120 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Sweden - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

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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Boden N, Sweden

Treehotel

Series of treehouse hotel rooms on the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

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Coke II

Helsingborg, Sweden

Museum of Failure

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

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An actual-size replica of the Codex Gigas.

Stockholm, Sweden

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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Skinnskatteberg, Sweden

STF Kolarbyn Eco Lodges

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

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Mercury in Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden Solar System

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

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Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

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

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Icehotel

Icehotel

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

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Unique
Food & Drink
from Sweden

Spruce Beer

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Ritual & Medicinal

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

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Blood Pancakes

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Blood Pancakes

Scandinavians use blood to make dense, dark, savory flapjacks.

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Surströmming

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Meats & Animal Products

Surströmming

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

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Lutefisk

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Lutefisk

The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.

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Stories
About Sweden

At first, archaeologists believed the object to be a nut, it is really a burnt onion.

Found: 1,500-Year-Old Burnt Onion Linked to 'Sweden's Pompeii'

The ancient vegetable affirms a Swedish island's ties to the Roman Empire.

by Christina Ayele Djossa

This 8,000-year-old skull was part of a mysterious Mesolithic ritual.

Found: An Ancient, Watery Grave in Sweden

Why were these Mesolithic skulls mounted on stakes?

by Vittoria Traverso

February 14, 2018

<em>Årsgång</em> is the Swedish tradition of a solitary, night-time walk in the forest.

To See What the Upcoming Year Holds, Take a Solo Walk in a Dark Forest

In Swedish mythology, a "year walk" is a prognosticatory stroll in which one is beset by scary creatures.

by Kelly Catalfamo

January 05, 2018

Donald Duck is (inexplicably? unsurprisingly?) the most popular Disney character in Sweden.

In Sweden, There Is No Christmas Without Donald Duck

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

by Natasha Frost

December 22, 2017

Uncooked Swedish meatballs. Now imagine 20 tons of these.

A 20-Ton Meatball Spill Surprises Swedish Drivers

If only they'd fallen onto plates.

November 20, 2017

A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).

Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.

by Molly McBride Jacobson

February 24, 2017

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