Sweden-msg - 5/24/01
Medieval points of interest in Sweden. Swedish history.
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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 19:49:58 -0400
From: "Krystal Morgan" <krystalmorgan at worldnet.att.net>
To: <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Places to visit in Sweden
http://www.historiska.se/exhibitions/textil/textilkammaren-e.html
If I ever get to visit Sweden, the Museum of National Antiquities in
Stockholm would be the first place I would want to see. This is a link to
the Textile Chamber.
Morgana de Mont-st-Michel
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:37:17 GMT
From: "Elonwen ferch Dafydd" <elonwen at hotmail.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: recommendations?
>Anybody have any specific recommendations for us?
Yup, don't know about Copenhagen, but in Stockholm:
Visit the Medieval museum, it's in the Old Town (Gamla Stan)
Get lost in the Old Town, It's altogether luverly!!! There is a nice
medievalish restaurant (OK, nothing compared with Olde Hansa in Tallinn, but
then again, that's a living legend...)
There are some great shops, if you want to get your hands on really nice
cloths of natural materials. Of course, when it comes to price, I would
advice you to go to Estonia (other than Tallin, maybe Ragverde or PŠrnu) or
Russia (anywhere is cheap).
The Vasa ship is also a must, though not medieval.
And in the Royal Castle (Kungliga Slottet) there are armours, jewellery,
clothes... You name it.
You should visit Turku in Finland while you're at it, I mean, it's only on
the other side of the bay, on a day cruise you'd have enough time ti see the
medieval castle of Turku and the Aboa Vetus. And the cruises are not (well,
according to our standards) very expensive.
>I just wonder if there are other great places for SCA'ers to see
>that we wouldn't find in the tour books... I'm interested in period glass,
>for example.
Try the museum guide of Stockholm, when you get there (in Turku, Aboa VEtus
you should find medieval glass as well), I don't remember where I've seen
what, but I'd say it was either in the medieval museum or Kungliga Slottet.
Elonwen ferch Dafydd,
mundanely a Fenno-Scandinavian creature
PS. I can dig you some exact addresses for museums, shops and restaurants,
if that's of any help.
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