ewx | Scandinavia

We went on holiday to Scandinavia in August. Some of the highlights…

Copenhagen:

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Viking ship museum at Roskilde (about 20m on the train from Copenhagen). Ancient boats rescued from the bottom of a fjord, an opportunity to chop things, and rowing a reconstructed boat. http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/
Wandering around Kastellet in the sun and the Tivoli on a warm evening.
The Nordic Bronze Age. I was already well aware of the Trundholm Sun Chariot but hadn’t realised (with due deference to taphonomic bias) quite how rich was the material culture of that time and place.
Hire bikes with built in navigation. http://bycyklen.dk/en/

Stockholm:

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The Vasa. It’s big and very well preserved. If your model of early modern ships recovered from the sea is the Mary Rose then you have a treat in store. http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/
Lemurs. Who doesn’t like lemurs? If you know the answer, I don’t want to know.
Wandering around Skansen and Djurgården.

Both:

The public transport worked well.
Canal tours. Good decision in both cities.
My usual photographic idées fixes were well served, as you can probably tell…
Food. We ate at a lot of excellent restaurants, although the passage of time means it’s probably beyond me to review them individually now.
People. Friendly and with only one exception that I can remember spoke excellent English.