Stockholm
Travel Blogs from Stockholm, Sweden
Sverige
Quote of the moment: "Sometimes you miss the pain", Swingers. Stockholm.... Travelling up through Sweden to see their fair capital you have to take a moment to consider and appreciate the rolling landscapes, the wooden houses, the clear blue ...
Sweden - Ukraine Match... and it's JUNE!!!
... drop our stuff off at a hotel that her friend has graciously fixed for us and head downtown to the central square in Stockholm where all the diehard supporters are gathered before the game. Once again, EVERYONE knows Malin, and when she introduces ...
Detox, rehab, water, please!!!
... waffle cone of ice cream afterwards that was like heaven on earth! Next we walked around and talked about life in Australia and Sweden as well as long distance relationships... she's been dating a Swedish guy she met in Thailand for the past 3.5 years ...
Summer in Sweden
... for 7 days, we were keen to get to a Laundromat. We were OK, smell wise, but our smalls were running low. However, Sweden has a distinct lack of Laundromats and most people we asked said everyone has a washing machine in their flat or house when they buy ...
Gubbangen Sports Complex - School
After 'Mary' (our Navman navigator, who's had a sex change and is now a Navwoman) lead us on a wild goose chase around Stockholm, under low bridges, one being only 2.4m whilst our car is 2.37m, (with the tyres pumped up) we had to make a decision where we ...
Childhood latitudes.
... capitals right up there in my childhood latitudes. But before heading for the Baltic's, I spent a few days working from the Stockholm office of the company I'm hired. An office I know so well after working there for close to four years between ...
I'm in a place I didn't even know I was going
... in heaven, as opposed to milk which is fine but so not the same. If I sound slightly orgasmic in my descriptions of Stockholm, you would be right, I have fallen deeply in love with this city. The food, the people, the architecture, the fact that ...
World's Biggest IKEA
One of the main reasons for coming to Sweden was to visit the world's biggest IKEA store. After bumming around for the morning we headed out to try and catch the train out of town to the store. We found the station easily but then had a bit of trouble ...
What chefs do when they are bored
Was the chef on the Muppets the first TV chef? I don't know, but in the late 1970s he was a big hit. Wearing a toque blanche, raising those bushy eyebrows, and man-handling those utensils, the chef always seemed happy, singing along in Swedish ...
Stockholm syndrome
Stockholm is a pretty city, but I didn't find it amazing. I enjoyed catching the ferry around to some of the small islands. The old town 'Gamla Stan' was cute, but very touristy. The changing of the guards at the Royal Palace was a highlight as it is ...
Stockholm, Sweden
... we had my umbrella and we were determined to see the city. First things first, it's time to do laundry. Apparently, everybody in Stockholm owns a washer and dryer because there were none to be found on the north side or in old town. On the suggestion of ...
Good Intentions
Having our bus to Oslo organized and thinking we'd still not seen much of Stockholm we decided to attempt the walking tour in the guide we had. Of course we missed a couple of turns and eventually gave up following its directions. As always we had good ...
Stockholm syndrome - hijack my heart
... lanes a more feasible sightseeing option. Ains and I did a walking tour compliments of the indispensable TimeOut Stockholm guide, taking us past buildings dating from every period from the 13th to 18th centuries. Highlights included the main ...
Stockholm Madness
The cruise through the archipelago is awe inspiring and what I presume the Queen Charlotte Sounds in NZ would have looked similar to had it not been so foggy! All the summer cottages look like heavenly retreats from the city to come and the ...
Rain and Bridges and Bears - Oh my!
... was having a Natasha-esque moment and starting to think there was a problem with my visa (not that i need one for Sweden). Once i got into Stockholm I dropped my bag off at the hostel and set off to explore. I was aiming for a particular sight but kept ...
Stockholm - more winter action
... Stan you could pee on it from across the canal. Due to the quality and variety of medieval artefacts found during the excavations, Stockholm got a new museum instead of a bunch of parking spaces for spoilt MPs. Seems there's a first and only time for ...
Call of the moose
... me - much like Olof's pet Doberman 'Balder' seems to do at every opportunity! I'm reporting from Munso, an island in the greater Stockholm area probably about 25 km to the west of city central. To my very good fortune I've been invited to stay for a week ...
Stockholm Syndrome
... quickly grabbing some cash we jumped in their car (sadly a VW not a Volvo) and shot off towards Stockholm. Well what an introduction to Sweden!! Within 5 minutes we were being diverted off the motorway by a police road block guarding a car on fire on ...
Stockholm - moose on the loose
... comment on that after you've had some time to defrost and think mate? Until Munso - adieu. Next entry -> On Stockholm's picturesque islands, hunting moose and traces of the Vikings. Where Darwin went wrong It took a moose to remind me ...
Valhalla
... and his wife, Svetlana, cooked me dinner (Swedish meatballs!) and gave me my own apartment to sleep in. Yes, I'm spoiled. I checked out Stockholm, including the Vasa Museum with the 300 year old ship they brought up from the bottom of the harbor. That was ...
Sailing Stockholm's summery shores
... profit. Not that the extra cash ever ensures an on-time flight, so after midnight that Friday evening I arrived at a now familiar Stockholm Centralen and wandered down to the nearby waterfront. A boat would be around here somewhere - I just had to find ...
Gallivare gallivare is located in northern ...
... second night. This was outside our budget, but when we have "visitors" our budget has to be broken! Highlights of Stockholm included: Eating reindeer meat - after we had heard so much about reindeer farming from our Sami friend we just had to ...
Cruising Into Stockholm.
... the overnight trip. We came to discover that lots of Latvians and Lithuanians go on the ship as a holiday, spending the day in Stockholm, then getting straight back on the ship again, making it a two night cruise. We thoroughly enjoyed our taste of luxury ...
On the road again...
... being dusted off and we have enough Pepto to keep us going for the next 4 weeks. This time our trip will take us to Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris, the French Riviera, Normandy, back to Paris and home. We imagine this leg of the trip will be a little more ...
Bonne St-Jean!
... je suis alle faire le tour de Stockholm sur un bateau de touristes, 2h plus tard je connaissais toute l'histoire de cette ville! Stockholm me decoit un peu... malgre tous ses attraits elle ne reussi pas a me charmer. Il manque un petit quelque chose dans ...
Skulking wi da Swedes
So we sailed across the Baltic yesterday on a stunning day and floated up thru the beautiful archipelago to Stockholm. Only a few hours there stomping around checking out the sites of the gorgeous old town on the islands before we had to make a hasty ...

