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Orkesta in the region of Stockholm is a town located in Sweden - some 19 mi or ( 30 km ) North of Stockholm , the country's capital .

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Local time in Orkesta is now 01:24 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Liepāja, Klaipėda, Pori, Visby, and Uppsala. When in this area, you might want to check out Liepāja . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Orkesta ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Free Radicals Trailer

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Hagroth and God's Almighty Psychonauts - Psychedelic

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Sweden, our politicians, how they motivate massimmigration

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Sweden, we investigate our politicians. Here the Center party member of parliament Lennart Pettersson is exposed. A citizen wrote him asking for his view on massimmigration. His answer is chocking. In ..

Roslagsbana Ormsta 15.04.2010 1

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Roslagsbananin juna lähtee Ormstan asemalta Tukholmaan ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Orkesta

Orkesta is a parish with 1103 inhabitants (2003), located in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden. It is located at 59°36'0.00"N (59.6 N) latitude, 18° 7'0.00"E (18.1167 E) longitude. Its altitude is at 21.95 meters (72 feet).

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Located at 59.60 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Geography of Stockholm, Uppland

Orkesta Runestones

The Orkesta Runestones are 11th century runestones engraved in Old Norse with the younger futhark that are located at the church of Orkesta north-east of Stockholm in Sweden. Several of the stones are raised by, or in memory of, the Swedish Viking Ulf of Borresta who during the eleventh century returned home three times with danegeld. The leaders of the three expeditions were Skagul Toste (Tosti), Thorkell the Tall (Þorketill) and Canute the Great (Knútr).

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Located at 59.60 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Runestones in Uppland, Runestones in memory of Viking warriors

Snottsta and Vreta stones

The Snottsta and Vreta stones are individual runestones known as U 329, U 330, U 331 and U 332. They are found on the homesteads of Snottsta (also spelled Snåttsta) and Vreta, and they tell in Old Norse with the younger futhark about the family story of Gerlög and Inga in 11th century Uppland, Sweden, together with the Hillersjö stone (U 29) and the runestone U 20/21.

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Located at 59.62 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Runestones, Gerlög and Inga

Lingsberg Runestones

The Lingsberg Runestones are two 11th century runestones, listed as U 240 and U 241 in the Rundata catalog, and one fragment, U 242, that are engraved in Old Norse using the younger futhark and located at the farm at Lingsberg, which is about 2 kilometres east of Vallentuna (halfway to Kusta), which is about 24 kilometres north of the center of Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, which was part of the former province of Uppland.

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Located at 59.55 18.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Runestones in Uppland, Runestones in memory of Viking warriors

Vallentuna Municipality

Vallentuna Municipality (Vallentuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vallentuna. The current municipality was established as a result of the municipal reform of 1971. Its coat of arms depicts an eagle, a broad axe and two stars.

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Located at 59.53 18.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Metropolitan Stockholm, Municipalities of Stockholm County, Municipalities of Sweden