Blogs from Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe - page 64

Much to catch up. Took a tour in Amsterdam to cheese farm (gouda) and where they make wooden shoes. Saw windmills, took pictures and bought some post cards. And then canal tour. Rode a night train from Diusberg Germany to Copenhagen...sheats did not even recline so we go a bunk, and at least could lay down. Slept some, but not a lot. Went to the Botanical garden in Copenhagen, and then to Temple and temple housing. Had made a brand new chapel, with housing on third floor, and turned the old chapel (church owned property since 1930´s I was told, and took out the inside and made a beautiful temple). Very impressed with the trains here. Clocks and a 'moving' board to tell which train is coming and in how many minutes. Left the housing early ... read more

Following up from my French tip 3 of us housemates decided to fly over for our beloved ex-housemates birthday in her hometown. Getting ready for a trip with friends/housemates to see a mutual friend/ex-housemate is such a nice thing to do. Drove everyone up to Stanstead in thick fog in the early hours then got our Ryanair flight to Veristas, followed by a bus into Stockholm. After dumping our stuff at our friends apartment we took a ferry out to the archipelago for swimming and sunbathing as we were lucky enough to visit during a heatwave with temperatures actually hitting 30C which is not really what we expected on a Baltic trip. Later on we did the Swedish thing of drinking at home then going out later to save on the high alcohol costs. Enjoyed meeting ... read more

A classmate from the program in Lithuania and I choose to spend the Valentines Day weekend in Scandinavia, and concluded our 4 day stay in Sweden. We flew from Malmo in the south, and split up to find our separate ways in Stockholm. Lodging that the legendary sail boat hostel was too rich for our blood, so we walked across the city to another floating hostel, the Gustaf af Klint. Ha, and those snobs at the sail boat thought their hostel was so special because it floated. Well, we got a private room for less! It pays to shop around, and walk in the cold while you are hungry. Of special enjoyment in Stockholm was the Army Museum and Royal Palace. The art gallery was interesting, and in a really nice location if you were seeing ... read more

I always said I wanted to see an ice-hockey game, if I had the opportunity one day... So when we booked our trip to Stockholm, I did a little search on the internet and was happy to find out that there was going to be a match on one of the days we were in Stockholm. So when we arrived, we immediately bought two tickets. The game itself was part of the "SUPERALLSVENSKAN 2004" and was between HIF and Vasteras. In Sweden ice-hockey is the second biggest sport after football. A very fast and aggressive sport. It was even too fast for me to be able to take some good pictures ;-). We got value for our money, we saw 3 times 20 minutes, afterwards 5 minutes extra and we even saw penalty shots.... read more

When we heard about Skansen, we thought immediately at Bokrijk, which is also an open-air museum, but located in Belgium. Though we had never visited Bokrijk, we thought it would me very similar. Apparently Skansen was the world's first open-air museum, founded in 1891, located on the island Djurfgafden. Purpose of the museum was to let the visitors see how Swedes lived in ancient times, before the industrial revolution. Here you can find about 150 traditional houses. It's a kind of "Sweden in miniature". Besides a museum, there is also a zoo where you can see al lot of Scandinavian animals, such as moose, seals and otters, bears, reindeer, wolves,... It was nice for us to see the animals in the snow. At the top of the Bredablick Tower, you can enjoy the great view while ... read more