There are a number of museums on Djurgården island near the old centre.
The
must see one is Vasa museum, built to exhibit the boat built in the 17th
century for the King, but unfortunately capsized on its maiden trip.
It is so ornate, and obviously top heavy for the disaster to happened.
The
description of locating the boat, who designed it, the provision on
board, life of seamen etc are all very interestingly displayed. A joy to
see such an exhibition, and the restaurant right next to water is great
to relax the feet afterwards.
We also visited
Skansen, a sprawling park with old buildings of various ages and from
different locations being installed there to show building style in rural Sweden in the
past. There are also Nordic animals like reindeers, mooses, seals living in
partition areas.
Nearby the building that Nordic museum occupies is majestic, the display is voluminous and quite overwhelming.
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