10 Fun Facts about Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 | Travel Trivia

Stockholm is a genuinely fascinating City the  capital of Sweden Stockholm is the largest city in Scandinavia and one of the northernmost  capitals in the world a hereon a sense of travel I aim to document the five senses of as  many cities countries and natural wonders around the world as I possibly can but today I wanted  to mix things up a little in the first episode of my travel trivia series we're looking at 10  interesting facts about the city that gave us ABA Swedish meatballs and Spotify

Stockholm number  one Stockholm is an archipelago City that sits on 14 different islands and it's often dubbed the  vetus of the north although Amsterdam works pretty hard to claim that title for themselves water  is just a huge part of the Stockholm experience number two Stockholm's subway system known as  tunnel banaana is often considered the world's longest Art Gallery thanks to the beautiful  murals layering through the rough Stone tunnels it's a truly beautiful site to behold number  thre

e gamastan which is Stockholm's medieval old town is one of the best preserved medieval old  towns in Europe with a history dating to the 1200s it's so clean and so well taken care of it seems  as if it belongs in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World thanks to its amazing preservation it's also  a UNESCO world heritage site number four Stockholm is the home of the Vasa Museum which houses the  Vasa warship sunk in in the 1600s on its first voyage the ship was finally raised from the deep  Cold Harb

or in the 20th century and is on Full display to millions of visitors every year photos  and videos don't do justice to just how large this ship is but for context it's 172 ft tall or 52.5  M number five Stockholm is one of the northernmost Capital Cities but it isn't as cold as you'd think  for example the average high in December sits around 36° F or 2° c for comparison Chicago's  average December High is 37° despite being considerably further south this is thanks to the  warm Atlantic Gulf St

ream that keeps Europe quite moderated relative to other places at its latitude  number six scansen Stockholm's open a museum which showcases Swedish Heritage a Nordic zoo and  even an aquarium is the first open air museum in the world many cities in Scandinavia and in the  baltics like Oslo Ria and Helsinki have followed suit number seven Stockholm is one of the world's  most environmentally friendly cities and has been named a European green Capital it also has a goal  to be entirely fossil fr

ee by 2050 number eight several weeks a year Stockholm experiences the  Midnight Sun in which it never gets fully dark in the city number nine although the Nobel Peace  Prize is awarded Oslo Norway all of the other Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm number  10 over a third of stock holers are immigrants amounting to over 350,000 people either being born  abroad or being born to two foreign born parents now obviously there's a lot more to Stockholm  than 10 fun facts but hey if all goes well y

our Curiosity on the Swedish Capital has been sparked  to dive into the atmosphere of the Stockholm experience check out the Stockholm experience  right here or click on the link in the description otherwise hope you got some good info today  and thanks for watching I'll see you next time