Elk

Elk is in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. Elk is situated nearby to Seal, as well as near Bear.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skansen and Högloftet och Nyloftet.

Skansen

Theme park

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. Skansen is situated 240 metres southwest of Elk.

Högloftet och Nyloftet

Convention center

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Högloftet och Nyloftet is a convention center.

Vasa Museum

Museum

Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Vasa Museum is situated 1 km west of Elk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King Oscar’s Terrace and Djurgården.

King Oscar’s Terrace

Locality

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.

King Oscar’s Terrace is a locality.

Djurgården

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.