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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.

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.

Stockholm, Sweden

R1 Nuclear Reactor

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Storkyrkobadet

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

Boden N, Sweden

Treehotel

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm, Sweden

The Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library)

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Colour by Numbers

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

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Unique Food & Drink in Sweden

Kaffeost

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

Nobel Ice Cream

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Guksi

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

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Rewilding: Tracking Wolves in the Forests of Sweden

Explore Sweden’s boreal forests by day and hear the howling of wild wolves by night.

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Long fringe and white paper often represented the death of a child, while black paper and short fringe was used for adults.

The Lost, Macabre Art of Swedish Funeral Confectionery

These beautiful mementos of mourning have all but disappeared.

October 29, 2020

An illustration of an Atlantic sturgeon, the same species found in King Hans' hold. Today, European sturgeon are the only subspecies in the Baltic Sea.

How a King's Feast of Sturgeon Sank to the Bottom of the Baltic Sea

In 1495, a fire destroyed a stately ship and sank a big fish.

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Sadly, this is not what the taco shells actually look like.

How 'Taco Friday' Became a Swedish Tradition

Toppings include pineapples, peanuts, and cucumbers.

by Barbara Woolsey

The view occasionally includes a cow that wandered over from a neighbor's farm.

A One-Table Restaurant Is Opening in a Swedish Meadow

There's just one chair, too.

These exposed plates fooled Strindberg—or perhaps he just wanted to believe.

In 1893, a Swedish Playwright Thought He’d Captured the Stars

August Strindberg’s failed photography experiment continued to evolve, chemically and beautifully, long after his death.

by Isaac Schultz

The Flying Jacob is an unlikely concoction that tells the story of Swedish food culture.

How a Banana-Chicken Casserole Defined Swedish Cuisine

The recipe for "Flying Jacob" was the improvised creation of an air-freight worker.

August 26, 2019

The infamous plunderers didn’t actually wear horned helmets, but they did wear ice skates made of bone.

Vikings Relaxed by Skating on Bones and Hunting on Skis

To chill like a marauding Norseman, drop your sword and take up these ancient winter sports.

by Isaac Schultz

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Jezero Crater is the chosen landing site of the Mars 2020 mission.

To Make a Field Guide to Life on Mars, First Head to the Deep Sea

Some scientists believe this is how we'll know what to look for.

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