Thursday 17 June:
Guided tour at the Vasamuseum (10.00 - 12.00)
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) 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.
Lunch at the restaurant Blå Porten
WALDEMARS UDDE WITH GUIDED TOUR 14.30-16.00
Waldemarsudde, originally the home of Prince Eugen, son of Oscar II (1865-1947), became state-owned after the Prince's death and in accordance with his will, and is now among the most-visited art museums in Sweden. The complex consists of a castle-like main building - the Mansion - and a Gallery Building. The estate also includes the original manor-house building, known as the Old House and an old linseed mill, both dating back to the 1780s.
Prince Eugen was one of his generation's foremost landscape painters and many of his best-known works, including Molnet (the Cloud) and Det gamla slottet (The Old Castle), are part of the collections at Waldemarsudde.
He was also an art collector and his collection of Swedish turn-of-the-19th-century art is one of the foremost in the country.
In the Mansion the Prince's Private Apartments remain mostly unchanged, while the two upper floors - with the Prince's Studio at the top - are used for temporary exhibitions or for exhibiting works by the Prince or from his collections. The Gallery Building is mainly used for temporary exhibitions.
The estate is set in beautiful parkland, featuring centuries-old oak trees. Its situation by the inlet to Stockholm harbour presents the visitor with stunning views of the water.
The Prince was fond of gardens and the garden at Waldemarsudde, planned by the owner himself, is well worth a visit.
The park contains a number of sculptures by French and Swedish artists, such as Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle and Carl Milles, as well as copies of Roman and Greek sculptures, including one of Nike of Samothrace, cast after the original in the Louvre
Cost: 38 euro
Friday 18 June
BOAT TOUR FROM STADSHUSKAJEN TO DROTTNINGHOLM PALACE
Guided tour at the “kinaslott”, at the teather and the castle park.
The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. It is located in Drottningholm (literally meaning "Queen's islet"), built on the island Lovön is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces.
The Chinese Pavilion (Swedish: Kina slott), located in the grounds of the Drottningholm Palace park, is a Chinese-inspired royal pavilion built in 1753
The Drottningholm Palace Theatre is the opera house located at the palace. It is still in use, and its summer opera festivals are quite popular.
Lunch
The gardens and park areas surrounding the castle and its buildings are one of the main attractions for the tourists that visit the palace each year.The gardens have been established in stages since the castle was built, resulting in different styles of parks and gardens.
Lunch at the Drottningholm visitor’ s center and Restaurant,
Bus back to Stockholm and guided shopping tour in the afternoon.
Cost: 45 euro