STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Museum in Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
The Vasa ship capsized and sank in Stockholm 1628. After 333 years on the sea bed the mighty warship was salvaged and the voyage could continue. Today Vasa is the world's only preserved 17th century ship and the most visited museum in Scandinavia.

Kungliga Slottet was built on the ruins of Tre Kronor castle. Designed by court architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, it took 57 years to complete. Highlights include the decadent Karl XI Gallery, inspired by Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors, and Queen Kristina’s silver throne in the Hall of State.

The world’s first open-air museum showcasing how Swedes once lived. The glass-blowers’ cottage is a popular stop; watching the intricate forms emerge from glowing blobs of liquid glass is transfixing.

The epic renaissance-style castle, Nordiska Museet is Sweden’s largest cultural-history museum.