Aquaria Vattenmuseum

We woke up Saturday morning to a dull and overcast day. We decided it was great museum weather so after an early lunch we headed into Stockholm to the Aquaria Vattenmuseum. It is located on the island of Djurgarden along the Baltic Sea.The island consists mainly of the National Urban Park so it is a little oasis of green just a short drive away from the city center. The Aquaria museum is just one attraction in this area, so we will be heading back again sometime to check out the amusement park and Skansen, the world's oldest open-air museum.

We were not the only family to think that this was an ideal spot to spend a foggy Saturday. The tiny entrance was over-run with families and their strollers. It was not an expensive admission price, so we took our chances. The girls armed themselves with their cameras and we were off!

There was lots to see. A realistic rainforest exhibit that went from sunny day to rainstormy night got a thumbs-down from Graeme. He thought that the roof must have come off the building and that the rain and thunder was real. It took alot of coaxing before he would stay still and look around with us. The mudskippers with their bulging eyes gave us the heebie-jeebies. We were worried that they might decide to crawl out of the water onto our feet as they spend most of their time on land. The marine tank filled with sharks, moray eels, coral and brightly coloured fish was the most interesting of all. We watched the sharks have lunch and we were amazed by a tiny fish that swam inside the mouth of a moray eel to pick at the leftover food!

I took this picture of Kris and the kids outside the museum where they have a chute of sorts that sea trout leap up in the autumn to spawn inside the museum.

After seeing all that the museum had to offer, we hopped into our car and drove to Gamla Stan, the old town.