Skansen

Opened to the public in the late 1800s, Skansen was the world's first open air museum. This enormous park features a collection of old houses and buildings from all over Sweden, as well as a recreation of an old Swedish town with a variety of shops where you can see craftspeople at work.

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A horse waits in front of an old red church.
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The church was built in the 1600s and moved to Skansen a century ago.
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A group of English girls from Birmingham perform at Skansen's central stage.
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A docent dressed in traditional costume greets visitors inside a cottage.
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A farm house and horse carriage.
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One of the rooms inside the farm house.
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The farmer's living quarters.
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A farm shed on a hillside.
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Two ducks and their baby chick stand watch over the shed.
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Another farm house, complete with laundry hanging on the clothes lines.
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A craftsman in the pottery shop.
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A potter begins to make a large cup.
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At work in the printer's shop.
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This farm house is insulated by sod grass.
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A bird takes off from a pond.
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A working horse stable.
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An old wooden tower penetrates the woods.
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Skansen's rose garden is full of tulips this time of year.
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One of several windmills in the park.


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