Thank You for the Music: Abba's Stockholm
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Port
Stockholm, Sweden
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Activity Level
Moderate Activity
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At (prices in USD)
$130
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 3 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
With more than 400 million sold records worldwide ABBA was one of the most successful pop bands of all time. Although only one ABBA member was born in Stockholm, this is where the group worked and lived for many years. London has a Beatles tour, New York offers Sex & the City tours—don’t leave Stockholm without learning all about ABBA and 1970s Stockholm. Leaving the pier on a panoramic drive, you’ll pass City Hall where Benny performed for the very first time. Watch for the Sheraton Hotel, where many ABBA videos were recorded. It is also one of the city’s most distinctive 1970s landmarks. Your walking tour takes you to the Royal Opera was the scene of ABBA’s legendary 1976 royal wedding gala performance, and Benny and Anni-Frid at one time lived in the Old Town. The tour revels in disco-glittery ABBA history but it also examines the transformation of the Stockholm during the 1970s. This decade was important in Stockholm’s history—the old Klara Quarter was demolished, it was the Velour Man era, and the king married and formally handed power back to the nation.