The island of Djurgården is Stockholm’s outdoor recreation center. While on the island you can visit the Swedish warship Vasa, which was, in that time, the world’s largest and the pride of mighty Sweden’s navy.
The present museum is built around the 17th century warship, which sank in Stockholm’s inner harbor on her maiden voyage in 1628. Raised from sea in 1961, and restored much of the original magnificence, today the Vasa is a fascinating authentic piece of living history.