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5 must see places while in Stockholm

While visiting Stockholm city, or planing to visit, there is a lot of places around worth seeing. But what places are the 5 most iconic places to se inside the borders of the city of Stockholm. Places you can’t miss while being here. 1. Stockholm Old Town This is the heart of Stockholm city, the medieval town of Stockholm with an exterior from 1600ds and 1700ds often hiding medieval building and a place full of fascinating stories. There are a bunch of tours set in old town but all kind of operators and Sweden History Tours focus here are on “dark folklore ghost walks”, “Bloody Stockholm tour” or “Stockholm’s main attractions” whom are our “Stockholm must see tour”. 2. Vasa Museum The world’s only complete 17th C ship, a mega ship of it’s time so unique and big that the…

Ögonvittnet om Stockholms blodbad – 500 år idag

“den 8 november…lät han (Kristian) halshugga två biskopar, Vincent av Skara och Matthias av Strängnäs, riddare och adelsmän, borgmästare, rådmän och borgare – över 120 personer – och jag, Olaus Magnus, kanik från Linköping, beskådade allt detta med fasa.” Denna översättning till svenska från latin, nedskriven av Olaus Magnus i brodern Johannes Magnus bok, skildrar…