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.

	A horse waits in front of an old red church.		The church was built in the 1600s and moved to Skansen a century ago.
	A group of English girls from Birmingham perform at Skansen's central stage.

	A docent dressed in traditional costume greets visitors inside a cottage.		A farm house and horse carriage.
	One of the rooms inside the farm house.		The farmer's living quarters.
	A farm shed on a hillside.		Two ducks and their baby chick stand watch over the shed.
			Another farm house, complete with laundry hanging on the clothes lines.
	A craftsman in the pottery shop.		A potter begins to make a large cup.

	At work in the printer's shop.
			This farm house is insulated by sod grass.
			A bird takes off from a pond.
	A working horse stable.		An old wooden tower penetrates the woods.
	Skansen's rose garden is full of tulips this time of year.
			One of several windmills in the park.