Day 7-7.5: Stockholm

King's Garden



Djurgarden



view of Strandvagen from Djurgarden



Junibacken, where kids can meet children's books characters



Norwegian Museum



Vasa Museum, which houses the Vasa, the only preserved 17-th century ship. It sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbour, and was recovered in the 60's.



the Vasa



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After the Vasa Museum I went to Skansen, the world's first open-air museum, showing how people used to live in the pre-industrial Scandinavia



The fun fair. The park's pretty empty... I guess it's better to come in the summer when they have the folk dancing too :S



the bakery... mmm... smells good...



bags of flour outside the bakery



the town quarter



Wolf. The park has some animals on display too.



Bisons



lynx



moose



reindeers



the beautiful Strandvagen again



Skeppsholmen



the Viking ship in front of the palace



Skeppsholmen with af Chapman



view of Stockholm from Skeppsholmen



Kastellet



a mall on Hamngatan



The last night in Stockholm I went to the Icebar, which is by the same people who made the Icehotel featured in the last James Bond movie. I have to say that it was pretty cool, literally. :P The drinks were held in glasses made out of ice too, and I didn't know it's so nice to drink out of an ice glass! It was sweet!



My drink: non-alcoholic elderberry juice... it's yummy! :P



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the bar



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Concert House. I left Stockholm the next morning, and I took my last early morning stroll throught the city.



Stureplan District



sculptures on the street

I said goodbye to Stockholm reluctantly and went on my plane back to Vienna. I have to say Scandinavia is my favorite region of Europe so far. Everything is nice and clean, the living standard is high, and people there are really nice, speak good English, and smoke less. Too bad it's too cold there... Otherwise it'd be perfect :)

I was glad that I was taking the plane back to Vienna and not the train. The plane only takes less than 4 hours, while the train will take 24... I have to say the airport in Vienna is not as nice as the ones in Scandinavia, and slower too. It took me almost 2 hours to get home from the airport. The airport shuttle was only supposed to take 35 minutes, but it was rush hour so it took more like an hour... I was glad to be home but hope to have a chance to visit Scandinavia again in the future (and hopefully in the summer).

Day 6: Stockholm

Strindbergs Museum and Blue Tower at Tegnerlunden



The Observatory Museum



view from the Observatory Hill



Adolf Fredriks Church



St Clara Church



the Royal Palace



view from the Palace



Entrance to the Royal Treasury, where the crown jewels are on display



In front of the Palace. I also went to the Royal Armoury, Royal Apartments and Tre Kronor Museum at the palace



the Old Town Square



Storkyrkan



Marten Trotzigs grand, the narrowest street in the Old Town



Vasterlanggatan, the touristy street in the Old Town



view from Riddarholmen



Riddarholmes Church



the hostel lounge



shower's not bad