The Best Stockholm Attractions

Stockholm, one of the most beautiful capitals of the world, is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges. Beautiful buildings, greenery, fresh air and proximity to water are the hallmarks of this city. Ecological Park in the first urban national park in the world, is a green, breathing and the City, and the constant presence of the crush of the city.

With 750 years of history and rich cultural life, Stockholm offers a wide selection of world-class museums and attractions. Most attractions can be reached on foot, and there's a good chance to experience a lot in a short time. City life experience, the history of civilization and nature, all in one day.

City tour of Stockholm. Climb the tower City Hall for a spectacular view of Stockholm. Do not miss the Gamla Stan, Stockholm's oldest attraction and one of the best preserved medieval city centers in the world. Walking through the narrow streets with shops full of crafts, antiques, art galleries and cafes. The Royal Palace, Stockholm Cathedral is also located in Gamla Stan.

The green island of Djurgården is home to some of the most popular attractions of the city. Visit the world famous Vasa warship, opened the world's oldest air Skansen museum, or Astrid Lindgren Junibacken. And do not miss the chance to see the water in Stockholm. Naturally, a city built on fourteen islands offer superb views over the water. There are many different routes to choose from. And if the fourteen islands that are not enough, Stockholm offers a wonderful archipelago of 30,000 islands, islets and rocky cliffs.

Stockholm – the Capital of Scandinavia!

Gamla Stan

Gamla Stan is one of the most largest and best preserved medieval city in Europe, and one of the main attractions of Stockholm. This is where Stockholm was founded in 1252.

The Royal Palace

Welcome to one of the largest palaces in Europe! The Royal Palace is the official residence of His Majesty the King of Sweden for more than 600 rooms.

The Vasa Museum

The Vasa is the only surviving seventeenth-century ship in the world and a unique art treasure. Over 95 percent of the ship is original, and is decorated with hundreds of carved sculptures.

Skansen Open-Air Museum

Skansen open air museum consists of the oldest in the world and the zoo in Stockholm, which has a superb location in the Royal Djurgården and views across Stockholm.

Most Fascinating Fountains on Earth

The Burj Kalifa Fountain ( Dubai )

Kalifa fountain in Burj Dubai, the UAE is one of the largest fountains and most technologically advanced in the world. $ 218 million fountain was inaugurated in May 2009. Although it is similar to the famous fountain of Bellagio Las Vegas, is higher by 25% and allows you to spray water to the building of 50 floors. But even more impressive facts and figures is the beauty of the spectacle of lighted water. And 'nothing short of breathtaking.

Fountain of Wealth ( Singapore )

This is a giant fountain is a central feature of the Suntec City shopping mall in Singapore. Fontana, at the time of over 45 feet (13.8 meters) and is said to bring luck and prosperity to those who walk on it three times while constantly touching the water. It 'was recorded in the 1998 Guinness Book of Records as the largest fountain in the world.

Merlion Front ( Singapore )

Merlion is a mythical creature with the body the head of a lion fish, the mascot used in Singapore. Its name combines "Mer", which means the sea and the "Lion". Body of Fish is the original fishing village of Singapore, when it was known as Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese. Lion head represents Singapore Singapura original name - it means "Lion City" or "hut Singapore."

Trevi Fountain ( Rome )

The Trevi Fountain is to stop as part of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct built in 19 BC. It brings water to the Living Springs (about 20 km from Rome) and supplies the fountains of the historic center of Rome with water. In 1732, Pope Clement XII commissioned Nicola Salvi to create a large fountain in Piazza di Trevi. The previous attempt to build a fountain designed by Bernini in the last century has stopped after the death of Pope Urban VIII. Salvi is based on his theatrical masterpiece on this design. The construction of the monumental baroque fountain was finally completed in 1762.

Swarovski Fountain ( Austria )

The Swarovski Crystal Worlds or World of Swarovski crystal, sits in the Austrian Tyrol as a jewel in a ring. If it looks like a fortress, it is no coincidence: In 1892, owner Daniel Swarovski moved the entire company of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) in Tyrol so wild and woolly tools and methods of the company remain involves a secret sign.

Gardens of Versailles ( Versailles )

Versailles is the most famous garden in the world. But the "garden" is hardly an appropriate term. The scale is monumental and there is little sense of enclosure. Versailles was designed as a central palace of the government to an absolute monarch, Louis XIV. He is brilliant as the main example of French Baroque style, but it's not a friendly place. "Presumptuous" is a common description and English critics have often been disappointed with the place.

Halong Bay Amazing Place

Majestic and mysterious, inspiring and bidders: words alone can not do justice to the natural wonder that is Halong Bay. Imagine 3000 or more incredible islands rising from the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, and you have a vision of breathtaking beauty. Halong Bay is pure art, a priceless collection of unfinished sculptures carved by nature.

In 1994 he was named a World Heritage Site. Visitors can not help but compare the magical, mystical landscape of limestone islands and Guilin in China and Krabi in southern Thailand, but in reality in Halong Bay is spectacular. These small islands are full of beaches and caves carved by wind and waves, and is a low-slope forests of call with the singing of birds.


Beyond the scenery on a boat cruise on the bay, Halong visitors come to explore the caves - some of which are well lit for the benefit of tourists - and the rise in Cat Ba National Park. There are few real beaches in Halong Bay, but it Lan Ha Bay (off the coast of the island of Cat Ba) has over 100 strips of sand.


Halong is the gateway to Halong Bay, but not the ideal introduction to this amazing World Heritage Site. The developers have not been kind to the city and most visitors wisely choose excursions including sleeping on a boat in the bay. In short, Halong Bay is the attraction, Halong City is not.


As the number one tourist attraction in the northeast, Halong Bay attracts a steady stream of visitors throughout the year. From February to April, the climate in this area is often cold and rainy. The fog that followed can make a low profile, but this will give an ethereal air in place and the temperature rarely drops below 10 ° C. During the summer tropical storms are common, and tourist vessels have to change their routes, depending on weather.


Halong Bay is the essence of myth, of course, the Vietnamese have put together a. Halong means "where the dragon descends into the sea." Legend has it that the islands of Halong Bay was created by a great dragon who lived in the mountains. As the load to the shore, waving its tail broken valleys and crevices. When it finally sank into the sea, the area filled with water, leaving only the pinnacles visible.


Dragons hand, the greatest threat to the bay will be souvenirs from tourist hunting. Coral and rare shells are rapidly removed from the ocean floor, and stalactites and stalagmites are disconnected from the cave. These items will be turned into key chains, paperweights and ashtrays are sold in local gift shops. It is clear that people buy less, fewer local people will be held for sale, so do not encourage trade.