Vastveit Storehouse
Vastveit Storehouse is a building in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. Vastveit Storehouse is situated nearby to the memorial Commemorative plaque of a skijumping competition 1892, as well as near Elk.Photo: Sniper Zeta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Albertyanks, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: one of the oldest buildings at Skansen. It was erected in the 14th century and comes from the farm of Vastveit in Telemark in Norway.
- Also known as: “Storehouse, Skansen”, “Vastveit storehouse”, and “Vastveit Storehouse, Skansen”
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skansen and Nordic Museum.
Skansen
Theme park
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 280 metres south of Vastveit Storehouse.
Nordic Museum
Museum
Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nordic Museum is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period to the contemporary period. Nordic Museum is situated 730 metres west of Vastveit Storehouse.
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 Vastveit Storehouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King Oscar’s Terrace and Diplomatstaden.
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.
Vastveit Storehouse
- Categories: cultural property, exhibit, tourist attraction, heritage site in Sweden, and museum concept
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.32891° or 59° 19′ 44″ northLongitude
18.1067° or 18° 6′ 24″ eastLevels
2Open location code
9FFW84H4+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 33407164OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q20656072
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian Nynorsk to Swedish—“Vastveit Storehouse” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vastveitloftet”
- Russian: “Склад в Скансене”
- Russian: “Склад Вествейт в Скансене”
- Swedish: “Vastveitloftet”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Commemorative plaque of a skijumping competition 1892 and Elk.
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