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On August 10 1628 Vasa set sail on her maiden
voyage to the harbor of Stockholm. In the harbor a gust of
wind forced the ship on her portside, after which water started
flowing in through her open gun ports, and she soon sank,
killing about 50 sailors.
After its sinking, most of the ship's valuable bronze cannons
were recovered with the use of a diving bell. Access to the
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| Birka |
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Birka archaeological site, located on Björkö in
Lake Mälaren and occupied in the 9th and 10th centuries,
and Hovgården, on the neighbouring island of Adelsö,
make up an archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate
trading networks of Viking Age Europe and their influence
on the subsequent history of Scandinavia. Birka was also important
as the site of the first Christian congregation in Sweden,
founded in 831 by Saint Ansgar. |
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| Drottningholm |
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Drottningholm, or literally "Queen's
Islet", is a village on the island Lovön in lake
Mälaren on the outskirts of Stockholm (Ekerö Municipality),
Sweden. The Drottningholm Palace, the residence of the Swedish
royal family since 1981, is located here. The village was
planned and built in the mid 18th century for the people working
at the palace. It is a good example of how a Swedish village
would have looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries, containing
many picturesque houses and villas.
To get to Drottningholm by public transport one takes the metro
to Brommaplan, then an Ekerö-bound SL bus. |
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