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Stockholm Travel Guide

Sweden's beautiful capital has a picturesque setting that makes the city unique. The difference between seasons is quite large, the summers green with mild nights, and the winters dark, cold, rainy, sometimes snowy, and with millions of Christmas candles in the windows.

About Stockholm

Stockholm covers an area of 120 square Km and is estimated to have a population of 1.3 million people being the capital and the largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the official residence of the Swedish monarch.

Attractions

Posted in Stockholm by admin on March 14, 2008

Djurgårdsslätten 49-51
Stockholm 115 93 Sweden

+46 (0)8 442 8000

a2.jpgOpen HoursJan-Apr: 10a-4p M-F, May: 10a-8p M-F, Jun-Aug: 10a-10p M-F, Sep: 10a-5p M-F, Oct-Dec: 10a-4p M-F

Skansen, founded in 1891, is the world’s largest and oldest open-air museum. It is also Stockholm’s only zoo with a large collection of Swedish and Scandinavian animals, both tame and wild. Skansen also contains gardens and plantations of Swedish flora, an impressive collection of traditional buildings and houses brought and restored from different parts of the country. You can see anything from a typical 19th-century Skåne house to a small metal factory belonging to the last century.

Globen

Kungliga Slottet

Riddarholmskyrkan

Ulriksdals slott

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