Throughout Europe, “ships of discovery” await including the
Vasa, a humongous Viking-era warship that capsized and sank in 1628, while sailing from the harbor in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Spending 333 years on the sea bed, this wooden warship was protected by mud and cold Baltic water (which avoided worms and bacteria from feeding on the wood). Today, this salvaged, beautifully restored Viking ship is considered the world’s best preserved 17th-century vessel. It s displayed in all its glory in Stockholm’s
Vasamuseet, Sweden’s and
Scandinavia’s most visited museum.
“Start your morning with a visit to the Vasamuseet (Vasa Museum), one of Sweden’s most popular attractions,
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