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Björkö (Ekerö)
Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
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🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
The Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Swedish: Drottningholms slottsteater) is an opera house located at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Viking Age Scandinavian 750–975 (8th–10th c) · Scandinavian Viking Age (Svear) — Svear–Gotlandic emporium
Birka (Björkö) — Scandinavian Viking Age emporium (c.750–975 CE) on Björkö island in Lake Mälaren, 30 km west Stockholm, Sweden's oldest town and UNESCO 555 (with Hovgården Adelsö estate).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Adelsö is an island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden, near Björkfjärden. The island is part of Ekerö Municipality and Stockholm County.