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Stockholm - Skansen Open-Air Museum

The Skansen open-air museum, a branch of the Nordic Museum, extends over a large area to the east of the Biological Museum in Stockholm. The initiator and founder of the museum, which was opened in 1891, was Artur Hazelius, who was concerned to save something of the older Sweden before the development of industry had gone too far in changing the country.

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The old buildings brought together here include a church and a manor house, Lapp dwellings and an upland shieling (summer grazing station), smallholders' cottages and peasant farmhouses, and a whole quarter of a town, with craftsmen's workshops. Over the years some 150 old buildings of historical interest have been assembled at Skansen, which is now 10 times its original size. In the various houses and workshops visitors can see something of many traditional crafts - butter and cheese making, baking, weaving, basketwork, wood-turning, glass-blowing, etc.
Address
Skansen Open Air Museum
Box 27807
S-11593 Stockholm
Sweden
Hours
January 1 to April 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
May 1 to May 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close20:0020:0020:0020:0020:0020:0020:00
June 1 to August 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close22:0022:0022:0022:0022:0022:0022:00
September 1 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
October 1 to December 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
Tips
Admissions vary during year.
Transit
Bus 44 and 47
Typical Visit
2 hours

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Skansen Zoo
Stockholm's Skansen is a Zoo as well as a museum of cultural history. In its spacious grounds are examples of the various species of animals found in Sweden. Goats, hill cattle, etc., live in their appropriate setting, and there are separate enclosures for brown bears, polar bears, bison, elks and reindeer. There are also specimens of animals not found in Scandinavia, including monkeys, elephants, sealions and penguins; and many small animals and birds live wild. The zoo is open throughout the year.
Address
Skansen Open Air Museum
Box 27807
S-11593 Stockholm
Sweden
Typical Visit
2 hours
Entrance of a farm house at Skansen, Stockholm.
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