On its maiden voyage in 1628, the most powerful warship in the Baltic, the Vasa, was afloat only minutes ... is considered one of the city's top attractions. And speaking of the museum's ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship ... of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions. Experts have begun putting ...

Travel southwest to Gothenburg, which is on Sweden's west coast. Famous for its maritime heritage, explore Liseberg amusement ...

Ascension Day is a public holiday in Sweden, where Swedes have a day off to mark the day Christ ascended into heaven ...

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship "Vasa", which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Monday.

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered the wreck of a 17th ... on the order of King Gustavus Adolphus in 1625, along with the Vasa, which famously capsized on its maiden voyage.

Swedish marine archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the Vasa, a 17th-century warship considered one of the Swedish navy’s biggest achievements that sank soon after setting ...

In August 1628, a hulking warship called the Vasa (named for Sweden’s royal family) began its highly anticipated maiden voyage from Stockholm. To say it didn’t go well would be the ...

About thirty people died when Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. We cannot know who most of them were, only one person is named in the written sources. When the ship was raised in 1961 it was ...