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kitsch postcards and a cute children's post office for budding postal workers. There's also
a great cafe and a philatelic library with 51,000 books on stamps and postal history.
PENNY-PINCHING PACKAGES
Depending on your plans and energy levels, getting your money's worth out of a visit to
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; adult 24/48/72/120hr Skr450/625/750/950, accompanying child Skr215/255/285/315)
is available from tourist offices, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) information centres,
some museums, and some hotels and hostels, or online at
www.visitstockholm.com
. It
gives you entry to 80 museums and attractions, travel on SL's public-transport network,
sightseeing by boat, some walking tours, and various other discounts. It is valid for one,
two, three or five days and costs Skr525/675/825/1095 (or Skr235/275/315/350 for ac-
companying children, maximum two children per adult).
Students and seniors get discounted admission to most museums and sights without
the card, so you'll need to work out if it's cheaper for you to just get a transport pass and
pay admission charges separately. The one-day pass demands an athletic level of sight-
seeing energy; you may be better off paying admission at a couple of sights and walking
between them. To get maximum value out of the multiday cards, plan ahead and be sure
to note opening hours; for example, Skansen remains open until late, whereas royal
palaces are only open until 3pm or 4pm.
Destination Stockholm
( 08-663 00 80;
www.destination-stockholm.com
)
offers the
Stockholm Pass, a similar discount package that includes free SL transit, sightseeing
tours and admission to 75 attractions. Cards for two, three or four days cost Skr695/
845/1035 (half-price for ages six to 15). Purchase the card online and you can choose to
have it shipped to you or to pick it up on arrival in Stockholm. The website also has a hotel
booking engine with about 40 participating hotels, which can be added onto your dis-
count package (be aware that many are located in the suburbs or outskirts of town).
Central Stockholm
Some of the city's best museums are smack in the middle of town, within easy walking
distance of each other.
Historiska Museet
MUSEUM
