Description: Skansen is situated on the island of Djurgården, the recreation area of Stockholm. There are many museums and the great amusement park Gröna Lund. In addition, you will find large meadows where you can relax and sunbathe in the summer. Skansen can be reached either on foot in half an hour from central Stockholm, or by bus (lines 44 and 47) or by train. Between the center and Skansen in Normalmstorg runs a vintage tram. If you want to travel by car, then you can find Djurgården numerous parking lots, where parking will cost 10 to 20 SEK per hour. In addition, ferry service for 35 crowns (about 3.80 EUR) between Slussen (near Old Town) and the island. We were twice during our stay at Djurgården. Once we were walking on foot and were back in the Vasa Museum, the other time we went by car and have visited Skansen.
Skansen is a mixture of open-air museum and zoo. At Skansen there are over 150 houses and farms from the 18th, 19th And 20 Century. They were all eliminated at Skansen in Sweden and rebuilt. Thus one goes through the different regions of Sweden and learns much about life in past centuries. In the houses run around people, almost always dressed in the costume of the time and tell a little about the house when needed, the region or what you would like to know precisely. The integrated zoo shows the Scandinavian fauna. In addition, there are numerous play opportunities for children, small shops and restaurants. About the various attractions of the park.
When you enter the park you have the option to either walk up a mountain pass and begin the trail or take the very long escalator. From Djurgården, there is also a cable car that leads directly into the park. You can either go his own way, or follow the 12 steps of Carl von Linné through the park we decided to establish their own way and took the escalator and reached the first stage of our tour, the DISTRICT of Skansen. Here is a Swedish town from the mid-19th Century represented. The houses are mainly from Stockholm, and here were lovingly restored and rebuilt. Our route took us to a glass factory where you could watch at certain times, the craft with. In the mechanical workshop you can experience the production as well with how the pottery, the printer or a carpenter. Almost everywhere you can buy the products that are produced, too. The people who work here are all in the style of the 19th Century dress and play their roles so well that one thinks that one is actually traveling in time and watch them at work. The bakery smelled wonderful, and we bought fresh bread Stockholm at normal prices. In the district there is also a pharmacy and a grocery store and lots of houses, a very impressive quarter of Skansen.
The rest of the park consists of small villages and farms. The farms are from different regions of Sweden. There is the Älvroshof, a typical farm in northern Sweden from the beginning of the 19th Century. Or most farm Deslsbohof, from the northern central Sweden the 19th Century dates. Also on the courts to give the appearance as if they were still in operation. Women sit in their rooms and sew, cook or spin out and chickens are fed. Our route took us past even the post office, where even today you can still buy stamps. Opposite there are small gardens in which workers' cottages. Here an elderly woman in traditional costume is active, picking the sweet red currant and to the visitors, including us, spread. Around noon, there is a puppet performance for children, it is well attended and of course in Swedish. Although the influx of visitors is large, the masses lost in the park and you are often alone in an apartment building. One can almost touch enter any building, and photograph of the facility is permitted, however, rare.
Especially nice is the Seglora Church. The red building was built in 1729 and 1916 brought to Skansen. The church is made entirely of wood. In it can still be trusted, and baptisms or confirmations Stockholm will take place here. Also worth seeing is the Samevistet - the rag warehouse. Here you can experience with how the indigenous people who lived in northern Sweden, has lived and worked. Of course there is also a man who makes the fire and told of the cloth.
Behind the cloth bearing the zoo begins. There are moose, caribou, brown bears, wolves, gray seals, lynx and wolverines. The wolverine enclosure may be those who are familiar with the Mystery of Arne Dahl, a term because it scene in "deep pain" is, in which a man is eaten up by these gluttons. The moose, especially the Elchkälbchen are obviously a big attraction here cavort very many visitors. Overall, but it was not so crowded that it was uncomfortable.
These were just some of the attractions to list all here is beyond the scope. It should be easy to watch yourself.
Skansen is an absolutely worthwhile leisure park. One can easily spend half a day there or day without getting bored. And this at a reasonable price. The prices for drinks and food in the park are normal, so you experience no nasty surprises here. Skansen is very diversified and loving, you feel transported back into another century and can still enjoy nature and wildlife. Since I find no negatives, I give the full amount of stars and a recommendation.
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