Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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MAP
GOOGLE MAP
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Rosenlundsgatan;
9am-5pm Tue-Thu, to 6pm Fri, 10am-3pm Sat;
1, 3, 5,
6, 7, 9 Hagakyrkan)
This peculiar fish market is shaped like a church. You may see the odd bride and groom
posing with the shellfish; they're not lost - it's just that the market is also consecrated as a
place of worship/matrimony.
Maritiman
MUSEUM
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MAP
GOOGLE MAP
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www.maritiman.se
; Packhuskajen; adult/5-15yr Skr100/50;
11am-6pm
Jun-Aug; ; 5, 10 Lilla Bommen)
Near the opera house, the world's largest floating
ship museum
is made up of 20 historic-
al crafts, including fishing boats, a light vessel and a firefighter, all linked by walkways.
Shin down into the 69m-long submarine
Nordkaparen
for a glimpse into underwater war-
fare. Inside the labyrinthine 121m-long destroyer
Småland
, in service from 1952 to 1979,
hunched figures listen to crackling radio messages, and the bunks look just-slept-in - you
half expect to meet uniformed sailors in the dim, twisting passages…
Naturhistoriska Museet
MUSEUM
free; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun; ; 1, 2, 6 Linnéplatsen)
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 stuffed blue whale. Visitors were allowed inside until an amorous couple was caught
in flagrante
, but Santa Claus still holds court here in the lead-up to Christmas.
Röhsska Museet
MUSEUM
noon-8pm Tue, to 5pm Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat & Sun; 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 Valand)
Sweden's only art and design museum captures the style of different eras from 1851 to the
present day. Exhibitions cleverly contrast the classic and the cutting edge, whether it's
Josef Frank and Bruno Mathsson furniture or 18th-century porcelain and Scandi-cool coat
stands, allowing you to see how the the idea of utility and beauty changed with each suc-
