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Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum, showcasing the whole of Sweden with houses, animals and traditions from every part of the country.
- Plan your visit
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Open air museum. Holidays and traditions. The Zoo. Bookable...
- See and do
Walk from 1720 all the way into modern times in the Skansen...
- This is Skansen
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The Children´s zoo (Lill-Skansen) included in the entrance...
- A Year at Skansen
Skansen’s Christmas Market – Experience a historic Christmas...
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Open-air museum. Meet people from times gone by. Explore...
- Midsummer
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If you are missing something, please email to hittegods@skansen.se or call +468-442 82 09 between 1-2 pm daily. Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum. Here you can plan your visit and find information about frequently asked questions.
Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum, showcasing the whole of Sweden with houses and farmsteads from every part of the country. At Skansen, you can discover Sweden’s history and find out how Swedes once lived according to the changing seasons, through the customs and traditions, work, celebrations and everyday life of times gone by.
Skansen (Swedish: [ˈskǎnːsɛn]; "the Sconce") is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.
Open now. 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Write a review. About. Skansen is the world's first open-air museum, founded in 1891. Here you can stroll through five centuries of Swedish history, from north to south, with a real sense of the past all around the historical buildings and dwellings, peopled by characters in period dress.
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- Djurgarden 49-51, Stockholm
This is the oldest open-air museum in the world and also the Stockholm zoo, with animals native to Scandinavia, a children's petting zoo, and two indoor aquariums; Skansen's Aquarium and the Baltic Sea Science Center. Skansen is beautifully located on Royal Djurgården and offers spectacular views over all of Stockholm.
The large open-air museum Skansen on the island Djurgården at the edge of the city centre of the Swedish capital Stockholm is the oldest open-air museum in the world and also the home of the Stockholm Zoo.
