Tuesday, 1 December 2009

En helg i Stockholm

On my way to Stockholm...
Annika and Jonne had kindly offered to drop me off in the capital and I couldn't refuse! A break from Umeå, great!
This is me in front of the Höga Kusten Bridge, about 100 km North from Sundsvall.
Sundsvall was in fact our next stop. The place is amazingly crouded with gigantic shops. We stop at the Ikea store (probably the biggest in the world!) to have lunch and buy a load of cheap perfumed candles (THE thing to have in Sweden!).
Umeå - Stockholm = 740 km, over 7h30 driving...
Early the next morning... making my way to Gamla Stan.




Gamla Stan(The Old City), primarily consisted of the island Stadsholmen. This part of Stockholm dates back to the XIIIth century.









Gamla Stan and its 'alleyways and cobbled streets'...


















































































































The Royal Palace

































The Parliament















Swedish phonebox (I've seen that somewhere else!)






























The architecture is supposed to be inspired from the North of Germany, but I think it reminded more of Bruges.













































A native...











































































Swedes like to gamble...






























Another view on the Palace














Another native...



















A shop where I ruined myself ^^





















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