Junibacken Stockholm

... locals as the fun island. And why not, with an amusement park ( Tivoli ), several cool museums including Astrid Lindgren's Junibacken museum and Skansen. Who is Astrid Lindgren, you may ask. She's the world famous Swedish author of children's books, ...

... lost sailors from skeletons found in the ship. Could have spent longer here, but Rosa was getting impatient to get to... g. Junibacken: I'm only vaguely aware of Pippi Longstocking (she has long red braids) but apparently she's huge in Sweden, as is ...

... no photos allowed in the interior, with the exception of the main hall). At last, we visited the Pippi Longstocking "house" - Junibacken (btw: Pipi das meias altas, in Portuguese) the magical story book world created by Astrid Lindgren. Sadly this was ...

... water museum (with it's own little tropical rain forest section that is hot & rainy, and has piranhas in it!) * Junibacken (a museum based around the author of children's stories - like Pippy Longstocking - with a cool train ride through an actual ...

... tour groups were there. How quickly we forgot what it was like to be in a Russian crowd! Down past the Junibacken, a large children's museum devoted to children's literature and dedicated to Astrid Lindgren, the author of Pippi Longstocking. There were ...

... .  Sebbe however, woke us in time for breakfast.  Off via bus, train, train and bus to take Sebbe to Junibacken, which is a sort of fun/fantasy centre with loads of play and educational facilities.  We think half of Sweden's children had ...

... the morning… What a trooper! That brings me to the present where I’m sitting in the Stockholm airport. I’m watching the kids play in the "junibacken" (which I assume means “play land” or something similar). We have about 1 ...

... If not, you have probably seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Larsson's heroes live, love, and kill in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. In my mind, Sweden has always been a blessed country. Blessed with peace, fresh air, extremely beautiful landscapes ...

... her horse and monkey. Noah has already put quite a bit of time playing with these toys and entertaining himself just today. After Junibacken we headed to the Vasamuseet, or the Vasa. This museum has an old sunken ship on display. This ship sunk on ...