52 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Stockholm - Atlas Obscura

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Stockholm Metro Art Gallery

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

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Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible)

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

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Vasa Museum

Remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

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Storkyrkobadet

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

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Sweden Solar System

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

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R1 Nuclear Reactor

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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The Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library)

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

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Colour by Numbers

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

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Nobel Ice Cream

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Nobel Ice Cream

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

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They turned up during ongoing construction work.

Found: A Slew of Cannonballs Below a Stockholm Street

They'd been there for centuries.

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December 07, 2018

The 2017 dessert parade.

The Pyrotechnic Ice-Cream Parades of the Nobel Prize Banquet

Once, there was even an official ice cream.

October 16, 2018