Stockholm Tourist Attractions
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Top Tourist Attractions in Stockholm
Stockholm lies on a number of islands and peninsulas at the outflow of Lake Mälar into the Baltic, which here forms a deep inlet. The charm of its setting lies in the intermingling of land and water - the skerries fringing the coast, the crags rearing up from the sea, the intricate pattern of waterways encompassing the city.
Stockholm Underground (T-Bana)
An underground railroad system (Tunnelbana, or T-Bana for short), begun in 1930 but actively developed only after 1945, links the center of Stockholm with its various suburbs. The T-Bana stations are a kind of city-wide art exhibition: the tunnels blasted out of the rock were left in their natural state, painted in bright colors and skillfully lit.
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Djurgården
The site of a former royal hunting preserve, this park is today home to several museums, including the Skansen Open-Air Museum.
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Vetenskapsstaden and Lidingö
Natural History Museum
On the north side of Stockholm is the district of Vetenskapstaden ("City of Learning"), in which are the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet), with an interesting range of collections, including a geological section.
Cosmonova Planetarium
Stockholm's Cosmonova Planetarium contains an Evans and Sutherland Digistar which was installed in 1992. Its dome measures 23 meters.It also features Omnimax technology.
Millesgården
On an island to the northeast of Stockholm can be found the residential suburb of Lidingö, in which Millesgården is located, the former home and studio of the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955), now a museum, which in addition to major works by Milles himself displays his collection of Greek and Roman art. In the grounds of the house, from which is a fine view of Stockholm, are replicas of various sculptures by MIlles.
Norrmalm
From Gamla Stan the Norrbro leads into the Norrmalm district of Stockholm. At the end of the bridge is Gustav Adolfs Torg, with an equestrian statue of Gustavus Adolphus (1796). In the square, to the left, stands the Crown Prince's Palace (1783), which has been occupied since 1906 by the Foreign Ministry. To the right, with a view of the inlet of Strömmen, is the Opera House, and north of this is St James's Church (Jakobskyrka, 1643; tower 1735). From here a series of public gardens extend northward, with the Kungsträdgård (King's Garden), a favorite meeting place, and statues of Charles XII and XIII. In the Kungsträdgård is Sverigehus (Sweden House), with a tourist information office.
Swedish National Museum
Southeast of Stockholm's Gustav Adolfs Torg, at the southern tip of the Blasieholm peninsula, is the National Museum, with Sweden's finest art collection, including painting and sculpture, decorative art and a department of modern applied art. The gallery has important works by Dutch and Flemish artists, including Rembrandt ("Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis" and "The Painter's Cook"), Rubens ("Bacchanale" and "Sacrifice to Venus") and Frans Hals the Elder ("Fiddler") and many pictures by 18th century French painters (Boucher, Watteau, etc.). Modern Swedish painting is represented by D. K. Ehrenstrahl, Al Roslin, Carl Fredrik Hill, Prince Eugen, Ernst Josephson, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Karl Norström and Anders Zorn. There is also a department of graphic art, with interesting architectural drawings.In the gardens on the northwest side of the museum is a bronze group, "The Wrestlers" ("Bältespännare", 1867), depicting an old Nordic form of wrestling in which the contestants were tied together at the waist.
Metro
The Stockholm Tunnelbana has three lines encompassing 110km of track and 100 stations of which 64km and 55 stations are underground. Several of the deep underground stations are cut into solid rock which were left with cave-like ceilings. The builders carved fascinating artistic objects out of the rock. One like the base of a gigantic Greek column (Station Radhuset) resembles the excavated remains of some lost city of Atlantis encased in an ancient lava flow. The Station Kungstradgarden has torsos and lion heads emerging from the rock. Modern murals and statues are liberally used in many other stations.
Stockholm Music Museum
The Stockholm Music Museum has over 200 instruments on display as well as theatrical and musical archival material. Musikmuseet has Sweden's largest music archives with material primarily related to Swedish individuals and institutions in the fields of music and theatre.
Carl Eldh Studio Museum
The Carl Eldh Studio Museum consists of the well-preserved studio of the famous Swedish sculptor Carl Eldh and his collected works. There are over 400 works spanning the entire career of Carl Eldh.
Greek Cultural Center
The Greek Cultural Centre offers a variety of events and activities to help maintain the Greek-Swedish cultural inheritance. There are 20,000 volumes in the library on Greek literature and culture, museum artifacts and photographs.
Museum of Medieval Stockholm
Visitors to the Museum of Medieval Stockholm can experience medieval Stockholm, with its brick houses and booths, workshops, harbour and gallows. It relates the medieval history of the city from the 1250s to the 1520s.
Nordiska Kompaniet
Nordiska Kompaniet is the major department store in the North. It is conveniently located in midtown and this makes it accessible to all of the major Stockholm hotels. There are a number of individual boutiques.
Postal Museum
The history of the Post Office and stamps is found in the museum. A permanent exhibition of the origin of the stamp, artists behind the stamp and how the picture was developed on the stamp.
Royal Armoury
The Royal Armoury houses items from the Swedish regents, their families and the Swedish Court over the last 500 years. Many of the pieces are from state ceremonies, weddings, coronations and funerals.
Royal Coin Cabinet
The first economic museum in Europe, the Royal Coin Cabinet has coins, banknotes, credit cards, tokens and medals on display. Money from around the world and the history of savings are other highlights.
Cruise Port
From here, majestic cruise ships depart for distant ports of call. While docked, these mighty ships are a spectacle for all to see.
Dance Museum
The collections of the Dance Museum features dance, theatre, art and music from around the world and from different cultures.
Swedish Customs Museum
The Swedish Customs Museum features exhibits on customs in Sweden. It is housed in the first customs house in Stockholm. There is a large display on smuggling.
Tekniska Museet
This is a large science and technology museum housing an aviation gallery including some early aircraft used in Sweden in the 1920s and 30s.
Telecommunications Museum
The Telecommunications Museum shows the developments in telecommunications within the fields of telegraphy, telephony, radio and television.
Skeppsholmen Museums
To the south of the National Museum in Stockholm is a bridge leading on to the island of Skeppsholm, formerly occupied by the Swedish navy, on which are the Skeppsholm Church (1842), the Museum of Architecture, the Museum of East Asian Art and the Modern Museum, with a large collection of contemporary art (periodic special exhibitions) and a Museum of Photography.
Modern Art Museum
Designed by Rafael Moneo, the museum opened in 1958. It houses the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Sweden: 6,000 paintings, sculptures, objects and installations, 26,000 works on paper (drawings, etchings, etc.), 100,000 photographs and nearly 300 films and videos.
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities has a collection of over 100,000 items from countries such as Korea, India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Highlights include archeological objects, Indian sculpture and Chinese paintings.
Swedish Museum of Architecture
The Swedish Museum of Architecture is devoted to illustrating the history of architecture in Sweden, and providing exhibitions about architecture from around the world.
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