Fun fact: statue of 20th-century Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, was placed (by SCUBA) on the ship as a prank by students of Helsinki University of Technology the night before the final lift and remains till today as part of cataloged artifacts.
Let me share a high resolution picture to really convey how epic this ship is. If you ever visit Stockholm don't miss Vasa. It's one of those must-visit places and isn't overrated. The ship was in such good condition because the sea outside Stockholm was very contaminated and toxic* until the ship rediscovered and salvaged (the water quite clean now, though). Extensive preservation work is constantly on-going because the ship is obviously made out of (oak) wood but this ship won't last forever, sadly. It sank because of a ton of different reasons, but the TLDR is bad design caused by hubris. The ship was too big, heavy and unbalanced. After a short 1 300 meters / 4265 feet voyage it sank, after a gust (imagine that) made the ship capsize.
* Cold water, very low oxygen and sulfuric acid [1].
UPDATE:
Thank you for all the constructive feedback, comments and upvotes. I'm not an expert, and it was not my intention to mislead anyone. This, with the combination of English being a foreign language to me, has caused my comment to be factually incorrect. The ship didn't sink because of a gust (it was just meant as a snarky comment), please read u/roastbeeftacohat comment here. Also, the water is apparently not "toxic", I used the wrong word, thank you Shandlar for the heads up! The ship was impregnated (right word??) by sulfuric acid (which I used synonyms with toxic, oooops) but I cannot argue about its importance or where this acid came from, because I don't know enough. I would also recommend a look at Pansarmalex's comment behind the ships condition here.
Edit 2: More info from someone who's worked on the ship! :D u/Avalank's terrific comment here!
cuddle-pancake on January 3rd, 2020 at 10:43 UTC »
My friend and I went to see this in Stockholm and it is very cool, well worth the ticket price.
Insha1982 on January 3rd, 2020 at 10:50 UTC »
Fun fact: statue of 20th-century Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, was placed (by SCUBA) on the ship as a prank by students of Helsinki University of Technology the night before the final lift and remains till today as part of cataloged artifacts.
mobile-davmar on January 3rd, 2020 at 11:09 UTC »
Let me share a high resolution picture to really convey how epic this ship is. If you ever visit Stockholm don't miss Vasa. It's one of those must-visit places and isn't overrated. The ship was in such good condition because the sea outside Stockholm was very contaminated and toxic* until the ship rediscovered and salvaged (the water quite clean now, though). Extensive preservation work is constantly on-going because the ship is obviously made out of (oak) wood but this ship won't last forever, sadly. It sank because of a ton of different reasons, but the TLDR is bad design caused by hubris. The ship was too big, heavy and unbalanced. After a short 1 300 meters / 4265 feet voyage it sank, after a gust (imagine that) made the ship capsize.
* Cold water, very low oxygen and sulfuric acid [1].
UPDATE:
Thank you for all the constructive feedback, comments and upvotes. I'm not an expert, and it was not my intention to mislead anyone. This, with the combination of English being a foreign language to me, has caused my comment to be factually incorrect. The ship didn't sink because of a gust (it was just meant as a snarky comment), please read u/roastbeeftacohat comment here. Also, the water is apparently not "toxic", I used the wrong word, thank you Shandlar for the heads up! The ship was impregnated (right word??) by sulfuric acid (which I used synonyms with toxic, oooops) but I cannot argue about its importance or where this acid came from, because I don't know enough. I would also recommend a look at Pansarmalex's comment behind the ships condition here.
Edit 2: More info from someone who's worked on the ship! :D u/Avalank's terrific comment here!
This comment has been my Reddit-baptism of fire.