Great Journey 🇸🇪 Day 513
No, the Vasa Museum is not a crispbread house. In Stockholm they have built a museum for exactly one ship.
The Vasa, as the ship is called, was not even really successful, as it sank in 1628 on its maiden voyage as it was leaving Stockholm harbour. It was salvaged 333 years later and has its own museum.
The huge ship was built for 400 people and weighed 1200 tonnes. About 342 times as heavy as our Felix. It was to have been one of the most important ships in King Gustav the Kindred's war fleet.
In the museum, you can see what life was like on a wooden barge back then. Heating? Not a chance! Refrigerator, nothing there. No bunks either (sleeping on the wooden floor was the order of the day!) and no comfort either.
For weapons, there was room! And unfortunately, that was also the "break of the Vasa's neck". She was too top-heavy due to the load, which probably means that the weight was too far up and so she could tilt beautifully on the waves.
Just as exciting is the salvage of the Vasa (14,000 loose pieces of wood were recovered!), the restoration (all the wood was sprayed with stuff for 9 years and had to dry for 17 years!) and the extra construction of the museum.
The extra exhibition on the life and work of women in the 17th century: a lot of surprising content and graphically, as always here in Sweden, 1A!
We were here on a Sunday, and there were lots of families with lots of children. And since we were in a Swedish museum, there was of course a lot of "hands-on" experience. And when something is really child-friendly, I like it all the more! Who says that only kids can push buttons and pull levers?
An absolute must when you come to Stockholm!
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