Skansen is the world's first open-air museum, founded in 1891. Here you can stroll through five centuries of Swedish history, from north to south, with a real sense of the past all around in the historical buildings and dwellings, peopled by characters in period dress.

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

July 9, 2023

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When the summer weather is nice, Stockholmers flock to the Skansen open-air museum. You can spend a whole day on Skansen without ever getting bored.
The open-air museum goes back to Dr. Artur Hazelius (1833 – 1901) back. He wanted to present Swedish cultural history in a new way. This is how the world's first open-air museum, the Skansen Open-Air Museum, came into being in 1881.

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HansJoergOtt

April 25, 2017

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In this park you get in concentrated form insight into life as it used to be in Sweden.

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Elevation 30 m

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1. Stortorget, Gamla Stan (Old Town) – Strömbron Bridge loop from Henriksdal

2. Stortorget, Gamla Stan (Old Town) – Strömbron Bridge loop from Henriksdal

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