Sweden - Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

Skeppsbron and Youth Hostel of Chapman

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Sweden - Stockholm, Kaknastornet, The Kaknas TV Tower

Stockholm, Kaknastornet med (with) Djurgardsbrunnsviken.

The sender writes:
We had a wonderful time in Sweden!  The Vasa museum was amazing.

This postcard is from 2017.

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The Kaknäs tower (Swedish: Kaknästornet) is a TV tower in Gärdet in Stockholm, Sweden. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. The tower height is 155 metres (509 ft), or 170 metres (560 ft) with the antenna included.

Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden.  It was used for the diving, swimming, water polo and rowing competitions during the 1912 Summer Olympics, and during the Swedish championship 1930.

Sweden - Stockholm, Skogskyrkogården, The Granite Cross, UNESCO

UNESCO
World Heritage

Varldsarvet Skogskyrkogarden
Granitkorset med Almhojden till vanster och Minneslunden till hoger.
The Granite Cross

Translation:
Granite Cross with Almhojden left and memorial garden to the right.

Foto: Susanne Fesse
2016

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Almhöjden, or meditation grove, is the umbrella elms meditation place in Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm. 

Sweden - Stockholm, Skansen, Dancers in Traditional Dress

Stockholm. Skansen

Fargfoto: Giovanni Trimboli
1965

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Skansen is the first open air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833-1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

Skansen attracts more than 1.3 million visitors each year. The many exhibits over the 75 acre site include a full replica of an average 19th-century town, in which craftsmen in traditional dress such as tanners, shoemakers, silversmiths, bakers and glass-blowers demonstrate their skills in period surroundings.

There is also an open-air zoo containing a wide range of Scandinavian animals including the bison, brown bear, moose, grey seal, lynx, otter, red fox, reindeer, wolf, and wolverine. There are also farmsteads where rare breeds of farm animals can be seen.

In early December the site's central Bollnäs square is host to a popular Christmas market that has been held since 1903, attracting around 25,000 visitors each weekend. In the summer there are displays of folk dancing and concerts.