Sweden
Stockholm’s Vasa Museum
and for over 300 years it lay at the bottom of the Stockholm harbor. In the 1950′s a private researcher began to search for her. He knew that wooden ships are preserved in the brackish waters of the Baltic. In more salty water, wood is rapidly destroyed by the ship worm, Teredo navalis. The (….Read more)
Best of the Baltics: Stockholm
Sweden is more than Viking, flowery maypoles, smorgasbords, pickled herring and schnapps. It has 750 years of history and culture. We cruised the Baltic Sea with Norwegian Cruise Line for ten days and Stockholm was one of our favorite stops. Built on 14 islands surrounded by water, you can hop on and off ferries, tour (….Read more)
