There are two big attractions you are told you must visit when you come to Stockholm: one is the outdoor museum, Skansen, and the other is the Vasa museum. The Vasa museum is a museum about a warship which sank on its first voyage in Stockholm bay in 1628. The ship remained largely intact and was dug up from the ocean in 1961, and is today on display at this museum.
After visiting a lot of Stockholm's other museums, I had left Vasa for almost last, and I was a little disappointed. It's just a big piece of wood in the middle of a big room. There is lots of information about details of the ship and the lives of the sailors, as well as information about the salvage process and possible reasons why it sank, but I just didn't see why it is a must-see for Stockholm. I've spoken to other people and it seemed to be a split divide - either they thought it was really cool, or nothing special!
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