A “Veneza do Norte”, abrangendo 14 pequenas ilhas na saída do Lago Mälar para o Báltico, Estocolmo é a maior cidade da Escandinávia e arquitetonicamente uma das melhores do mundo, com ruas largas, parques à beira-mar e muitas passarelas para pedestres. For a taste of the city, take a walking tour of Old Town, and particularly the Royal Palace and beautiful Riddarholm Church; take in the views from the observation deck in the Town Hall; or visit one of the Skeppsholmen Museums, including Skeppsholm Church (1842), the Museum of Architecture, the Museum of East Asian Art and the Modern Museum. A main attraction near the center of town is the Vasa Museum, on the island of Djurgården, displaying the almost fully intact 64-gun warship Vasa, that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.