a museum for coastal defense.
Vaxholm is maybe too small to spend your whole vacation there, but if you don’t have much time but still want to catch a glimpse of the archipelago, then this is the place to see.
www.stockholm-sweden-travel-guide.com /vaxholm.html   (434 words)

  
 Vaxholm Fortress Museum
The new fortress museum at Vaxholm citadel was officially opened by the King of Sweden in 2003 and is the Swedish armed forces largest museum.
The museum’s aim is to describe the history of our coastal defence with special attention given to the development of the archipelago’s defences over 500 years.
At Vaxholm citadel there is also an exhibition of the Fortification’s history.
www.vaxholmsfastning.se /index_eng.html   (349 words)

  
 Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Vaxholm and the Archipelago
The town of Vaxholm is one of the major gateways to the archipelago’s outer islands.
I’d have to factor in that extra travel time when we would head back to Stockholm, given the fact we were meeting friends of a colleague of mine for dinner at 6pm, in a western suburb of the capital.
The Vaxholm waterfront immediately gave away that it was a summer resort town: harborside cafes, charming hotels, ice cream stands, even a gas station on the harbor so day trippers could refuel their boats.
www.andycarvin.com /000473.html   (2236 words)

  
 Bildt Comments: The Vaxholm Battle
Vaxholm is a small town in the Stockholm archipelago.
It is centered around the fortifications built there since half a millenium in order to prevent any hostile navy from ever entering Stockholm.
And also Vaxholm will be better as a result.
bildt.blogspot.com /2005/10/vaxholm-battle.html   (883 words)

  
 LO - Landsorganisationen i Sverige - Fakta om Byggnads konflikt i Vaxholm
Bemanningsavtalet Ordning och reda Konflikten i Vaxholm Anställningsvillkor Lönestatistik Rapporter
I början av sommaren 2004 inledde det lettiska byggföretaget L and P Baltic Bygg om- och tillbyggnad av Söderfjärdsskolan i Vaxholm.
Den offentliga debatten med anledning av konflikten i Vaxholm har till viss del kretsat kring Sveriges införande av utstationeringsdirektivet och kommissionens förslag om ett nytt tjänstedirektiv.
www.lo.se /home/lo/home.nsf/unidView/4CA5C8558AA549D2C1256F720060D909   (886 words)

  
 Del 2: Skolbygget blev ett europeiskt ödesdrama
Ett halvår efter att det lettiska bolaget på detta sätt drivits i konkurs intervjuar jag Byggettans ordförande Torgny Johansson, som ledde aktionen i Vaxholm.
Blockaden i Vaxholm har blivit ett prejudikatmål i EU-domstolen.
På tevebilderna från Vaxholm är det en viss Jan-Olof Gustavsson i självlysande byggjacka som får gestalta svensk arbetarvrede.
www.dn.se /DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=486076   (3477 words)

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