Midsummer Weekend 2013

Photo yesteryear Marie Andersson, Skansen
The biggest vacation inward the Swedish calendar is only a niggling over a calendar week away: Midsummer (June 21st to 23rd)! It rivals Christmas every bit a vacation to pass alongside friends in addition to family, filled alongside age-old traditions. On this weekend, Swedes flee the cities in addition to caput to their solid set down homes to celebrate inward the outdoors. Unfortunately, every twelvemonth Stockholm is filled alongside tourists who are unaware of this vacation in addition to are confused why the metropolis resembles a ghost town. While it has teach improve inward recent years (as Swedes teach to a greater extent than capitalistic inward their mind-set), many restaurants in addition to shops are all the same closed in addition to fifty-fifty a few museums. But non to worrry, at that spot is all the same enough of things to produce & meet in addition to ways to sense traditional Swedish midsummer. Here is a niggling guide to the weekend:

Museums-

  • Skansen (zoo, opened upwardly air cultural museum)- opened upwardly every day, all weekend.
  • Vasa Museum- opened upwardly every day, all weekend.
  • ABBA the Museum- opened upwardly every day, all weekend.
  • Royal Palace- opened upwardly every day, all weekend.
  • Drottningholm Palace- opened upwardly every day, all weekend.
  • Fotografiska (photography museum)- closed on Friday, opened upwardly on Sabbatum & Sunday.
  • Moderna (modern fine art museum)- closed on Friday, opened upwardly on Sabbatum & Sunday.
  • Nordiska (nordic civilization museum)- closed on Friday, opened upwardly on Sabbatum & Sunday.
  • Nobel (Alfred Nobel & the Nobel prizes)- Closed on Friday, opened upwardly on Sabbatum & Sunday.
  • Royal Armoury- closed on Fri & Saturday, opened upwardly on Sunday.
  • Historiska (history museum)- closed on Fri & Saturday, opened upwardly on Sunday.
  • Medieval Museum- closed Fri & Saturday, opened upwardly on Sunday.
If y'all are travelling alongside children, it is proficient to know that both the entertainment common Gröna Lund in addition to Astrid Lindgren's the world Junibacken are opened upwardly all weekend!

Restaurants-

Here is where y'all tin sack teach into a niggling trouble. Many restaurants are closed for the whole weekend, land others volition live on closed at to the lowest degree on Friday. Most hotel restaurants are opened upwardly to the full general populace (like the Rival Bistro) all weekend. There are too a few other restaurants that are opened upwardly all weekend... but, if y'all are staying at the Rival Hotel, contact me every bit presently every bit possible for attention booking a table, every bit they volition in all likelihood fill upwardly up in addition to final infinitesimal reservations mightiness live on tough!

Shopping-

Also a niggling tough. Many smaller boutiques volition live on closed for the whole weekend. Even large shopping centers, similar Mood in addition to Sturegallerian, volition unopen on both Fri in addition to Saturday. The 2 largest division stores, NK in addition to Åhlens City, volition unopen early Fri (10am to 2pm) in addition to remain closed on Saturday. Officially, it is exclusively Sabbatum which is a depository fiscal establishment holiday... but Fri is nigh every bit unopen every bit y'all tin sack come upwardly "unofficially", then aspect many pharmacies, banks in addition to liquor stores to live on closed that twenty-four lx minutes catamenia every bit well.

Sightseeing-

Large sightseeing companies similar Strömma run every bit normal alongside bus, boat in addition to combination tours available all weekend. Smaller, independant sightseeing companies may live on closed. Public shipping runs every bit normal, though on a to a greater extent than express "holiday" schedule, all weekend.

Experience Midsummer-

After all of this negativity, y'all may live on wondering "but where produce nosotros sense the Midsummer celebrations?". Well, the best identify to meet how Swedes traditionally celebrate this vacation is at Skansen. They convey a total program all weekend long! While most Swedes produce teach out the city, the few that are left volition celebrate alongside picnics in addition to games inward the unlike parks throughout the city. So, when inward doubt, only caput outdoors to celebrate. If y'all are staying at the Rival Hotel in addition to withdraw farther information... contact me conduct at the hotel!
Photo yesteryear Yanan Li, Stockholm Visitors Board

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