VASA AND SKANSEN MUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM

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Day 3: Stockholm: Vasa Museum, Skansen, Stockholm Metro: Kungsttadgarden, Radhuset, Solna Centrum, Stadium and Tekniska Höskolan

The alarm sounds at 7 in the morning and the truth is that after having traveled a good part of Stockholm yesterday and having fallen in bed at about 1 in the morning, we would not have cared to be a little longer in the shelter of the Nordic. But today we have many things to see, like the Vasa and Skansen Museum in Stockholm, so we went down to breakfast at 8 in the morning at the Comfort Stockholm Hotel lounge and after filling the stomach, after 9 in the morning we went back to the streets of Stockholm, where despite the low temperatures, the sun shines .

Luckily the weather predictions fail a lot because if this had not been a trip to Stockholm passed by water. Imagine that every time we looked at it, the predictions gave rain 95% of the days we were going to be here.

Our first stop today will be the Vasa Museum, a museum expressly built to house the only ship of the 17th century, the Vasa, which has remained so far with more than 98% of its original structure.
The Vasa Museum is 2 kilometers from the hotel, so we took advantage of the walk to enjoy again the streets of a city that has fallen in love with us.

Road to the Vasa Museum

Stockholm

We arrived at the Vasa Museum almost at 10 in the morning after enjoying a walk through the port area, where we passed yesterday with the Royal Tour.

Stockholm. Vasa and Skansen Museum

In this era the Vasa Museum opens from 8:30 in the morning to 18 in the afternoon and when we arrive we already find a fairly long queue, so we recommend that if you come on the weekend, come early so you don't have to wait too long.
The price is 130 crowns per person, but with the Stockholm Card admission is free.
After a few minutes of queuing, we see that in the side area there is a step, through which you do not have to queue and pass with the Stockholm Card, so there we go, to discover one of the most impressive museums that We have never seen.

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In 1628 the Vasa sailed from the port of Stockholm when a gust of wind made him sting and although he tried to correct the course immediately, a second gust hit him again causing the water to enter the Vasa and sink.
333 years later, Vasa was refloated.

You'll. Stockholm

In the early 1950s, Anders Franzén began looking for the remains of the Vasa and knowing that in the Baltic waters the mollusk Teredo Navalis does not live, which devours the remains of wood in the salt water, he began his search for one of the most important symbols from Stockholm

Vasa Details

Through documents of the time it has been known that the initial plans were modified for various reasons, one of them the decision of the king who wanted more cannons on board, so the dimensions of the ship had to be modified.
Despite all the measures that were put in place for the ship to remain, in the end the Vasa proved too heavy to stay afloat.
The visit to the Vasa Museum is about two hours or so, since you have to tell that different floors are accessed, with exhibits of objects found on the ship apart from being able to see the Vasa from different heights.
This visit is essential in our opinion and certainly one of the experiences that we will not forget about our trip to Stockholm.

We leave the Vasa Museum about 12 in the morning and continue our way to the next stop of the day: Skansen or the largest open-air museum in the world, before going through the Abba Museum, one of the most visited in Stockholm (this museum does not accept the Stockholm Card). If you want to visit it you can book the ticket here in advance.

Abba Museum in Stockholm

The Vasa and Skansen Museum They are separated by about 500 meters, so making these visits on the same day can be interesting.

Skansen

The entrance costs 170 crowns per person, also free with the Stockholm Card and as soon as you enter, we realize what this open-air museum means to Stockholm. Although it is a place that deserves a visit, the most appropriate to do so without children, since it has a large number of spaces dedicated to them.
If you do not have the card you can book here in advance the entrance ticket.

Skansen in Stockholm

Skansen The largest open-air museum in the world

Skansen is located on the island of Djurgården and is both an open-air museum and a zoo. Here we can discover five centuries of the history of Sweden through dwellings of the time, and people who perform handmade tasks of the moment.

Interior of a church in Skansen

After a walk of "recognition"Through the northern area where we reach the children's zoo, we return to the central part where shortly before 1 noon we take the opportunity to eat in one of the picnic areas where there are several beach bars around.
The first serves elk meat and how could it be otherwise, there we go. We ordered a pancake with moose meat and potatoes and a sandwich plus a couple of waters for 170 crowns that we tasted in front of a playground laughing while watching the reactions of the little ones.

Eating moose meat in Skansen

Half past 1 o'clock passes when we resume our journey to the downtown area of Skansen, where we find several craft shops with live demonstrations and where we take the opportunity to have a couple of ice creams, by the way, for 50 crowns.

Downtown Skansen

Views of Stockholm from Skansen

It's a little after 3 p.m. when we finish the visit to Skansen and we take advantage that just in front of the entrance door the tram passes to go to Kungsttadgarden, where we want to start the Estocolomo metro stops route.
A good option to learn more about the history of the subway and not miss an interesting stop is to book this guided tour in Spanish.

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With the Stockholm Card we also have free transportation, so let's take advantage of it by doing one of the most interesting tours of the city 😉

Kungsttadgarden

Once enjoyed the feeling of being inside a true work of art and taking the photos at this station we follow the route of the blue metro line, moving to Radhuset just 2 stops from where we are.
Just get off the subway, we wait a few minutes for people to leave, we have to say that the truth is that there is not much volume at this time and there we are going to take pictures of one of the places that we most They are attracting attention from Stockholm.

Radhuset Stockholm Metro

From here we continue to Solna Centrum, 4 stops, with which we end the most tourist stops of the blue metro line.

Solna Centrum

In Stockholm all metro stops are adorned one way or another. We have made the journey through the best known and most spectacular, but if you have time, we believe that spending a few hours underground, is a new way to get to know the city and above all enjoy true works of art.
From Solna Centrum we return on our steps to make a stop in Central, next to our hotel, where we find another art show.

Central. Stockholm

A few minutes past 4 pm when in Central we connect with the red line to go to Stadium and Tekniska Höskolan, the two stops we want to see from the red line of the Stockholm metro.

Stadium Stockholm Metro

Stockholm Metro

After these two stops and seeing that it is 5 in the afternoon, we take advantage that we are near the hotel to return to Central and make a kat kit to have a coffee and work for a while, that although we are traveling, we must always update some things on the blog and answer some email that comes to us.
And as soon as you leave the subway station, guess: a completely gray sky and a rather uncomfortable rain are waiting for us. Exactly at the time that put the web of the time, so with more reason we have to go to the Hotel Comfort Stockholm in search of refuge.
At 7 in the afternoon we went out for dinner and seeing that it is still raining we approached the Yama Sushi, a Japanese located inside the Central Station, where we ordered 3 trays of makis for 31 crowns, watered with free water, which as we discussed earlier in Stockholm It's free. All great!