Kungseken (the Royal Oak)

Kungseken (the Royal Oak) line the road of Djurgårdsvägen/Manillavägen. Djurgården has northern Europe’s largest collection of ancient oaks, which are almost 500 years old. The oaks play a key role in the biological diversity of the park. An old oak can harbour up to 1000 species of insects. Bats, starlings, stock doves and tawny owls frequent the trees’ hollows. The large building is the Manilla School, built 1860–64, a bilingual special school for children who are deaf or have impaired hearing.