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Stockholm Travel Resources

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Here's a little information related to travel in the city of Stockholm to guide you before or while you journey; learn the currency before you go and a little language knowledge will improve your cultural immersion as a tourist; information on the main religions found in Sweden is also included for your interest.

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Currency: 1 krona = 100 ore; Coins 50 ore and 1, 5 and 10 krona; Bank Notes 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 krona - conversion  
Religions: Predominately Lutheran.
  

Languages: Swedish with some Lapp and Finnish speaking minorities.

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Stockholm Tourist Board - official website of the Stockholm Tourist Board.

Drottningholm Slottsteater - impressive 18th C theatre, part of the Royal Domain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kungliga Slottet - palatial residence of the Swedish Royal family.

Skansen - open air museum of traditional Swedish life, the oldest museum of its kind in Europe.

Uppsalla - the biggest cathedral in Scandinavia can be found at this university town an hour out of Stockholm.

Vasa Museum - well preserved 17th C warship.

Vaxholm - idyllic touristy town with a castle just an hour from the city.