Linnaeus's Summer Home
Linnaeus Hammarby, Sweden
Skokloster Castle
Skokloster, Sweden
This castle was built between 1654 and 1676, and was never really finished. It was built by General Carl Gustaf Wrangel to sort of one-up his father, who had built a smaller more traditionally Swedish mansion on the same property. His father and he had a rivalry because his father ended up marrying his bride-to-be. This castle is one of the first European style castles in Sweden.
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| The unfinished dining hall is actually even more exciting than had it been finished - it shows what a 17th century construction site would look like, complete with original scaffolding and tools. |
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| The armory, with a Kayak from Greenland |
Sigtuna, the Oldest town in Sweden
Sigtuna, Sweden
The town was founded in AD 980, and is the first town in Sweden. The town hall and jail, pictured below, once held the mayor who was actually a pirate along with his family. They captured ships and killed the crew, then sold the goods in the "big square," Stora Torget.
Below are pictures of the oldest church in Sweden. It was a coronation church, and apparently for a while each new king built a new church, which resulted in the construction of a large number of churches in a short amount of time.
