Places trixievw Wants to Go

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.

Crystal chandeliers brighten up this dark underpass.

A 1:42 scale model of the world's second largest lensed telescope.

Locals rallied to save this beloved mural after someone mistakenly attempted to cover it.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

The three colorful women depict characters from a beloved children's story.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.