Celebrate Halloween at Djurgården

Soon it’s time for that special time of the year when the days are getting colder and darker, the trees are showing magnificent colors and you’ll want to prepare for the winter by enjoying some time off with friends or family. Why not celebrate Halloween at Djurgården? We offer scary zombie zones, music with Astrid Lindgren, beautiful photography and much more! Read more below to find out about how you can celebrate Halloween at Djurgården!

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Spooky and scary Halloween at Gröna Lund

Gröna Lund promises that Halloween 2018 will be longer, bigger and more scary then ever before! Do you dare to come aboard the frightening new attraction Ghost Ship? At Stora Området (large area), brave souls can visit four haunterd houses, where the House of Nightmares has new frights, “Blå Tåget” (the blue train) is spiced up with live ghosts, “Lustiga Huset” (fun house) is transformed into “Olustiga Huset” (not-so-fun house), and the brand new Motel Hell/o haunted house welcomes only the most fearless. This is a new level of fright, so be careful!

You can celebrate in a less scary way at Lilla Området (small area) where you can hang out with witches, take a ride at the Spider Bug-ride or visit Lilla Scenen (little stage) to watch a magical show for children. Take a stroll in a cosy setting which brings the thoughts to a traditional autumn fair. Or enter a haunted house where all children will feel brave. These are only some of the experiences you can find during Halloween at Lilla Området, the part of Gröna Lund with fun and without evil spirits.

When: October 19th – November 4th
You can read more about Halloween at Gröna Lund here.

Reading break at Junibacken

There will be several fun activities at Junibacken during Halloween for those who aren’t to fond of scary things. You can experience Tommy and Annika’s first meeting with Pippi Longstocking in the play Pippi flyttar in (Pippi moves in) which will be played every day during the autumn break.

Children’s author Barbro Lindgren’s whimsical characters come to life at Junibacken. Meet the Wild Baby, Sam and Loranga in their own storybook world. Play, listen and watch – then continue the adventure at home with the beloved books! And afterwards, don’t miss the beloved story train to see Astrid Lindgrens creations in an exciting way.

When: October 30th – November 4th kl. 10-17

Experience hauntingly beautiful art at Waldemarsudde

Helene Schmitz is one of Sweden’s most successful art photographers. In numerous projects she explores the relationship between man and nature. Her works often portray states of imbalance, or out-of-control situations. The exhibition Thinking Like a Mountain presents a series of recent works on the theme of exploiting natural resources in Sweden and Iceland. The photographs are often at once both beautiful and menacing. Thinking Like a Mountain can be seen as a meditation on man’s relation to nature – a global, highly industrialised and automated transformation of landscapes.

When: October 6th – February 17th 2019

Listen to spooky tales in the cottages, take part in craft activities and discover a Skansen where history comes to life!

The autumn gloom descends over Skansen, and uneasy whispers spread through the Old Town Quarter. What terrible disease has gripped the town, and how can the townsfolk protect themselves? Should they go to the pharmacists, with their pills and ointments, or is it better to listen to the Wise Ones and make protective amulets? Strange beings move around the houses and farmsteads. Who is sighing and moaning in the churchyard? Do you dare to visit the Wise Ones at Bollnäs House and the stern sexton at Seglora Church?

There will be all manner of exciting activities at Skansen during the autumn holidays. Listen to spooky tales in the cottages, take part in craft activities and meet the inhabitants of the disease-stricken town. Discover a Skansen where history comes to life!

When: October 27th – November 4th 10 AM – 4 PM
Children up to 15 years old free admission.

Enter the world of computer games and technical innovation

The National Museum of Science and Technology offers many exciting exhibitions for curious minds. Experience the way of mining then and now in the newly renovated Mine or try an entire floor of gaming fun at Play beyond Play where you can get real nostalgic with old school games as well as step into new modern games such as VR-games. The game exhibition is an immersive experience on 1000 square meters.

When: 10 am – 5pm every day, Wednesdays open until 8 pm

You can find out more about the exhibitions here.

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An autumn filled with art at Djurgården

The leaves are changing colour, the evenings are growing darker and the weather is getting colder by the day. But here at Djurgården you can get warm and cosy with several art exhibitions. There is plenty to experience so whether you want to spend one or two days you can create your own art tour at Djurgården with some recommendations from us.

