ABBA Museum - Part 1

First set of pictures from my visit to the ABBA Museum in Stockholm on Saturday morning. I was a glorious morning in Stockholm (I will post pictures from the city later) so we walked from our hotel to the island where the museum is located.

The picture below is from the room where you wait until your allocated time slot. Upon entering the main display you are first taken into a room to watch a short film showing various clips of ABBA through the ages.

The first main room provides you with some background to each member of the group (the picture below is from the Agnetha section) as well as some of their early music.

You can re-create the Greatest Hits image by placing yourself at the centre of the group.

You then enter an area which talks about "Ring Ring" and the groups attempt at Eurovision in 1973. Included in this area is the telephone which if it rings means that you would be talking to one of the group !

The next area covers "Waterloo" and the Eurovision Song Contest victory in Brighton 1974 - this includes costumes, Bjorn's star shaped guitar and their Eurovision medal.

 

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Stockholm Weekend #1

For our trip to the ABBA Museum we stayed at the Hotel Clarion (the official hotel of the ABBA Museum) which is only a few minutes walk from the main train station.

Once we checked in we headed for the lifts to get to the ninth floor - when the doors opened life sized images of ABBA were wrapped around the walls.

"Dancing Queen" was playing in the lift - and there was a microphone (hanging down next to Bjorn's image) allowing you to join in and sing along with the music.

When you switch on the TV in you room you are greeted by an advert for the museum...

Behind the hotel reception desk, and scattered around the entrance there are various pictures of ABBA.

 

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Abba Museum

I am off to Stockholm today for the weekend which will include a trip to the ABBA Museum - I will be uploading pictures from the Museum over the next few days...

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ABBA Date 21st August 1978

Today in 1978 ABBA were filming the video for their new single "Summer Night City"...

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Collection Update - White Frida 12" Single

This week I added a white vinyl 12" version of Frida's single "Shine" to my collection - the single was released on the Polar record label and included "That's Tough" on the B-side.

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Collection Update - 3 CD Box Set

This week I have added a 3 CD box set to my collection - the CDs included are Waterloo, Agnetha & Frida The Voice Of Abba and The Music Still Goes On. For this last CD the name on the box is different to the one on the actual CD which is "Arrival, Ring Ring, Does Your Mother Know".

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Collection Update - Agnetha CD Single

Today I received the CD single version of Agnetha's "Dance Your Pain Away" which was ordered from Unversal.

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