Today at Skansen

Opening hours 10.00–15.00

Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum, showcasing the whole of Sweden with houses, animals and traditions from every part of the country.

Upcoming at Skansen

  • 1 April 2025, 10.00-15.00

    • Cultural history

    The post office consists of a lobby and the actual office. Behind these are the family quarters.

  • 1 April 2025, 10.00-15.00

    • Cultural history

    The Engineering works (Mekaniska verkstaden) is based on a factory that was founded in 1889 and produced compression-ignition engines among its wares.

  • 1 April 2025, 10.00-16.00

    • Cultural history

    The Älvros Farmstead shows what life was like at a farmstead in Härjedalen in northern Sweden. Here, the main way of life involved cattle breeding.

  • Seglora

    1 April 2025, 10.00-16.00

    • Cultural history

    Seglora Church (Seglora kyrka) comes from a parish in Västergötland. The old wooden church dating from 1730 was abandoned when a new church, built of stone, was erected in 1903.