Why is Nynäshamn a de facto "port" for Stockholm?

Why is Nynäshamn a de facto "port" for Stockholm?

3/24/2017 6:59:07 PM

Nynäshamn is a suburb of Stockholm, so calling it a Stockholm port isn’t completely wrong.

In addition, it is geographically closer to Ventspils and Gdansk, the main destinations served by ferries from Nynäs, making travel times shorter for those simply wanting to get to their destination fast (especially in the case of Ventspils).

Nevertheless, Frihamnen and Stadsgaarden in central Stockholm remain the main ports for cruiseships, and Värtahamnen and Stadsgaarden for ferries

11/5/2011 6:12:22 PM

In fact, Nynäshamn certainly is not the “de facto” port of Stockholm, even for international cruise liners.

Quote from the Ports of Stockholm authority web site:

The Ports of Stockholm comprise a number of port areas, of which
Värtahamnen, Frihamnen and Loudden, as well as Stadsgården and
Skeppsbron are the most prominent commercially. […]

Värtahamnen, Frihamnen and Stadsgården have extensive ferry services
for both goods and passengers travelling to and from Finland and the
Baltic countries. Stadsgården and Skeppsbron are the points of arrival
and departure for the regular scheduled cruise traffic to and from
Mariehamn.

In the summer Stadsgården, Skeppsbron and Frihamnen are the ports favoured by the international cruise liners.

The same site gives a plausible explanation as to why your cruise ship chose to stop at such a remote port (emphasis mine):

Our most southern port – the Port of Nynäshamn – lies approximately
sixty kilometres south of Stockholm. Boats transporting both freight
and passengers depart from Nynäshamn.

[…]

In Nynäshamn we can also receive the larger international cruise
liners that are not able to, or do not want to, voyage through the
archipelago into Stockholm. In 2010 for example, a number of vessels
from the cruise company Norwegian called during May-September.

I think most of them would be able to, because many of the daily ferries to Finland or Baltic countries (such as M/S Viking Cinderella pictured below) are very large vessels too, and they have no problems navigating through the archipelago into the more central ports of Stockholm.

Edit: Well, looking at the map, it’s actually quite clear why some briefly visiting cruise ships—arriving from the south—would rather stop at Nynäshamn. They’d have to take a long, time-consuming detour to reach the ports closer to Stockholm (see the maritime routes marked on the map, which approach Stockholm from northeast).

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Photo: EnDumEn, Wikimedia Commons

Or is it an important tourist attraction in its own right that should
be given equal attention with Stockholm?

Nynäshamn seems to be a nice little seaside town (population around 13,000), but as a tourist attraction it’s not on par with Stockholm by any stretch of imagination. However, the Wikipedia article about it claims (no source cited) that it’s “a hugely popular destination for Swedes of all ages in the summer months”. 🙂

11/4/2011 3:10:59 AM

According to the Wiki page on Nynashamn, sure, Stockholm is a perfectly good port, BUT:

Several cruise ships on tours in the Baltic Sea also stay in the
harbour, because they are too large to go into Stockholm.

However it’s important to note that it would appear that’s only for the super-large boats. Stockholm is still the main Swedish terminal for Baltic sea cruises, and over 12 million passengers pass through the port every year.

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