So this is the other Christmas market that we went to in Stockholm, which takes place in Skansen on the island of Djurgarden. Our hotel was a two minute walk from the ferry stop and the ferry ride was less than five minutes so we were very well placed. And here's something so wonderful about 'commuting' by ferry! Skansen was the word's first museum of the sort where you buy up old buildings all over the country, dismantle them then re-erect them all in one place to give a picture of the historical geographical and social history of the country.
Anyway this was much more what we had been expecting from a Christmas market.
choirs singing
people dancing
stalls with Christmas related handcrafted merchandise
a firepit to keep your toes toasty
a bit of general 'swedishness'
and something totally random - which by definition we weren't expecting.
It was great. I'd definitely go there again, but maybe not next year (although you never know). I also found some Swedish yarn - at long last, and we wandered up into the Nordic Zoo part of the park which is what gives the island its name and looked at the Nordic animals.
Sadly Blogger appears to have decided not to allow me to upload pictures of fierce foreign animals just now and my tea is ready; I will try again later, because after all who doesn't want to see a photograph of a cuddly lynx?
Behave, Blogger - I need to see that lynx!!
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