Sweden is famous for many things. Volvos, the Nobel Prize, producing Australian Open (among others) tennis champions, and of course, Swedish people themselves. From the backpackers perspective, it is also notorious as being a bit of a no-go zone due to astronomical prices. Fortunately, I was able to lodge with my old school mate Carl Aberg (better known as Ahberg), the man who produced one of the all-time great cameo appearances at Lorne for Pier to Pub weekend a couple of years back (which some will recall). He is now beautifully set up in Stockholm in a fantastic apartment a short walk from the city centre. I couldn't have asked for a better guide to the city, or better digs for that matter. Among others, one of my key aims for my time in Stockholm was
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