Fewer visitors to Sweden's museums

Visitors to Swedish museums have had to pay an entry fee again since 2007. Per Gudmundson reports that the number of visitors to museums dropped drastically last year, but meanwhile a lively gallery scene has developed in the Vasastan section of Stockholm. "Anyone worried about the sinking number of visitors to, for example, the Modern Museum has overlooked the fact that at the same time there are many artistic activities in commercial areas. In Vasastan, those involved are spurring one another on to such an extent that one can hardly speak of endangered art."

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