Djurgården offers everything from David Shrigleys giant inflatable swans to traditional Swedish folk art at the Nordic Museum and everything in between. For those interested in magnificent paintings from the 20th century we recommend the Thiel Gallery and Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde. And don’t miss all the beautiful monuments here at Djurgården!

Take a walk, or why no explore Djurgården on bike? There is much to see along the way as well. For example several monuments and memorials. The latest is Ripples, a memorial after the Tsunami catastrophe of 2004. Our proposition for a art tour at Djurgården is that you start at the Thiel Gallery which you’ll find furthest out on Djurgården and then start to head back towards the Djurgården Bridge. Along the way visit Waldemarsudde, then Liljevalchs, afterwards the Museum of Spirits which lies almost next door before you finish the tour at the Nordic Museum.

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Our best tips for a art tour at Djurgården

Thielska Galleriet – The hidden gem at Djurgården

The Thiel Gallery was built for the magnificent art collection of the businessman Ernest Thiel and was finished in 1907 in a magical building in Art Nouveau-style. Here art lovers are invited to enjoy a unique collection with everything from Eugen Jansson to August Strindberg. At the moment they have an exhibition about Ivan Aguéli and the theme is painting and mysticism. The exhibition shows how Aguéli’s painting, spirituality and activism stimulated each other.

Waldemarsudde – Swedish cultural heritage

At Prince Eugen’s old home at Waldemarsudde visitors can enjoy his extensive art collection with several of the prince’s own creations which you can experience all year around. You will also find artworks from Carl Larsson and the international star Anders Zorn, among others. The collection consists of about 700 pieces and includes visual arts, sculptures and craftsmanship. Beginning on the 6th of October, the museum arranges the exhibition Thinking like a mountain by the acclaimed Swedish photographer Helene Schmitz. Her goal is to use her photographs to examine the complicated relationship between mankind and the forces of nature. This particular exhibitions focuses on the extraction of natural resources in Sweden and on Iceland.

Liljevalchs – Contemporary Art and design in a beautiful setting

Liljevalchs welcomes everyone regardless of your level of artistic interests. They houses four different exhibitions all year around. From the 12th of October you can experience Soviet Poster Art, an exhibitions which concentrates on the Soviet 20’s with posters from both movies and propaganda from a unique Japanese collection. In addition, Cinemateket will screen ten silent films from the 1920s by major Soviet directors.

Museum of Spirits – Exhibition of Giant Inflatable Swan-Things

Artist David Shrigley is well known within the art world for his morbide humour , simple ink drawings and monumental artworks. Shrigley expresses his art in a multitude of ways to show both trivial as well as the more dubious sides of human behaviour. Shrigley has been a regular contributor of drawings to both the Independant and the Guardian, he has published many books and in 2013 and 2018 he produced giant human dolls at Life Model and Life Model II. But now he has created a exhibition uniquely for the Museum of Spirits with over dimensioned bath toys with a resemblance to swans which are filled with air and then deflated again with an unflappable smile that is at once satisfied and empty. You can also visit the museum shop to buy one the souvenirs created by Shrigley himself.

The Nordic Museum – Experience traditional Swedish folk art

The Nordic Museum is Swedens greatest museum of cultural history. Here you can experience different parts of the Nordic way of life and culture. They have everything from the 1940s apartment to Nordic lights and Sápmi about the indigenous population of Sweden and Finland. The collection consists of over 1,5 millions items and six million pictures. One of the exhibitions is Swedish Folk Art which gives you an opportunity to be inspired by the art of the country folk. The exhibition will teach you about Swedish history in colour, form, patterns and materials.

As a bonus the are fantastic restaurants at each place.

We wish you a pleasent art tour at Djurgården this fall!

1 October 2018

Nu tänder vi återigen Djurgårdsljuset

Nu börjar 26 oktober närma sig med stormsteg. Det är datumet då vi återigen tänder Djurgårdsljuset. Har ni inte redan planerat ert bidrag så finns det fortfarande möjlighet till det!

Vill ni vara en del av att lysa upp Djurgården så kontakta henrik@presentationsdesign.se eller ring honom på 0766-441451
Projektansvarig från KDF är Johan Nilsson.
Ni kan också alltid kontakta Camilla på camilla.zedendahl@royaldjurgarden.se om ni har ytterligare frågor.

Här kan du läsa mer i det inlägg som vi publicerade i mars om Djurgårdsljuset.