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Since 2008, I have visited Sweden (in particular, Stockholm) on several occasions. By my reckoning, I’ve “lived there” for almost six months. I really like the country, have made some friends there, and whenever there’s a few spare dollars in my account, I can’t help but be tempted to pay another visit. These are my travel tips from my visits to Sweden, all in one place. Unlike some of the many other reviews/tips you’ll read, these mostly don’t include information about entry times, prices etc, it’s more what I thought/felt about the many things I have done.

Stockholm i Natt

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"Excuse me, I have to take some more photographs", I said to my friend Mattias, as we enjoyed conversation and a beer at Blå Dörren (a bar at Slussen). Though the sunset last night was not as spectacular as earlier in the week, the night colours (once the sun had set) were beautiful. Before and [...]

Take The Other Turn

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I was on my way to see a new exhibition at the ABBA Museum, highlighting the artists who have appeared over the years at Stockholm's amusement park, Grona Lund. However, as I got off the ferry, I took a right turn instead of a left. I've long been on the view that it's often a [...]

Closed on Monday

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If you're planning a visit to Uppsala and you like things to be open, Monday probably isn't the day you should visit. In the back of my mind, I knew most museums and galleries were probably going to be closed, but I headed off anyway. The train from Stockholm takes about an hour, and costs [...]

Early Riser

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Even though I have been told on a few occasions, I should keep the blind closed at night, due to the early morning sunrise, I have not bothered much with the advice. I quite like waking up early, and I quite like waking up naturally, you might say, with the sunshine. Besides, when you wake [...]

Summer in Stockholm

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"You really must come back to Sweden in the spring or summer", I wrote to my friend Sue yesterday, attaching a bunch of photographs from my morning walk around Djurgården. Sue came with me to Sweden four years ago, in March, when there was still a lot of snow and ice around. In contrast, the [...]

Stockholm Under Construction

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The last time I was in Stockholm (July 2015), debate about the deconstruction and reconstruction of Slussen (the main transport interchange in the middle of the city) was in full-flight. Although the plans were well-known by then, there was still a strong voice of resistance to the planned changes. Almost two years later, I'm not [...]

Swedish Travel Tips

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One of my favourite places in Stockholm, Katarinahissen.

In one months time, I'll be on a plane, headed to Stockholm. "What, again?", I hear you ask. Since 2008, I have visited Sweden (in particular, Stockholm) on several occasions. By my reckoning, I’ve “lived there” for almost six months. I really like the country, have made some friends there, and whenever there's a few [...]

Experience More

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Stockholm, as viewed from the rooftop tour,

When my old school-friend told me late last year he was planning to visit Stockholm, and was looking for a few "travel tips", my first question to him was "when are you going to be there?". Because there is so much climate variation between the summer and winter months, there are some things you can [...]

Swedes and Booze

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There's a really terrific exhibition at the Spirit Museum in Stockholm right now which explores the history of alcohol in Sweden, and touches on the sometimes difficult relationship between Swedes and alcohol. Here are some photographs from the exhibition.

The Last Few Days

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Monday night at Victoria's in Stockholm

"So how have you spent the last few days", I asked the mother of a family from Houston I met on the food tour the other day. I randomly ran into them on the Djurgården ferry. "We've been on a tour of the Old Town, we got some segways, we've been on The Archipelago and [...]