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Historiska museet
Behind the sculpted
bronze gateways of the
Swedish History Museum
is a wealth of material,
including a section
on Viking life. The Gold
Room shows priceless
prehistoric finds, such as
the Timboholm Treasure
(400–450 BC).

Moderna museet
The Fantastic Paradise (1966) Vikingaliv
by Niki de Saint Phalle and The only museum in
Jean Tinguely marks the way Sweden dedicated to the
up to the Moderna museet, with Viking age lets visitors
its collection of modern inter­ experi ence 10th­century
national and Swedish art. Viking life. The highlight is
Ragnfrid’s Saga, a thrilling
11­minute ride through a
Viking family’s experiences.
Östermalm

Blasieholmen

Djurgården Nordiska museet
This colossal building
Skepps holmen from 1907 houses
Gamla Stan many different
artifacts illustrating
everyday Swedish life
and customs, dating
from the 1520s.

Vasamuseet Skansen
A fatal capsizing in 1628 and a The world’s first open­air museum,
successful salvage operation founded in 1891, shows the
333 years later gave Stockholm Sweden of bygone days with farms
its most popular museum. Over and manor houses, urban scenes
98 per cent of the renovated and craftspeople at work. Nordic
warship Vasa is original. fauna and flora are also on display.

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