Strange sightseeing tours in Stockholm

I think that when you visit a city for the first time you should include some strange visit among all the most touristy ones. It is, in my opinion, what makes the difference. I always look for something else to do or see that is not in the top 5 or top 10 of the most visited, something that suits my tastes a little more and not mass tastes.

Today i have some rare places to meet in Stockholm. For some time now, tourism in Sweden has grown (is it partly due to the success of his novels?), So if you like the idea of ​​walking through the streets of the Swedish capital but want to do or see «something else », Point these strange visits in Stockholm.

Stockholm Public Library

This elegant and modern building was built under the designs of the Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund in the 20s of the last century. His style is known as "Swedish grace" and is based on classicism, but an accessible and simplified version of it that not only turned to architecture but also to industrial design and sculpture. It is truly a unique style.

The building is a cylindrical roundabout that seen from the outside is something monumental. The tower of books opens in 360 degrees and anyone who loves books will feel in a temple of knowledge. It is a huge, round room, with the shelves in sight and all around.

The library houses around two million volumes and more than two and a half million tapes. There are no librarians here, something extremely strange, so the contact between who enters and the books is direct.

The architect brought this concept from the United States, something new at the time, and all the furniture, chairs, tables and other objects were specially built to fulfill a function in this building. Obviously it is all in Swedish but in an annex there is a International Library with more than 50 thousand titles in more than one hundred languages. The idea is that this place is always open and thanks to new technologies it is like this because you can access it from your mobile or computer or tablet all day: books, movies, music, newspapers.

For the face-to-face visit, remember to go between 10 am and 9 pm from Monday to Friday (except on Tuesdays when it opens until noon only), and on weekends it closes at 5 pm. The Stockholm Public Library is in a corner of the Observatorielunden Park, in the Vasastaden district. 73 Sveavägen Street.

The world's largest scale solar system

I don't understand anything about astrophysics but I love everything that has to do with the universe. I follow NASA on Twitter, I am moved by their photos and videos, I miss the space even though I know I will never set foot in it.

That is why observatories or space museums fascinate me. If this is your case in Stockholm you can see the scale reproduction of our beloved solar system. It is built in a 1:20 million scale and with these measures It is the largest model in the world. How is? Well, in principle, the entire system it is not in one place So if you want to see all the planets, then move!

The sun, our gigantic and powerful star, is represented by the Globe Arena building, the largest sphere in the world. The planets, all in their corresponding scale and at their corresponding distance, are distributed throughout Stockholm. Jupiter, with a diameter of 7.3 meters, is at Arlanda International Airport, for example, Saturn in Uppsala, Pluto in Delsbo, 300 kilometers from the sun and so on.

Around every planet there is a small exhibition with astronomical information and on the mythological origins of its name. Aim:

  • SOL: At the Globe Arena. You arrive by metro getting off at Gullmarsplan and walk for five minutes.
  • Mercury: In the Museum of the City of Stockholm, in Ryssgarden, Slussen. You arrive on the subway going down at Slussen, walk three minutes, cross the square to the left, go down the stairs to the museum and meters from the entrance is Mercurio.
  • Venus: Today he is in the House of Science, in the Alba Nova University Center, although before he was in the Observatory, on the Stockholm hill.
  • Earth: It is, together with the Moon, in the Cosmonova and the National Museum of Natural History, in Frescativägen, 40. You arrive on the metro getting off at Universitet. Easy to find because the path is signposted. Earth is inside the Cosmonova cinema box office.
  • Mars: He's at the Centrum Mörby in Danderyd. You take the subway and get off at Mörby Centrum, you enter the mall and the model is on the top floor.
  • Jupiter: It is at Arlanda Airport in the international terminal, or rather, in front of it, in a small square of grass.
  • Saturn: It is in Uppsala but has not yet been placed.
  • Uranus: It is not on the site yet because they are going to supplant the old model and have not yet placed the new one.
  • Neptuno: in Söderhamm. On the outskirts of Stockholm. They say that seeing it at sunset is great because the sphere shines. it's huge, three tons!

storkyrkkobadet

In my country there are no public baths and even if someone were to open one, I do not think that people would go to undress and bathe in the company of others. We do not have that custom that the Nordic peoples do, and also the Koreans or the Japanese.

Stockholm is a modern city but hidden in its streets there is a public bathroom which is open and you can take advantage of it. It is worth doing well works in a very old building.

This bathroom it is in the basement of a building dating from the seventeenth century and it is hidden in the historic center. Originally a Dominican convent, it was also a coal warehouse and a winery. At the end of the last century the building was converted into an elementary school and the basement was modified to become a student bathroom. Later, almost half a century later, it became a sauna open to the public.

The sauna is still old-fashioned and very little has changed in recent decades. It is not the eighth wonder but it is curious: has only one pool, nothing deep, and also a group of little tubs that people can sit in and relax in.

Because of the almost hidden features of this site, in addition to the fact that there are schedules for men and women, for a long time it was a popular site for gay community The city is always on the verge of closing it, the costs are soaring, so if you visit Stockholm and find it, pay it a visit before it disappears forever. It opens from 5 to 8:30 pm (men's days are Tuesday, Friday and Sunday and women's days are Monday and Thursday).


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