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Länsmuseet Västernorrland
Part of the Murberget museum complex, this excellent Ångermanland features permanent exhibitions, such as historic photographs and Sami handicraft. Of equal interest are its temporary offerings that may include a display of folk weapons through the ages, a study of Swedens attitude
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Judiska Museet
Expanding Swedish history beyond Vasa and Vikings, this kosher little museum explores Swedish Jewry since 1774. Nifty pull-out display cabinets cover everything from the Holocaust and Raoul Wallenberg (a Swedish Oscar Schindler of sorts) to Torah silverware, ceremonial Passover ite
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Gråborg
The largest Iron Age ring fort in Sweden, Gråborg was built as the Roman Empire was crumbling. Its impressively monumental walls measure 640m around, even though much of the stonework was plundered for later housing. After falling into disuse, the fort sprang back to life around 12
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Umedalens Skulpturpark
Perhaps appropriately located in the vast grounds of Umeås former psychiatric hospital, this contemporary sculpture park features the efforts of Anthony Gormley and Sean Henry, among others. Works range from the eerie New Perspective sound installation by Lin Peng and humorous Eye
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Stora Sjöfallet National Park
Bordering Sarek National Park to the north is the mountainous and thickly forested Stora Sjöfallet National Park, dominated by Áhkká (2105m), known as the ‘Queen of Lappland’ and crowned with ten glaciers. The Kungsleden passes through Stora Sjöfallet and at the eastern end of the
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Stone Age Rock Carvings
Glösa, 40km northwest of Östersund and by the Alsensjön lake, has some of Sweden’s finest Stone Age petroglyphs. The carvings, on rock slabs beside a stream, feature large numbers of elk and date from 5000 BC. There’s also an excellent reconstruction of a Stone Age hut and replicas
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Färgfabriken
Contemporary art fiends drool over Färgfabriken . The place that once made lawn-mowers now makes headlines with its leading exhibitions – indeed, the New York Art Forum named this hub for contemporary art and architecture one of the world’s best galleries. Check listings or the web
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Museum Tre Kronor
In the basement Museum Tre Kronor, you can see the foundations of 13th-century defensive walls and items rescued from the medieval castle during the 1697 fire. The museum also describes how the fire started (a fire watcher was off flirting with a kitchen maid, it seems) and explain
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Arkitektur
Adjoining Moderna Museet and housed in a converted navy drill hall, the architecture and design centre has a permanent exhibition spanning 1000 years of Swedish architecture and an archive of 2.5 million documents, photographs, plans, drawings and models. Temporary exhibitions also
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Varberg Fortress
Varbergs star attraction is this imposing medieval prison fortress overlooking the sea. Its museum is home to the 14th-century Bocksten Man, a garrotted, impaled and drowned murder victim, dug out of a peat bog at Åkulle in 1936. His 14th-century costume is the most perfectly prese
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Nya Älvsborgs Fästning
At the mouth of the Göta älv, squat red Elfsborgs Fortress was built in the 17th century to keep out the marauding Danes and saw action again in the early 18th century during the Great Nordic War. Tours take in the church built for Karl XII’s troops, the dungeons that discouraged e
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Naturhistoriska Museet
The Natural History Museum is home to an incredible range of taxidermied wildlife, from the horned and hooved denizens of the savannah to all the big cats, the extinct Stellers sea cow, all manner of birds and pickled creatures of the deep. Its tour de force is the world’s only stu
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Aquaria Vattenmuseum
This conservation-themed aquarium, complete with seahorses, sharks, piranhas and clownfish, takes you through various environmental zones – from tropical jungle and coral reef to sewer systems – with an emphasis on ecology and the fragility of the marine environment. If that sounds
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St Nikolai Kyrka
Medieval attractions in Halmstad include the lovely 14th-century church St Nikolai Kyrka.
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Stone Ship Settings
One of Sweden’s largest, most magnificent stone-ship settings (an oval of stones, shaped like a boat) lies 6km northeast of Strömstad. There are 49 stones in total, with the stem and stern stones reaching over 3m in height; the site has been dated to AD 400 to 600. Across the road
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Biografen Skandia
LA has Mann’s Chinese Theater, Melbourne has the Forum and Stockholm has this dreamy 1923 picture palace, designed by Gunnar Asplund and featuring a deep-blue vanishing ceiling and Pompeian rotunda in the lobby. Built inside the neo-Renaissance Warodell House (one of Stockholm’s ol
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Vasaloppsmuseet
Even if you have no interest in skiing, you may be pleasantly surprised by the excellent Vasaloppsmuseet, which really communicates the passion behind the world’s largest cross-country skiing event. There’s some fantastic crackly black-and-white film of the first race, a display ab
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Tyska Kyrkan
Echoing back to the days of the Hanseatic League, when Stockholm and Germany shared tight trade links, the sublimely beautiful Tyska Kyrkan (German Church) dates from the 1570s, but was enlarged between 1638 and 1642. Highlights include a gilded royal gallery historically used for
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Trädgårdsföreningen
Laid out in 1842, the lush Trädgårdsföreningen is a large protected area off Nya Allén. Full of flowers and tiny cafes, it’s popular for lunchtime escapes and is home to Europe’s largest rosarium , with around 2500 varieties. The gracious 19th-century Palmhuset (open 10am to 8pm) i
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Rogen Nature Reserve Naturum
Forestry agency Naturum has an office and information centre 15km south at Tännäs Fiskecentrum. It sits at the edge of the Rogen Nature Reserve , and has brochures about the geology of the area (including moraine ridges) and the local musk ox. Naturum also sells maps and all kinds
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