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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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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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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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Boden N, Sweden

Treehotel

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

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Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

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

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Stockholm, Sweden

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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Stockholm, Sweden

R1 Nuclear Reactor

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

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Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden Solar System

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

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Unique
Food & Drink
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Spruce Beer

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Ritual & Medicinal

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

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Kaffeost

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Kaffeost

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

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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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Moose Cheese

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Meats & Animal Products

Moose Cheese

The rare, creamy delicacy is produced by only three moose cows on a Swedish farm.

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For centuries, herdswomen have lured cows with haunting melodies.

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9,500-year-old chewed-up birch bark contains the DNA of ancient Scandinavian hunter-gatherers.

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A view from the south peak of Kebnekaise, until recently Sweden's tallest point.

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The southern summit of Kebnekaise was the highest point in Sweden. Then it melted.

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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.

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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?

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