It's hard to imagine wanting to book a room at the Jumbo Stay. If you're arriving from Stockholm by boat, plane or train, few people would want to pile back onto a 747 airplane for a restful... »

Odd Accommodations | Edited by Dampo and atimian

Bahnhof is one of Sweden's largest internet service providers. When CEO Jon Karlung secured a former nuclear bunker below 100 feet of Stockholm bedrock as the site for a data center, he thought it... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture, Subterranean Sites | Edited by tralfamadore, wythe and others

Every single day, thousands of Swedes drive to the airport in their cars, spewing harmful carbon dioxide into the air and contributing to global warming. In an effort to convince them that they... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

During the post World War II race among countries to arm themselves with nuclear weapons, some risky decisions were made. Among them was the building of Sweden's first nuclear reactor, Reaktor... »

Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by jiblite, Dylan and others

The Biologiska Museet was built in 1893 to a design by architect Agi Lindegren, and was inspired by the medieval Norwegian stave churches. The founder of the museum, Gustaf Kolthoff was a... »

Natural History, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by jiblite and michelle

Seventeenth century Sweden was an up-and-coming state with great ambitions. Colonial expansion was on the mind of every royal and for Sweden, the Navy was to be the backbone of any successful... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane, littlebrumble and 2 others

The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million. The sun is represented by the Globe Arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in... »

Natural History, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and jiblite