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Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. With its location on the east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, it is widely renowned for its beauty. Sweden's beautiful capital has a picturesque setting that makes the city unique. The difference between seasons is quite large, the summers green with mild nights, and the winters dark, cold, rainy, sometimes snowy, and with millions of Christmas candles in the windows.
Apart from being a large city with an active cultural life, Stockholm, as Sweden's capital, houses many national cultural institutions. Most notably, there are two UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Stockholm area: the Royal Palace Drottningholm and the Forest Cemetery Skogskyrkogården.
The oldest part of Stockholm is the Stockholm Old Town with its main part on the islet Stadsholmen. It features the medieval street system, where two main streets (Oumlsterlånggatanand V & aumlsterlånggatancross it, and several small alleys diverging towards the water. Some notable buildings of the Gamla Stan are the large German Church, several mansions and palaces: the Riddarhuset (the House of Nobles), the Bonde Palace, the Tessin Palace and the Oxenstierna Palace.
Stockholm is one of the most crowded museum-towns in the world with some 70 museums, visited by over 9 million people per year. The most renowned national museum is the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts, with Sweden's largest collection of art: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. Most of Stockholm's state-operated museums have free entrance. The Museum of Modern Art, or Moderna Museet, is Sweden's national museum of modern art. It has works by foremost modern artists such as Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The Stockholm Jazz Festival is one of Swedens oldest festivals, the festival takes place at Skeppsholmen every august. Stockholm Pride Is the largest Pride event in the Nordic countries and takes place the last week in July every year.
