In the heart of Stockholm, where maritime history echoes through wooden beams and centuries-old nautical tales, the ...

May 1st is a public holiday in Sweden, where Swedes have a day off in celebration of the workers' movement. How are shops, ...

Since being recovered from the Stockholm Harbour in 1961, Vasa has garnered over a million visitors annually. And recently, a four-year project to preserve the hull of the ship was announced. Emile is ...

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on April 29th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage or in the app ...

In this week's programme, we'll hear about the charges and court hearing facing Swedish journalist Joakim Medin in Turkey.

Stockholm is an attractive city at any time ... for me – and worth the flight to Arlanda all by itself – is the Vasa Museum, an impressive home to the best-preserved 17th-century ship anywhere.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

STOCKHOLM, April 14 — A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden’s ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank ... which more than 60 years after its salvage has begun to sag in the ...

In a country of long, dark winters, ‘mys’ — Swedish for cosiness ... built the first store. An IKEA museum there celebrates their history “Stockholm is a city built on islands ...

Vasa vattentorn är inte bara en vacker byggnad, utan dessutom sällsynt väl byggd, konstaterar Tommi Sundberg som är planerare på Vasa Vatten. Tornet, som är byggt 1915, mår på många sätt oerhört bra ...