Skansen
Skansen is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Email: info@skansen.se
- Type: Theme park
- Description: open-air museum and zoo, showing Swedish folk culture and way of life in the pre-industrial era
- Also known as: “Open-air museum Skansen”, “Skansen (Museum)”, “Skanzeno”, “Stiftelsen Skansen”, “גן החיות והמוזיאון הפתוח סקאנסן”, “思間慎”, “斯堪森”, “斯堪森公園”, “斯康森博物館”, and “斯康森露天民俗博物館”
- Address: Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, Stockholm, 115 21
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Offerholmen, Skansen and Mora Farmstead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King Oscar’s Terrace and Skansen city quarters.
Skansen
- Categories: open-air museum, zoo, working life museum, nonprofit organization, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.32655° or 59° 19′ 36″ north
Longitude
18.10509° or 18° 6′ 18″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9FFW84G4+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_park
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Skansen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սկանսեն”
- Basque: “Skansen”
- Belarusian: “Скансен”
- Belarusian: “Скансэн”
- Bulgarian: “Скансен”
- Central Kurdish: “سکانسێن”
- Chinese: “斯堪森博物館”
- Chinese: “斯堪森博物馆”
- Czech: “Skansen”
- Danish: “Skansen frilandsmuseum”
- Danish: “Skansen”
- Dutch: “Openluchtmuseum Skansen”
- Dutch: “Skansen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف سكانسن فى الهواء الطلق”
- Esperanto: “Skanseno”
- Estonian: “Skansen”
- Finnish: “Skansen”
- Finnish: “Ulkoilmamuseo Skansen”
- French: “Skansen”
- German: “Freilichtmuseum Skansen”
- German: “Skansen”
- Greek: “Σκάνσεν”
- Hebrew: “סקאנסן”
- Hungarian: “Skansen”
- Italian: “Skansen”
- Japanese: “スカンセン”
- Japanese: “スカンセン野外博物館”
- Korean: “스칸센”
- Latvian: “Skansens”
- Livvi: “Skansen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skansen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skansen”
- Norwegian: “Skansen”
- Persian: “اسکانسن”
- Polish: “Skansen w Sztokholmie”
- Portuguese: “Skansen”
- Russian: “Скансен”
- Slovenian: “muzej na prostem Skansen”
- Slovenian: “Skansen”
- Spanish: “Skansen”
- Swedish: “Skansen”
- Thai: “สกันเซิน”
- Turkish: “Skansen Açıkhava Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Скансен”
- Yue Chinese: “思間慎公園”
- “Skansen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Djurgården and Galärvarvet.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Bollnäsgrillen and Gamla Krogen.
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