Island, Museum, Amusement park, Skanzen, Park
One of Stockholm's largest islands, Djurgården, is often referred to as a "museum island" because it has several important - often world-class - museums. But not only that. Djurgården is also home to Stockholm's largest amusement park, as well as vast parks and forests where many locals head for walks after work or on weekends. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Stockholm" https://www.booking.com/city/se/stockholm.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p…
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The Nobel Prize is an annual award for major scientific discoveries, technical advances or outstanding contributions to society in the field of peace or literature. It has been awarded since 1901 following the wishes expressed in the will of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel. One of the most visited museums in Sweden is dedicated to the history of the Nobel Prize, the most important discoveries and all the laureates. [btn "The 10 best hotels in…
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Nordiska museet is the largest museum on Stockholm's Djurgården island and one of the largest and most important in Sweden. The museum traces Swedish cultural history and ethnography, with overlap to all other Nordic countries. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Stockholm" https://www.booking.com/city/se/stockholm.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-stockholm-nordiska-museet] Visitors will be impressed by the lavish building from 1907, which is itself one…
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Museum, Skanzen, Zoo
Visit the island of Djurgården to the oldest open-air museum in the world, which is also one of the largest. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Stockholm" https://www.booking.com/city/se/stockholm.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-stockholm-skansen] The museum, simply called Skansen, already gives a hint of what to expect. Wander the 75-acre site and discover how life was lived in Sweden and the Nordic countries in the days before the Industrial Revolution…
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Probably few readers have never heard the famous songs from the 70s and 80s of the legendary Swedish music group ABBA. The band may have broken up in 1982, but the songs and their history still survive in Stockholm's famous ABBA Museum. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Stockholm" https://www.booking.com/city/se/stockholm.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-stockholm-abba] Stockholm is the city where this famous band formed in the 1970s and began their…
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The Vasa Maritime Museum is one of many on the island of Djurgården and one of the most visited in Scandinavia. It gets its name from the central exhibit that takes up most of the museum's interior - the Vasa warship from the Vasa dynasty. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Stockholm" https://www.booking.com/city/se/stockholm.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-stockholm-skansen] The giant ship across the museum As soon as you enter the main hall of the…
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Fotografiska is a very popular museum of contemporary photography, art and culture and is located in two locations in Stockholm. The institution also has branches in New York, Berlin and Tallinn, Estonia. What will you see at the museum? The museum is connected to the gallery and the permanent exhibition on the history of photography, both technically and artistically, is complemented by frequent temporary exhibitions on specific themes. The…
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