Skåne Farmstead

Skåne Farmstead is a building in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. Skåne Farmstead is situated nearby to the greenhouse Växthuset, Skansen, as well as near the grassland Sommarhagen.

Photo: AleWi, Public domain.

Type: Building
Description: building at the world’s oldest open-air museum in Stockholm
Also known as: “Skåne Farmstead, Skansen” and “Skånegården”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skansen and Skåne Farmstead Garden, Skansen.

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 270 metres northwest of Skåne Farmstead.

Skåne Farmstead Garden, Skansen

Garden

Photo: Salgo60, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fjärilsträdgården, Skansen

Garden

Photo: Salgo60, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Djurgården and Skansen city quarters.

Djurgården

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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.