King Oscar’s Terrace

King Oscar’s Terrace is a locality in Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. King Oscar’s Terrace is situated nearby to the locality Skansen city quarters, as well as near Galärvarvet.

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Type: Locality
Description: terrace named after King Oscar II built for the Stockholm Exhibition of 1897
Also known as: “Oscarsterrassen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skansen and Biological museum.

Skansen

Theme park

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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.

Biological museum

Museum

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Biologiska museet is a museum located in Djurgården in Stockholm. It exhibits a collection of stuffed European birds and mammals in dioramas. Some of the diorama backgrounds were created by artist Bruno Liljefors, known for his dramatic paintings of Scandinavian wildlife.

Vasa Museum

Museum

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The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.