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The Vasa Museum is Scandinavia's most visited museum, located in Stockholm, capital of Sweden. The Museum was inaugurated in 1990.
In the large shiphall stands the warship Vasa - the only remaining, intact 17th century ship in the world. The lower rig has been rebuilt, complete with masts, stays and shrouds.
It's the 30th of April and Valborg in Sweden (Walpurgisnacht in German I believe). Even though the night has roots from religion in some part of Europe, in Sweden it has very little to do with Religion and very much to do with the arrival of Spring. We love to have an excuse to celebrate something, and today we celebrate the spring with bonfire and singsongs :-)
"While the name Walpurgis is taken from the eighth-century English missionary Saint Walburga, "Valborg", as it is called in Swedish, has very little to do with religion and everything to do with the arrival of spring."
~Wikpedia
Old tradition in Sweden. We celebrate the arrival of the spring with light bulbs and singing songs about the spring.
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Walpurgis Night, torchlight procession to Riddarholmen, Stockholm.
Welcome to Spring! (last day of april)
Hasselblad 203FE
Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 T* FE
Kodak Portra 400VC (expired) at EI100
Nikon Coolscan 9000
Image Mechanics wet mount