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Nov 28, 20227 min read

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: The Vasa Ship Museum

Easily accessible by Stockholm's pedestrian ferry system, the Vasa Ship Museum is a both fascinating and fun slice of history. Much of...

Nov 6, 202219 min read

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: The old town as guide to history up to the 19th Century

In geographic terms, what we now see on the map as Sweden was a relatively late arrival in Europe. For more than a hundred thousand years...

Jun 26, 20223 min read

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY

Like a lot of Rhine cities, Düsseldorf was a border region in Roman times, with Germanic tribes on the eastern side of the river and...

Jun 24, 20224 min read

KUNSTPALAST DÜSSELDORF: Glass Art

The Kunstpalast has an entire wing dedicated to glass art, and has one of the finest glass collections in the world. The Glasmuseum...

Jun 22, 20229 min read

KUNSTPALAST DÜSSELDORF: Paintings, Sculpture, and Mixed Media

(A separate post on the Kunstpalast's collection of glass art can be found here.) The Kunstpalast Düsseldorf is just one of the city's...

Jun 16, 202210 min read

METTMAN, GERMANY: Neanderthal Museum

Less than an hour by train from Düsseldorf, Germany (a separate post on which is here), near the town of Mettman, is one of the most...