Skansen...Stockholm's Open Air Museum (Part I)

Skansen on Djurgården Island in Stockholm was the first open-air museum in Sweden, it opened in 1891. Artur Hazelius came up with the idea of collecting buildings from every part of Sweden and placing them at Skansen to give people living in the modern world an idea of life in pre-industrial times. Skansen has around 150 buildings set on 75 acres. I spent most of one day there and found it very interesting and it was also a good place for birding.

The Circus Building

This building housed a small grocery on one end and a hardware

store on the other, the old time gas pump is in front of the

hardware store...

The Nordic Museum from Skansen

Looking down at the water and the Mansions on the other side

Öland Windmill

Dala Horses

Yule Goats made of straw

Gamla Krogen means old pub in Swedish

The Menu "Welcome to the Old Pub"

Seglora Church

Inside the Seglora Church


The Oktorp Farmstead

Bredablick Tower

Back of the Seglora Church