Follow along in Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander’s footsteps while getting additional background information about the characters and the author. The walk starts at Bellmansgatan 1, where Mikael Blomkvist lives, then passes the Millennium editorial office, Lisbeth Salander’s luxury apartment and many other locations mentioned in the books and film.
For Millenium Walk and Old Town guided tour, please apply to: hans.ojmyr@stockholm.seThe City of Stockholm will welcome NODEM 2013 Conference international participants to a reception at Stockholm City Hall, which will include wine tasting and visit to one of capital’s famous tourist attractions, due to its grand ceremonial halls, and unique art collections. The Stockholm City Hall is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet held on December 10th each year.
The exhibition highlights the world in the early 1600s and the ship Vasa's contemporaries. How it looks from other perspectives and other geographical vantage points than Sweden?
The exhibition is flexible and conveys stories and research through knowledge experiences in the form of film, animation and digital interactivity. The Vasa Museum is located in Djurgården, Stockholm, and exhibits the salvaged remains of the 17th century warship Vasa. The Vasa ship sank outside of Stockholm in 1628 on its maiden voyage and was, after many attempts, salvaged in 1961 almost completely intact.
Ebbe Strandell, Chief Technology Officer, demonstrates how ABBA the Museum has used innovative digital technology and multi-media exhibits about the world-famous pop group. Abba the Museum is dedicated to the legendary Swedish pop group – ABBA, who topped the music charts from 1972 to 1982 and is one of the most successful pop groups in music history. The museum was born out of the ABBAWorld Exhibition that toured several countries during 2009 and 2011. The museum presents the visitor with an opportunity to experience life as a band member through interactive exhibition elements, and to follow the bands’ career and success through exhibits of memorabilia.
The museum features a recording studio – The Polarstudio - where visitors can try the recording equipment, a dance floor, a direct telephone line to the group members, a self-playing piano controlled remotely by Benny Andersson, a stage, and music video recordings. It also showcases everything from stage costumes, original artifacts, concert footage and gold records.
Club Kids 150 years is built around three main nightlife gathering places: the dance floor, bar and toilets. In these particular spots of the exhibition, one can explore the night life's pleasures and its profiles through videos, interviews, sounds and smells. The exhibition is created by artist / club profile Makode Linde together with creative agency EGG and Museum of Spirits.
The museum is focused on the history of wine and spirits and drinking culture in Sweden. The museum’s main exhibition - “Sweden: Spirits of a Nation” - explores the relationship between Swedish culture and alcohol. The exhibit is made to appeal to the visitors’ senses- through elements such as smells, taste sprays as well as audio and visual media and it aims to convey the whole experience of drinking. The exhibit also includes elements surrounding the culture of drinking in Sweden such as drinking songs and the production of alcohol.
The Museum of Spirits also showcases art exhibitions and the Absolut Vodka art collection, which includes artworks by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Dan Wolgers, and Linn Fernström.
The Music and Theatre Museum was founded in 1899 and is located in the premises of Old Crown Bakery in Östermalm near the Royal Dramatic theatre. Its collection, which is displayed at the museum, covers both music and theatre and includes instruments, archives and historical artifacts. The collection contains more than 6,000 instruments from Scandinavia and Western Europe.
