Located on the beautiful island Djurgården in central Stockholm. Djurgården is also home to many more museums and the amusement park «Grönalund». Skansen was one of the first open air museums of it’s kind and the idea with it was to experince the history yourself and not just look at some old clothes in a showcase! The founder Arthur Hazelius brought diffrent houses from before the industrial revolution from all around Sweden to Skansen. Later it also became a zoo with mostly nordic animals(protip: if you want to see the animals, don’t come on the hottest day in the middle of the summer, come in the morning or evning on a cooler day the animals are more active then). One of the great things about Skansen is that you can come here anytime, it doesn’t matter what age you are you will still enjoy yourself! It’s a nice place for turists but I really think more people from Stockholm you visit here(not just for Allsången). It’s simple just a beautiful place to take a walk in the middle of the summer/winter! Yes Skansen is open all year, it’s only on christmas eve the close at 2pm so you can come home in time for «Kalle Anka»! Protips: Some things you don’t want to miss, in the middle of the summer, they celebrate swedish midsumer here, the sing along program Allsång på Skansen, in the fall there is a farmersmarket(höstmarknaden) and one week in the fall the theme is folklore belief when you can here stories about trolls etc. and if your lucky you might catch a glimpse of one, lucia celebration and the christmas market in december! So come here if your young, in love, old or with your children there is always something to do here!