Step Back in Time: The Vasa Museum With A New Exhibition

On October 26, 2011, in Activities, Attractions, Basics, Family, Just For Fun, Special Events, Vasa Museum, by Aaron Saunders

One of the most impressive attractions Stockholm has to offer is arguably the Vasa Museum, or Vasamuseet.  Opened in 1990, the Vasa Museum is one of the most visited in all of Scandinavia, owing largely to its preservation of the only 17th-century ship to be salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa. Like the more famous RMS [...]

The gold of the Incas arrives in Stockholm

On September 7, 2011, in Activities, Live From Stockholm, Restaurants, Special Events, by alundgren

As the leaves on the trees start to have a yellow hue to them, an exhibition with a golden touch opens in Stockholm on 10 September, during the last weeks of cruising from Stockholm. Inca – Gold Treasures in the Rock Galleries is the name of the exhibition that puts focus on the ancient South [...]

Open Palace at the Royal Palace of Stockholm

On June 3, 2011, in Gamla Stan, Live From Stockholm, Royal Palace, Special Events, by Carrie Finley-Bajak

Cruise visitors on Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth will have a ball! Cruise passengers sailing on Cunard Line are in for a surprise when Queen Elizabeth docks at her Stadsgården cruise quay. In fact, anyone visiting Sweden’s capital might be excited to discover that on June 6th the Royal Palace in Stockholm is hosting Open Palace. Head to [...]