Royal Djurgården park - Stockholm

Kungliga Djurgården (Royal Djurgården) is an island consisting mainly of parkland and forest, with enough to see to keep visitors busy for several days.

Photo: www.imagebank.sweden.se/Nicho Södling

A nice walk along Djurgårdskanalen in the end of summer.

There is Skansen, for instance, an open-air museum presenting historical Sweden, and Vasamuseet (the Vasa Museum), featuring the warship Vasa, which sank in Stockholm on her maiden voyage in 1628. Younger visitors will love Junibacken with its storybook worlds of iconic Swedish children’s author, Astrid Lindgren. Thielska Galleriet (the Thielska Gallery) and Prince Eugen’s Waldermarsudde are two outstanding art museums, housed in former private palaces and famous for their collections of Scandinavian paintings and sculptures from the period around 1900.

The Jewish Theatre is a true gem in the small, exclusive scale. The imposing Nordiska museet (the Nordic Museum), mistaken by some visitors for the Royal Palace, is a leading international museum for Scandinavian culture and history.

The island of Djurgården is home to many other museums and historical buildings, making it a particularly diverse destination for both body and soul.