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Buildings in the open-air museum represent various trades and areas of the country.
Most are inhabited by staff in period costume, often creating handicrafts, playing music or
churning butter while cheerfully answering questions about the folk whose lives they're
re-creating. Part of the pharmacy was moved here from Drottningholm castle; two little
garden huts came from Tantolunden in Södermalm.
There's a bakery (still operational, serving coffee and lunch), a bank/post office, a ma-
chine shop, botanical gardens and Hazelius' mansion. There are also 46 buildings from
rural areas around Sweden, including a Sami camp, farmsteads representing several re-
gions, a manor house and a school. There's an aquarium (with a separate admission fee:
Skr100/60 per adult/child). A map and an excellent booklet in English are available to
guide you around. It's also worth noting that the closing times for each workshop can vary,
so check times online to avoid disappointment.
There are cafes, restaurants and hot-dog stands throughout the park. Carrying water isn't
a bad idea in summer, and it's not cheating to take the escalator to the top of the hill and
meander down from there.
Daily activities take place on Skansen's stages, including folk dancing in summer and
an enormous public festival at Midsummer's Eve. If you're in Stockholm for any of the
country's other major celebrations, such as Walpurgis Night, St Lucia Day and Christmas,
it's a great (if crowded) place to watch Swedes celebrate.
From mid-June through August,
Waxholmsbolaget ferries
run from Slussen to Djur-
gården; the route is part of the regular SL transit system, so you can use your SL pass to
board.
Tobaks & Tändsticksmuseum
MUSEUM
www.tobaksochtandsticksmuseum.se
; with Skansen admission free;
11am-5pm, closed Mon Oct-
Apr)
Inside the vast open-air park of Skansen are several other museums, including the Tobaks
& Tändsticksmuseum, which traces the history and culture of smoking and the manufac-
ture of those iconic Swedish matches.
Skansen Akvariet
AQUARIUM
