State Visit

Stockholm

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March 22nd 2006
Stayed in excellent hostel (City Backpackers) with free tea and coffee, free sauna, free internet and best of all.. free pasta! Excellent for saving the shekels on food, although Sweden didn't seem as expensive as Oslo or Copenhagen. Got to see the King and Queen of Sweden by chance, as there was a state visit by the President of Botswana when we were visiting the Royal Palace. All the milita ... 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