Syktyvkar, Russian Federation

... time.  They are supposed to have a billiards room and dart boards and a restaurant.  But Syktyvkar is pretty much a true communist Russian city like I’d imagined.  Lots of drab looking concrete buildings, very dirty old cars, roads ...

... Stockholm, then switch to the other terminal at Sheremetyevo (SVO). Then take an Aeroflot-Nord flight (only one per day) to Syktyvkar.  First off, thankfully the Swedish are a very on-time type of people.  I only had a 45 minute connection at ...