Tourist in Stockholm for a day

Maria's friend had to leave early today, so Maria had the day for herself. She decided to walk to Djurgården and spent a few hours at the Vasa museum (see post below).
The Nordic Museum ("Nordiska museet", established 1873) is dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age (which for purposes of Swedish history is said to begin in 1520) until the contemporary period.

Some hours later Maria walked downtown. Stockholm is a pretty town to walk in, a many nice old buildings next to a lot of water.






On the way she passed the Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Kungl. Dramatiska Teatern"), which recently celebrated 100 years, as well as the Royal Opera ("Kungliga Operan") where the first performance was given already in 1773.








Stockholm City Hall ("Stadshuset", completed 1923) is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet and one of Stockholm's major tourist attractions.
The House of Parliament ("Riksdagshuset") is located on Helgeandsholmen in Stockholm. The building was erected between 1897 and 1905.





The Stockholm Palace ("Stockholms slott") is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. (The private residence of the royal family is Drottningholm Palace). Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen ("city island"), in Gamla Stan (the old town) in the capital, Stockholm. Completed 1760