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127 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Stockholm, Sweden

Updated May 8, 2023

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Nobel ice cream is actually quite easy to make.

How to Make Nobel Ice Cream, the World's Smartest Dessert

You may not be a prize winner, but you can eat like one.
by Anne Ewbank
One wreck closely resembles Vasa in size and shape, leading to speculation that it may be Äpplet, its sister ship.

Found: 17th-Century Warships at the Bottom of a Swedish Channel

They could be related to the famous, ill-fated "Vasa."
by Isaac Schultz
They turned up during ongoing construction work.

Found: A Slew of Cannonballs Below a Stockholm Street

They'd been there for centuries.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
The Nobel banquet is always a sparkling affair.

The Pyrotechnic Ice-Cream Parades of the Nobel Prize Banquet

Once, there was even an official ice cream.
by Anne Ewbank

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