Mariefred starts her sailing season in the middle of May
and ends it five months later in the middle of September. At the beginning
and towards the end of the season she sails weekends only, but for ten solid
weeks in June, July and August there is a regular daily traffic between Stockholm
and Mariefred with the exception of Mondays.
Saturdays during the entire season Mariefred makes an extra short trip to
Taxinge-Näsby.
There is a dining saloon on upper deck and a cafeteria on lower deck. Steamboat
steak and salmon are daily on the menu among other things.
Moreover, the steamboat is open to charter traffic in Mälaren and the
Stockholm archipelago, a growing business in constant demand. Charter price:
4 000 SEK per hour and VAT (at present 6%). Meals of all kinds can be served
on board.
We all need friends...
...even boats. And Mariefred is lucky in that way. Her society at home in
the small town of Mariefred has about 500 members, who year in and year out
contribute to her maintenance and well-being. And furthermore, in Stockholm
we find Stiftelsen Skärgårdsbåten working for the same noble
purpose.
In order to heighten the public interest in old steamers the society Stiftelsen
Twice
a year - in May and September - there are excursions arranged in order to
explore the cultural aspects of Mälaren and its interesting castles,
manor houses, churches and heritages. Mariefred spends the winter at Beckholmen
shipyard in Stockholm for yearly maintenance and repair works.
For further information please contact our office:
Phone 0046 * 8 669 88 50
FAX 0046* 8 658 67 62
Address; GMÅA, Box 170 83
S - 104 62 STOCKHOLM
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Naval architect: Ernst Adolf Hernberg