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Landek Park in Czech Republic - camping and mining museum

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Landek Park is a mining museum in Ostrava in the eastern Czech Republic, and there is also a nice campsite. We visited the museum a few years ago, and on this year's trip we stayed at the campsite, as it has a good location when visiting Ostrava. The campsite is a good stop if you're travelling by motorhome, and the mining museum is well worth a visit even if you're travelling by other means.

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Open air museum in the Czech Republic - Wallachian Open Air museum

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The Wallachian Open Air Museum is an open-air museum in the Czech Republic that showcases more than 100-year-old buildings, furniture and still-functioning mills and workshops from the eastern Czech Republic. Popularly called 'Skansen' after Skansen in Stockholm, the museum is definitely worth a visit.

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Dolni Vitkovice and Bolt Tower in Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Dolni Vitkovice and Bolt Tower in Ostrava, Czech Republic, are for those who like industrial history or raw industrial environments. Steel and iron were once worked here, and the heat in the blast furnaces was extreme. Today you can take guided tours as a tourist and check out the view of the area from the 80 metre high Bolt Tower.

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Baking St Martin croissants at a museum in Poznan

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We got to try baking St Martin's croissants at a museum in Poznan. So, what are St Martin croissants? We're going to tell you about it in today's post. We also have some photos from the beautiful city of Poznan.

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Nicolaus Copernicus' house in Torun, Poland

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The Nicolaus Copernicus House in Torun is a museum that tells the story of the life of the astronomer Copernicus, and of life in the 15th and 16th centuries in this part of the world. Copernicus was the first to prove that the Earth orbits the sun and not the other way round, and he did this at a time when the telescope had not even been invented. A fascinating man! Moreover, the museum is located in a beautiful and interesting city.

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The Police Museum in Stockholm - about the police and society

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The Police Museum in Stockholm tells us about the work of the police, but also about the victims of crime and how ordinary people view the police. The exhibition 'The Trigger' is also currently on display, which uses photographs to tell the story of both perpetrators and police work throughout history.

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Riksidrottsmuseet in Stockholm - sports history

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We visited the Swedish Sports Museum in Stockholm. But why in winter clothes? In fact, we visited the museum last spring, just before it closed down due to COVID-19. At the time, we felt a bit sad to write about a museum that had closed, but now it has reopened, albeit with limited opening hours.

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Albert Engström's museum in Grisslehamn, Roslagen.

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The Albert Engström Museum is located in Grisslehamn in Roslagen and tells the story of the artist Albert Engström. He lived here for much of his life and had his studio by the sea.

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Pythagoras Industrial Museum in Norrtälje - step into history

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The Pythagoras Industrial Museum in Norrtälje tells, in a very vivid way, about a piece of Swedish industrial history. You step straight into a factory that looks exactly as it once did. We were here with the campervan this weekend, and it was really interesting. Welcome to the promised land of spark plug engines!

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Bengtsfors in Dalsland - locks, museums and canal boats

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Bengtsfors is located along the Dalsland Canal, and we came here by motorhome after our visits to the aqueduct in Håverud and Dals Långed. Here we experienced charming locks, fantastic nature and a nice open-air museum.

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