Around 11 I entered the Historika Museet and took an audio guide of the Prehistory and the Viking exhibit. Another attraction at this museum is the Gold Room, a round chamber that holds 52 kilos of pure gold and more than 200 kilos of silver. Furthermore you can see an extensive exhibit of medieval church art on the second floor. This was probably the best of the three museums that I visited this day. It gave a decent overview of the past and best of all it had every information in both Swedish and English.
Next up was the Armémuseum which covers wars from the Viking age to the present time. It holds a large collection of weapons and artillery from all the different eras. I really liked the thorough exhibit, even though only the major displays were translated into English. Non-Swedish speakers are often left to wonder what exactly they are looking at. It was interesting to learn that Sweden was in so many wars, yet managed to stay completely out of the Second World War.
Last and sadly least was the Musikmuseet. It holds an extensive collection of musical instruments and shows different ensembles in Sweden from the 17th century to ABBA. I was a bit disappointed in this exhibit, probably this was also due to the large group who was in there at the same time and made it impossible to study the displays properly.
I met up with Jenny around 17:00 but before we headed home we stopped at a beer store (yes they have stores only for beer in Sweden, because you can’t sell anything with more than 3 percent of alcohol at a supermarket). When we got back to the apartment, Polo’s girlfriend Marie had arrived as well and we all had some beers and watched some funny videos.
Part 3 is coming up…
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