Snowy Stockholm

Day return to Stockholm...

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January 23rd 2006
Stockholm is country number 78 on my list of countries visited. I arrived, got charged 20 euros for a 1/2 km taxi ride, bought a scarf, and left. It was -7 deg in Stockholm and I walked a long way after my taxi ride from the ferry cost me more than any taxi ride in my life. I was disappointed to be ripped off in Sweden. Christ, even in Tangiers you get some value for money, even when you're being ... read more

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A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substant... ... read more