I've been lucky enough to have visited a lot of incredible places and seen a lot of amazing things but the experience of walking into the Vasa museum and seeing the ship in real life is up there with one of the most surreal and breathtaking experiences I've ever had.

For me, going to Oslo and walking around inside "Fram" was much more amazing.

Sweden has Wasa, a ship that sank after 3km on her maiden voyage.

Norway has the most successful polar explorers in the world, and Fram was the most successful ship, used in overwinterings by both Nansen and Amundsen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fram_(ship)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fram_Museum

(And finally Gjöa has made it indoors as well, what a save!)

Vasa was not a successful warship. But the salvaging of Vasa was an incredible feat.

It's a great museum, one of the highlights of our short trip to Stockholm for sure.

And another good thing about the Vasa museum?

The ABBA museum is only a 5 minute walk away.

And easy two-fer.

I haven't heard of the Vasa before, but it truly does demonstrate the need of engineering to speak truth to power.

Seems like vanity megaprojects were always in vogue.

Lovely article! Just visited the Vasa museum last weekend. It is a marvel and an obvious must-see for anyone visiting Stockholm Sweden.

All engineers should study the story of the Vasa. It happened hundreds of years ago but it could have happened today too.

“the World's Most Famous Shipwreck”

Really?