Explore Skansen in 1 Hour!

Explore Skansen in 1 hour! Café Butik 5 6 wc Restaurang 7 Toaletter wc 4 9 Utsiktsplats 3 8 2 10 1 wc Would you like to know more? Visit Skansen’s website or buy the guide book from the Skansen Museum Escalator shop at the main entrance. 1 Take the escalator up to Skansen’s town quarter. The steps 6 Seglora Church dates from the 18th century and is used for beside the Stora Gungan Tavern lead down to the industrial weddings, christenings and concerts. environment that dates from the 1920s. The belt drive in the – Continue along the church wall until you reach Oktorp roof helps to run the machinery at the Furniture Factor Farmstead. and the Engineering Works – producing furniture and turning metal. 7 The Lundqvist family lived at Oktorp Farmstead from the – Take the steps back past the Stockholm Glassworks. From 1870s. The farm’s Linderöd pigs root around out of doors; t the square, the Pottery and the Bakery are close by. hey are an old native breed that thrives best when kept out doors, even in winter. 2 Opposite the Bakery you will find the Tannery beyond the – Go around Oktorp Farmstead and past the timbered Skåne gate in the fence. Greet the town chickens and drop in on Farmstead, surrounded by buildings. A little further on you the homeless from the late 1800s. Continue through the will reach a red building with a garden. This is Väla School small brown gate in the fence to the Printing Works, with its from the 1910s. Opposite the school is the Farm Labourer’s typical small town garden from the 1840s with a summer Cottage. house and cultivated plots. – Leave the Printing Works through the passage in the 8 Two families would have lived in this 1920s cottage, the Farm corner. Labourer’s Cottage, while working on a large farm. They received payment in kind, in the form of accommodation and 3 Take a peek through the window of the Bookbindery and produce from the farm. The labourers at the cottage can tell you Printer’s before you are back on the town street. Ahead at more about this system, which only came to an end in 1945. the Ironmonger’s house you leave the older town quarters for a more modern townscape.. 9 Behind the Farm Labourer’s Cottage take the shortcut past the mill and through the gate to Skogaholm, an 18th-century 4 At the Ironmongery, dating from the 1930s, you will meet manor house. ironmonger Herman, and in the Ironmonger’s Apartment his – Stroll along the avenue of lime trees to the Öland windmills. wife Bojan. – On the hill next to the brick building is Kafé Petissan, which 10 Beside the Öland Windmills you can take in the view of the serves coffee and homemade buns and biscuits. Further up sea approach to Stockholm. Why not enjoy a coffee atSkansen you’ll find the Herb Garden, which you pass through. After Terrassen before exploring the Solliden Stage, the biggest out Päronparken play area you come to the Älvros Farmstead. door stage in northern Europe. – The road past the Old Savings Bank from the 1840s leads to 5 The Älvros Farmstead is a self-sufficient farm from northern the escalator. Once you descend, your journey through time is Sweden dating from the early 19th century. Visit the main over for now. house to find out how essential it was to keep the fire going 24 hours a day. – Turn back up towards the dance floor and head for the Do you have an extra hour? Turn the page! church tower. Market Street (Marknadsgatan), behind the stalls, has hosted Stockholm’s largest Christmas market since With reservation for changes in opening hours and environments 1903. closed due to other projects. Explore Skansen in 2 hours! Café 8 Shop 7 Restaurant wc Toilets 6 Viewpoint wc 5 9 4 11 3 12 10 Would you like to 2 know more? Visit 1 wc Skansen’s website or buy the guide book from the Skansen Museum shop at the main entrance. Escalator 1 Take the escalator up to Skansen’s town quarter. The steps beside lived and worked at the Summer Pasture Farm over the summer, the Stora Gungan Tavern lead down to the industrial environ- tending and milking the animals, and making cheese, butter and ment that dates from the 1920s. The belt drive in the roof helps to soft whey cheese from the milk of the mountain cattle and the run the machinery at the Furniture Factory and the Jämtland goats. EngineeringWorks – producing furniture and turning metal. 8 The road ahead leads to the reindeer. On the hillside below ar the . You will also find the and Skansen’s Below – Take the steps back past the Stockholm Glassworks. From the elk otters horses. the stable you will encounter the , the , the square, the Pottery and the Bakery are close by. European bison lynx wolverines and the wolves. 2 Opposite the Bakery you will find theTannery beyond the gate in – En route to Oktorp Farmstead you will pass the Soldier’s Cot- the fence. Greet the town chickens and drop in on the homeless tage with its turfed roof and a red building from the 1850s. This is from the late 1800s. Continue through the small brown gate in the Ekshärad, where the district judge holds sessions. fence to the Printing Works, with its typical small town garden from the 1840s with a summer house and cultivated plots. 9 The Lundqvist family lived at Oktorp Farmstead from the 1870s. – Leave the Printing Works through the passage in the corner. The farm’s Linderöd pigs root around out of doors; they are an old native breed that thrives best when kept outdoors, even in winter. 3 Take a peek through the window of the Bookbindery and Prin- – A little further on you will reach a red building with a garden. ter’s before you are back on the town street. Ahead at the Iron This is Väla School from the 1910s. Opposite the school is the monger's house you leave the older town quarters for a more Farm Labourer’s Cottage. modern townscape. 10 Two families would have lived in the Farm Labourer’s Cotta- 4 At the Ironmongery, dating from the 1930s, you will meet iron- ge, while working on a large farm during the 1920s. They received monger Herman, and in the Ironmonger’s Apartment his wife payment in kind, in the form of accommodation and produce from Bojan. the farm. The labourers at the cottage can tell you more about this system, which only came to an end in 1945. 5 Beyond the Ironmonger's house lies the Rose Garden. Sweden- borg’s Summerhouse was used by well-known 18th-century 11 Behind the Farm Labourer’s Cottage take the shortcut past the scholar Swedenborg for sitting and writing and playing his organ. mill and through the gate to Skogaholm, an 18th-century manor – Follow the road up past the long red building, Röda Längan, and house. the Herb Garden. Continue to the Älvros Farmstead on the left- – Stroll along the avenue of lime trees to the Öland windmills. hand side. 12. Beside the Öland Windmills you can take in the view of t 6 The Älvros Farmstead is a self-sufficient farm from northern approach to Stockholm. Why not enjoy a coffee atSkansen Sweden dating from the early 19th century. Visit the main house to Terrassen before exploring the Solliden Stage, the biggest out find out how essential it was to keep the fire going 24 hours a day. door stage in northern Europe? – Turn back up towards the dance floor and head for theBreda- – The road past the Old Savings Bank from the 1840s leads to blick tower. Go past the Swan and Carp ponds. You are now the escalator. Once you descend, your journey through time is standing in front of Orsa Hill with its 23-metre-high maypole that over for now. is decorated all year round according to the old Dalarna custom. Do you only have one hour? Turn the page! 7 On the other side of Orsa Hill you will findLill-Skansen , the upper Seal Pool and the Summer Pasture Farm. The farm girls With reservation for changes in opening hours and environments closed due to other projects..

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