Blogs from Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe - page 7

We woke up to drizzly showers in Stockholm this morning. We packed our bags up and had our first experience of shared hostel showers (we had a private room again but no en-suite this time, slowly easing ourselves in to the hostel scene) which was better than expected. We then checked out, as I am moving on to Gotland today and Dan is in another hostel for the remainder of his time in Stockholm, and loaded ourselves up like pack mules to find brekkie and check out the royal palace and Rikstag buildings. Breakfast was at Cafe Schweizer (TripAdvisor proving its worth its weight in gold again) where we got a massive wedge of salmon and spinach quiche with salad and bottomless coffee (and good coffee at that) for a comparably reasonable £14 each. We then ... read more

Our second last European city on our Eurotrip.... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! This trip sort of came about a bit on a whim, I felt I needed a bit of a break from work and my last trip to Japan was quite far behind me and I really had an itch at the bottom of my feet to get back out on the road again even if only for a short while. While looking on the world map and browsing for flight tickets my eyes fell upon United Arab Emirates and it's neighbouring Oman, I did a quick check and found that I didn't need a VISA for UAE and I could apply for one at the border crossing into Oman. At the same time an invitation for the birthday party for two of my friends, Marcus and Christofer, came into my postbox, they ... read more

This was our second time in this beautiful city. Having briefly spent just a day here several years ago, we were determined to see more of what Stockholm has to offer. Ogling at the amazing architecture, visiting the museums and riding the canal boats were but some of the activities we enjoyed. The hop on and hop off buses were very useful to get a good overview of the city especially as it is quite well spread out. Add the boats to the mix and transporting oneself around the attractions was easy-peasy. The main highlights for me were the Vasa museum, the Fotografiska exhibitions and of course the Abba museum. It was hard to believe we spent four hours at the Vasa museum as the history of this ill-fated ship was so fascinating. The queue at ... read more

Vorgestern habe ich Stockholm erkundet. Ich habe die Stadt ja schon 2008 fuer 3 Nächte besucht und wäre beinahe letztes Jahr fuer ein Projekt dorthin geschickt worden. Leider hat das aber nicht geklappt. Wichtige Sehenswurdigkeiten wie den Königlichen Palast inklusive Wachablösung und das beeindruckende Vasamuseum habe ich daher schon gesehen und habe diesmal die Bibliothek, die Altstadt mit dem Nobel Museum und das Museum fuer Moderne Kunst angesehen. Zwischendurch habe ich im Starbucks-ähnlichen Espresso House einen Frappuccino getrunken. In der Altstadt habe ich nämlich merkwuerdigerweise kein Starbucks gefunden. Den Palast und die benachbarte Kirche habe ich diesmal nur von aussen betrachtet aber die Lage der Innenstadt mit dem vielen Wasser und den Inseln war wie schon letztes Mal sehr beeindruckend. Auch mit einer Fähre bin ich wieder gefahren. Nach meiner Exkursion habe ich im Hot... read more