National Sports Museum of Sweden
National Sports Museum of Sweden is a museum in Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. National Sports Museum of Sweden is situated nearby to the museum The Gun Yard, as well as near The Police Museum.Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Stockholm, Sweden
- Also known as: “Riksidrottsmuseum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maritime Museum and Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology.
Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Bergsten, Public domain.
The Maritime Museum in Stockholm, Sweden is a museum for naval history, merchant shipping and shipbuilding. Located in the Gärdet section of the inner-city district Östermalm, the museum offers a panoramic view of the bay Djurgårdsbrunnsviken. Maritime Museum is situated 100 metres southwest of National Sports Museum of Sweden.
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Museum
Photo: Bergsten, Public domain.
The National Museum of Science and Technology is a museum in Stockholm. It is Sweden's largest museum of technology, and has a national charter to be responsible for preserving the Swedish cultural heritage related to technological and industrial history. Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology is situated 130 metres southeast of National Sports Museum of Sweden.
Museum of Ethnography
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Ethnography, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish science museum. It houses a collection of about 220,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples from around the world, including from China, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, the Americas and Africa. Museum of Ethnography is situated 220 metres east of National Sports Museum of Sweden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diplomatstaden and Djurgården.
Diplomatstaden
Locality
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Diplomatstaden is a neighbourhood in the Östermalm district in central Stockholm, Sweden. As the name suggests, the neighbourhood is the home of many embassies and ambassadorial residencies.
Djurgården
Djurgården, more properly Södra Djurgården, is a park island in the southern Östermalm borough in Stockholm. The island makes up much of the National City Park, and contains many museums and leisure venues, such as Skansen, the Vasa Museum and ABBA The Museum.
Lindarängen
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lindarängen is a location outside Stockholm, Sweden. During the 1912 Summer Olympics, it hosted the steeplechase trials for the equestrian eventing competition. Between 1921 and 1952 Lindarängen also hosted Stockholm's water airport for seaplanes.
National Sports Museum of Sweden
- Categories: sports museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms domkyrkoförs., Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.33321° or 59° 19′ 60″ northLongitude
18.117° or 18° 7′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9FFW84M8+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 810035242OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q10655237
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“National Sports Museum of Sweden” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Kansallisurheilumuseo”
- French: “Riksidrottsmuseet”
- German: “Riksidrottsmuseet”
- Russian: “Национальный музей спорта”
- Swedish: “Riksidrottsmuseum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Gun Yard and The Police Museum.
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