The Vasterbottens Museum in Sweden is a museum that will defy your expectations of a museum. While you might be imagining four walls and endless exhibits, this county museum is an entirely different story. With the goal of preserving and showcasing Vasterbotten County’s cultural history, the museum encompasses a large area, including the Gammalia open-air museum, a ski exhibition and even Sami camps!

Here, you can quench your thirst for knowledge of culture and heritage, and learn the history of the Sami people. With over 40 buildings in the vicinity of the open-air museum, which includes a quaint Vasterbotten farmhouse and a bakery, you will find yourself an eager explorer. That’s not all the excitement that this museum offers. This is where you can find the world’s oldest ski (over 5 millennia old!). Don’t forget to bring your camera along to capture the snow-capped log cabins in winter, or the vibrant beauty of the museum area in spring. With so much fun awaiting you, you’ll be hard-pressed to leave.