Have you visited the Strindberg Museum in Stockholm and Strindberg's home? Yesterday we went on a little museum tour of Stockholm with our electric bikes. One of the museums we managed to visit was the Strindberg Museum on Drottninggatan. Surprisingly nice and interesting!
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There is more of Sweden in Germany than you might realise. In fact, Germany has many places and traditions with Swedish connections. Many traces have a historical connection, such as the 30-year war or Sweden's time as a major power in the Baltic Sea region. For example, did you know that Wismar celebrates 'Schwedenfest' every year or that Sweden's first university is located in Greifswald?
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St Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt is a truly ancient monastery with a wealth of religious history. It includes the burning bush and the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.
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Now we have tried blowing glass, or at least Peter has. We visited the Moser Glassworks in the Czech Republic, which was far more interesting than we could have imagined. Here we got to experience the beating heart of the glass factory, test what glass blowing requires from the lungs and check out the most beautiful glass artworks.
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Did you know that we have 15 Unesco world heritage sites in Sweden? We often check for world heritage sites when we're travelling, but we tend to forget that there are world heritage sites in Sweden too. We list them all - from north to south.
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Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm is one of the Swedish World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We often check for world heritage sites when we are travelling, and now we suddenly realised that we have a world heritage site just 20 minutes from home, which we have never seen. Of course, we had to change this, so now we have visited Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm.
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Dambulla in Sri Lanka is a small town best known for the Golden Cave Temple. Inside a granite mountain are five caves filled with Buddha statues and paintings, some of which are as old as the 2nd century BC. It's no wonder that the Golden Cave Temple in Dambulla was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991.
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Welcome to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka! In this historic city you will find countless Buddhist temples and other sacred monuments. If you want, you can also climb the small mountain peak of Mihintale for even more religious sites. You can also be sure to see many, many monkeys.
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The National Museum in Stockholm opens this Saturday, 13 October 2018, after five years of renovation. The new Nationalmuseum has opened up 300 pre-built windows, regained its two light courts and made room for significantly more art than before. Peter has been on a press tour this week and we can give a little "sneak peek" before the opening this Saturday.
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Today we have 12 things to see and do in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp is a vibrant and interesting city that offers diamonds, art, history, museums and all kinds of goodies in the form of beer, food and chocolate. Here are our top tips for what to do in this Belgian city!
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