Stockholm Day 3: Skansen

 

The cat in the apartment across from our room at the hostel. It was often sitting in the window and generally looked angry and grumpy.

After breakfast, we hopped on the ferry to go to Skansen on Djurgården. There were buildings from all over Sweden. It was cool to wander around and explore. There was a glass studio where someone was making glass birds. It only took him a few minutes for each bird. We saw a general store, a school, a post office and lots of tradesman stores and shops.

U with a fountain at the entrance of Skansen.

An example of a very formal traditional Swedish outfit

  A lady showing us her spice box.

U with one of the homes

Me and Megan with one of the allotments.

A few Rune Stones

We spent a lot of time exploring the Delsbo Farmstead. It was quite large with many buildings: a main house, a guesthouse, a cowshed (where the family lived in the summer), grandma and grandpa's house, etc. 

Many of the walls were painted.

This lady in the Delsbo Farmstead had lots of good information.

A skirtwarmer. They would put a lit candle in it and then women would put it under their skirts to help them be warmer.

Fighter jets from Sweden and Finland were running drills together.

The Delsbo Farmstead with jets flying over. Apparently painting buildings red was all the rage in 19th century central Sweden.

2 baby moose with their mama

Me with the Vastveit Storehouse which dates to the 14th century and came from the Telemark region of Norway. (Skansen was created when Sweden and Norway were still united and this building was an early acquisition.) There were cool engravings in the wood.

Brown bear

Owl

Grey seals

Yes, they had a cat on display.

U petting said cat.

These music-playing chickens were fun to watch. They danced while playing the trombone, clarinet and saxophone.

The lynx racing down the hill.

Matthew watching the animals.

Peacock and peahen. The peacock was LOUD!

There were lots of geese and goslings.

Goats

Some of the beautiful flowers of Skansen.

Butterfly on flowers!

See the bee?

Fortress with the tailed Swedish flag

Stockholm waterfront

We ate at Grillska Huset which was delicious.

U, Me and Matthew had Swedish meatballs.

Megan had a grilled cheese sandwich.

Princess cake that we ate. The sisters told us about it. It was tasty.

Megan and Matthew call the amusement park in Stockholm a "rip off Tivoli." There were lots of thrill rides that looked like they would make Me sick!

U's Step Count: 19.1 k