Blogs from Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe - page 9

Flying out of LAX, we flew non-stop on Norwegian Airlines to Stockholm. Norwegian Airlines is one of those budget airlines where you pay for everything in order to try and keep the fares as low as possible. We chose to not pay the $40 for 2 meals so we had to endure a 10 hour flight with just the snacks we brought for ourselves. Arriving in Stockholm, we took the Arlanda Express for the quick ride to Stockholm's Central Station. From here, we caught a taxi to our nearby hotel, the Best Western Kom Hotel. We settled in and freshened up before heading out to do a little exploring. Using public transportation, we rode the Metro to Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town. It was almost 4pm and upon arriving, the first thing we did was grab ... read more

Tuesday, 22 March, 2016 Stockholm, Sweden The start to our vacation did not start out the way we would have preferred. We had the worst fight experience to Stockholm from Portland. First of all, Delta changed our seat reservations and would not let us sit together to Minneapolis. The flight to Paris was okay, but on arrival, we still did not have our final boarding passes to Stockholm – and we only had an hour until our connecting flight left. After walking half way across the airport, we found out we needed to get our tickets from the counter that was near where we originally got off the plane. We hiked back to where we were supposed to be, then waited for quite some time for an Air France customer service agent. Even though there were ... read more

After days of rigorous training, sore legs and hard work, this little granny was pretty excited about the prospect of a day off in Stockholm. Our first stop was the Vasa maritime museum, which is dedicated entirely to the recovery of a ship that sunk in Stockholm Harbour within a few hundred metres of its launch in 1623 and was recovered from the muddy bottoms in 1961. Remarkably, the ship has been restored to incredible condition despite being submerged in salt water for a few hundred years. I got a real kick out of all the lion heads carved above each of the cannon port holes, and I also learned that the astrological fire signs such as my fellow Leos are "prepared to draw their swords in anger".... so I guess that explains why I like ... read more

In the first week of September our Swedish colleagues invited me to Stockholm to speak at their client event and to give a workshop at their internal knowledge sharing event on the subsequent day. The client event was an afternoon one, so it would not start until 4 pm on Thursday 3rd September. I flew into Stockholm on Wednesday night because I wanted to take the opportunity to meet up with my Swedish colleague Mats and discuss some business on Thursday morning. We met in Fotografiska, the museum of photography in Stockholm. I won’t bore you with the details of our business talk, but after our meeting we took some time to walk through the museum. Currently there was an exhibition by Nick Brandt, a wildlife photographer who takes very intimate photos of African wildlife. He ... read more

I arrive in Stockholm, considered the capital of Scandinavia, and I was glad to be here. It was a little uneasy coming from Oslo, due to the bus situation instead of the normal train commute, but all worked out. I now search for my hostel, and luckily I found rather quickly with only a few hiccups along the way. I had a bit of a wait to check in due to a backlog of people checking in at the same time. Come to find out, the three that were checking in before me were actually going to turn out to be my roommates, and seeing this, the guy at the front counter just checked us all in at the same time and read the rules where we all could hear. This hostel actually had different things ... read more