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Bergian botanic garden

Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0

49% trees around it and 1,858 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km49%
  • wild within 10 km75%
  • species recorded1,858

The forest around

49% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 45%Grassland 11%Wetland 0%Water 31%Built-up 12%Trees 50%Grassland 7%Water 15%Built-up 28%Trees 43%Grassland 8%Water 19%Bare ground 0%Built-up 30%Trees 49%Grassland 8%Water 20%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 22%49%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km45%
  • 1–3 km50%
  • 3–6 km43%
  • 6–10 km49%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees50%
  • Grassland7%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water15%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up28%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

1,858 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur864 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
European mistletoe
European mistletoeViscum album196 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris181 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides145 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies137 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Bulbous chervil
Bulbous chervilChaerophyllum bulbosum135 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis123 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ginkgo
GinkgoGinkgo biloba122 recordsThis photo was taken by Susanna Giaccai . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention m · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malus domestica
Malus domesticaMalus domestica122 recordsW.carter · CC0
Sisymbrium strictissimum
Sisymbrium strictissimumSisymbrium strictissimum102 recordsRadio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria · CC BY 2.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata102 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa98 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 49%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 75%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,858Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan-1°-5°46 mm
  2. Feb0°-5°40 mm
  3. Mar3°-3°39 mm
  4. Apr9°1°37 mm
  5. May15°6°50 mm
  6. Jun19°11°78 mm
  7. Jul23°14°70 mm
  8. Aug22°13°72 mm
  9. Sep16°9°55 mm
  10. Oct10°4°63 mm
  11. Nov4°1°61 mm
  12. Dec1°-3°54 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Bergian botanic garden.

Botanical garden in Stockholm, Sweden

Bergian botanic garden is an arboretum in Sweden.

Seen from space, 49% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 75% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,858 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 626 fungi, 206 birds and 26 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pedunculate Oak, European mistletoe and Scots Pine.

The best time to walk is in June.

Bergianska 3
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Långholmens husbilscampingcampsite · 5.6 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Stallmästaregårdenplace to stay · 2.0 km · 247 within 10 km
  • Bergshamranearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
  • Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at ARN airport (Stockholm)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Bergian botanic garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 42marked trails within 5 kmLidingöloppet 30 km, Roslagsleden, etapp 1, Lidingöloppet 15 km and 39 more
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmPrins Eugens Ek, Äppelträd i Skogaholms köksträdgård, Birger jarls ek and 8 more
  • 297picnic sites within 4 km
  • 64shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 94viewpoints within 5 kmFatburen, Frösundatoppen and 92 more
  • 11visitor centres within 6 kmSjukhusinformation, click & services, KTH Information center and 8 more
  • 665car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmLångholmens husbilscamping, Tantolundens husbilscamping, Rösjöbadens Camping and 3 more
  • 247places to stay within 10 kmStallmästaregården, Lilla Rådmannen, Hotel Bentleys and 244 more
  • 457restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Bergian botanic garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas23 mountains within 25 km
Observatorielunden3.2 kmMariaberget5.6 kmPålsundsberget5.6 kmHammarbytoppen8.6 kmMeditationslunden11 kmHökarängstoppen102 m · 13 kmVikingaberget14 kmTelegrafberget24 km
Lakeyas22 lakes within 15 km
Brunnsviken1.4 km² · 0.5 kmHammarby sjö0.3 km² · 7.6 kmJärlasjön0.7 km² · 9.2 kmKälltorpssjön0.7 km² · 11 kmLångsjön0.3 km² · 12 kmÄltasjön0.7 km² · 14 kmFlaten0.6 km² · 15 kmGömmaren0.2 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
CosmonovaBortle 9 · 0.5 kmStockholm ObservatoryBortle 9 · 3.2 kmSaltsjöbaden ObservatoryBortle 6 · 18 kmKvistaberg ObservatoryBortle 6 · 29 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Makalös5.6 kmKaknästornet6.0 kmFåfängan6.9 kmGroggtornet10 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Skarpnäcksgrottan14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Bergianska 4
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bergianska tradgarden 6
Lennart Kjellman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Victoriaväxthuset i Bergianska trädgården
Alexandar Vujadinovic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Bergian botanic garden

Sweden

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,858Species

Haga park

Sweden · 1 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 44%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 2,327Species

See the guide

Bellevue park

Sweden · 2 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 2,326Species

See the guide

Uggleviken

Sweden · 2 km

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 33%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 2,322Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q819811) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species148,400 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
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