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Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and also its largest city, comprising the most populous area in Scandinavia. It houses the Swedish government, the Riksdag (parliament) and is also the official residence of the Swedish monarch and the prime minister. Stockholm was founded around 1250 and has since been Sweden's cultural, media, political and economic center. Stockholm has been nominated as a global city with the ranking of Alpha; among the 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm ranks 24th in the world, the 10th in Europe, and the first in Scandinavia. Stockholm has been nicknamed the Venice of the North, with its abundant, c lean and open waters and its many parks.
Stockholm has plenty of attractions to offer tourists, from museums, to theaters, as well as amusement parks and historically significant sites. Stockholm has around 100 museums which are visited by millions of people each year. The most famous of these is the National Museum which houses Sweden's largest collection of art16,000 paintings, and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. The collection dates back to the 16th century, and has since been expanded with works of renowned artists such as Rembrandt and Antoine Watteau. The Museum of Modern Art, or Moderna Museet is Sweden's national museum of modern arts and contains such masterpieces by famous modern artists such as Picasso, and Salvador Dali. For those fond of marine life, Stockholm also has the Aquaria Vattenmuseum, a conservation-themed aquarium which is part of the minor museums around Djurgaren and comes with a steamy tropical jungle, electric-blue surgeon fish, and sharks. Other significant museums in Stockholm include the Nordic museum, which is dedicated to Sweden's history and ethnography; the Royal coin cabinet, which is a museum dedicated to money; the Skansen, which is an archetype of open-air museums; and the Vasa museum which is now part of the reconstruction of the missing parts of the Vasa ship.
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