Skansen is kind of like Fort Edmonton Park, except that Skansen was already a historical park in 1891, when Fort Edmonton was still a fort.
So the historic buildings aren’t basically identical to Grandma’s house. Also the guy who owned this house was definitely richer than all of our grandmas combined.
The sami that live way up north build these storehouses on stilts to keep the pests out.
They live in these goahtis which are kind of like tipis but with more peat.
This is a modern summerhome that looks like a goahti because apparently the owners missed being crammed in a tiny space so they do it while on vacation.
This is a windmill.
This is a model of the houses poor people lived in in the 19th century.
This is a rune stone.
This is an old pill maker from the pharmacy.
This is a delicious cinnamony thing.
This is an engineering worshop from the 1920s
This is the incoming power for it, which weirdly was 120V 60Hz. So if you’re ever time travelling to old Sweden you don’t need to remember to pack a converter.
