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Changing Of The Guard

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The changing of the guards at the Royal Palace , located inwards the Old Town ( Gamla Stan ), happens daily during the summertime too is a pop lawsuit to watch. The guards genuinely march, accompanied yesteryear a armed services b and, from the Army Museum or Calvary Barracks (when mounted) through the urban marrow earlier arriving at the Palace. At the Palace the ceremony takes simply about forty minutes. The parade itself takes most one-half an hr too the ceremony at the Palace starts at 12:15 Mon through Saturday too 1:15 on Sundays too holidays . During the balance of the yr the changing of the guards happens on Wednesdays, Saturdays too Sundays. After watching the changing of the guards, accept payoff of beingness at the Palace too see i of the many museums located there. Besides visiting the Royal Apartments , y'all tin give the sack too see The Treasury , Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities , too (my favorite) the Royal Armoury . Check the private websites (linked he...

Visit Djurgården!

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Entrance to the visitors' center I braved the drizzly atmospheric condition today to catch the visitors' centre for Djurgården called Visit Djurgården . Djurgården is both the mention of an island every bit good every bit a National City Park (which includes the island). In fact, it is the world's showtime National City Park. For the sake of comparison, you lot could nation that it is Stockholm's version of Hyde or Central Park. In the yesteryear this was a regal game common too these days it is all the same owned yesteryear the Crown. It is a peachy common to take a nature walk . Some beauty constitute on the island. Besides acres too acres of beautiful parks, woodlands too fields... Djurgården also has the highest concentration of tourist sites (museums, fine art galleries, entertainment parks, etc;) inwards Stockholm. So if you lot are planning a catch to Stockholm, chances are pretty high that you lot volition pass a considerable amount of your catch on this islan...

Autumn Fine Art Exhibitions Inwards Stockholm

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At Millesgården:  Anna Riwkin, Självporträtt , 1920-tal Foto: Erik Thor As the conditions gets colder, nosotros commencement to concentrate ourselves on to a greater extent than indoor activities. One bully agency to pass a rainy spill twenty-four hours is to view i of the many fantastic museums inward Stockholm. There are over lxxx museums(!) inward the urban core roofing a broad make of subjects similar military, history, sports, alcohol, biology, technology scientific discipline together with fifty-fifty dance. There are every bit good museums amongst quite specific subjects... similar the warship Vasa together with the popular grouping ABBA . Then, of course, at that spot are many museums dedicated to fine art inward all its forms! Here are roughly of the major fine art exhibits going on this flavour (some lasting through winter): At Moderna:  Cindy Sherman Untitled #92© Courtesy of the creative someone together with Metro Pictures, New York.  Fotografiska - world's ...

This Weekend!

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Picture by: Alexander Dokukin October 16th, 17th and 18th  . Besides The Chocolate Festival in addition to the Nordic Film Prize , at that topographic point are lots of things going on inward the metropolis to cash inward one's chips along you lot occupied. The Museum of History ( Historiska Museet ) is having a Farmer's Market on both Sabbatum in addition to Lord's Day (11am to 5pm). Not solely volition farmers live on selling ecological friendly fruits, vegetables, jams, dearest in addition to bread... at that topographic point volition live on the oppurtunity to gustation products, teach tips in addition to advice besides every bit autumn inspiration! Experts volition live on at that topographic point to demonstrate how to do autumn decorations besides every bit how to bake breadstuff the Viking way! While you lot are there, don't girlfriend seeing The Gold Room in addition to their novel exhibition focusing on the yesteryear 1,000 years of Swedish history. If yo...

This Weekend!

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Picture by: Alexander Dokukin October 22nd, 23rd too 24th Lots of petty odds too ends going on this weekend... really something for everyone. It's the premiere this Sabbatum for the big autumn exhibition at Prince Eugene's Waldermarsudde fine art gallery. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Swedish painter Anders Zorn 's birth... the gallery is putting on an exhibition of some of the painter's nearly of import pieces. Take this oppurtunity to persuasion some of the masterpieces of ane of Sweden's inaugural of all artists of all time. Click here for other fine art & museum exhibitions going on this weekend. If comic majority example is to a greater extent than your bag... thus the Seriegalleriet fine art gallery is putting on an exhibition of Swedish creative someone Alvaro Tapia's original illustrations to the cult game of Dungeons & Dragons (starting on Saturday). Good intelligence is that it is correct or thus the corner from the Rival Hote...