It features Moderna museet (the Modern Museum) , one of the world’s foremost museums for 20th century art, with Arkitekturmuseet (the Swedish Museum of Architecture) in the same building, Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design), with exhibits open to the public, and Östasiatiska museet (the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities).
The adjacent island, Blasieholmen, has Nationalmuseum (the National Museum), with its first-rate collection of Scandinavian and European painting, sculpture and artisanry, and a permanent exhibition of Swedish design. To the west, rising above the water is Stockholm’s iconic Stadshuset (City Hall), venue for the Nobel Banquet on 10th December every year. All in all, Stockholm has more than a hundred museums and attractions, many on a par with the world’s finest.