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6 Bergianska
trädgården
3 km (2 miles) N of Stockholm.
Tel 08­545 917 00.  Universitetet.
@ 40, 540. Edvard Anderson
Conservatory: Open Apr–Sep:
11am–5pm daily; Oct–Mar:
11am–4pm Mon–Fri, 11am–5pm
Sat & Sun. Victoria House: Open May–
Sep: 11am–4pm Mon–Fri; 11am–5pm
Sat & Sun. & 8 7 = -
∑ bergianska.se
Bergianska trädgården
(Bergius Botanic Garden)
Polar bear in a natural setting at Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet features plants from all over
the world in beautiful natural
5 Naturhistoriska small est creatures and the settings, and provides an
Riksmuseet giants of the sea, while attractive display throughout
penguins, sea lions and polar the year. The garden consists
5 km (3 miles) N of Stockholm. bears await vis itors in “The of different areas such as
Tel 08­519 540 00.  Universitetet. Polar Regions”. the systematic section, the
@ 40, 540. Open10am–6pm Tue– During the 1980s the restau­ Japanese pond, the orchard
Sun. 8 by appointment. & 7 =
- 0 ∑ nrm.se rant and museum courtyard and the wetland. There
were given an artistic is a kitchen garden in the
Completed in 1916, the vast facelift by Nils Stenqvist, shade of 100­year­old
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Gunnar Larsson and Pål spruce hedges, and an
(Natural History Museum) was Svensson, and a major area for spices
designed by Axel Anderberg extension was added and medicinal
and decora ted by Carl in the early 1990s. plants.
Fagerberg. The museum is a This also saw the The Italian
venerable institution, founded opening of terrace has
in 1739 by Carl von Linné Cosmonova, which is been one of
(1707–78) as part of Vetenskaps­ both a planetarium and the outlooks of
akademien (the Academy of an IMAX cinema. The the garden ever
Science). It is one of the ten archi tects were Uhlin Mola Mola, since it was founded
largest museums of its kind in & Malm. The dome­ Naturhistoriska at the end of the
the world. Over the centuries, shaped cinema screen Riksmuseet 19th century.
the number of exhibits has is 25 times the size of a From the end
risen to about 17 million. normal screen. It is largely of May until the middle
During the 1990s it was due to Cosmonova that of June, visitors can enjoy
modernized with the aim of the museum is now a major the wonderful flowering
providing “experience­based visitor attraction. of rhododendrons in the
knowledge”. There are The Vega Monument was valley leading down
permanent collections, such erected in front of the museum to Brunnsviken.
as “Treasures from the Earth’s in 1930 to mark the 50th The Victoria House
Interior” and “The Human anniversary of explorer Adolf (1900) houses tropical
Journey”, along with temporary Erik Nordenskiöld’s first voyage water plants, utility plants
exhibitions. In “4.5 Billion Years” through the North­East Passage and epiphytes. The Edvard
visitors can get acquainted in his ship Vega. Designed by Anderson Conservatory
with the dinosaurs and the Ivar Johnsson, it is an obelisk (1995) has large sections
earliest human beings. “Life in dark granite topped with a for Mediterranean and
and Water” presents both the copper ship. tropical plants.

Bergianska trädgården’s Edvard Anderson Conservatory, featuring Mediterranean and tropical plants

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