Stockholm

Born there!!!

Before visiting, I never realised that Stockholm was spread out over several islands. Take a boat trip to see Stockholm from the water. Enjoy wandering around Gamla Stan (the old centre of Stockholm). I’m not a museum person usually, but I enjoyed visiting the Vasamuseet and Skansen.

Living in Helsinki it´s easier to go there so I am planning a weekend trip (that won´t be enough but ill be happy for now) there with a friend, it might be next weekend or the next week. I am so excited about this!!

I hava family in Sweden, and have been to Stockholm a few times. Usually I’m just travelling through, but I’ve also been doing other stuff within the city.

One of the most interesting was a cow-chasing trip on bike (cow statues were located in the city, and through a map the goal was to visit as many as possible of them). I did this with other family members, and got myself a nice tour of Stockholm. I believe that was in 2004, but not sure.

I believe the cow statue thing was a travelling thing, visiting other cities at least within Europe. Perhaps you’ve seen them too?

I finally booked a plane ticket for tomorrow morning :-) I will visit my younger brother, who studies there.

Just arrived tonight… hopefully it lives up to all I imagine! I’ll let you know. We’ll be here for New Years, which should be great.

This city is all about culture! Hundred of museums and friendly people.

Stockholm has been the political and economic centre of Sweden since the 13th century. Today Stockholm municipality is the largest of the municipalities of Swenden, with a population of 788,269 (June 2007), and Stckholm urban area with a population of 1,252,000 is Sweden’s largest continuously built-up area. The metropolitan aera of Stockholm has a population of 1,932,763 (June 2007). With its location on several islands on the east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, it is widely renowned for its natural beauty.
In fact, i like the name of the city… It´s a name of song which i like ^^

The most popular spectator sports are football and ice hockey. The three most popular football teams in the Stockholm region are AIK, Hammarby IF and Djurgårdens IF. In ice hockey, Stockholm’s highest rated team is Djurgårdens IF, in football AIK& DjurgårdensIF&Hammarby And in handball the highest rated team is Hammarby.
Historically, the city was the host of the 1912 Summer Olympics. From those days stem the Stockholms Olympiastadion which has since hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics, and is the current home arena of Djurgårdens IF. For the ice hockey team, the home arena is Stockholm Globe Arena, one of the largest spherical building in the world, but it is also hosting concerts and other events.
Stockholm also hosted all but one of the Nordic Games, a winter multi-sport event that predated the Winter Olympics.
Apart from being a large city with an active cultural life, Stockholm, as Sweden’s capital, houses many national cultural institutions. There are two UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Stockholm area: the Royal Palace Drottningholm (within Ekerö Municipality) and the Skogskyrkogården(The Woodland Cemetery).
Stockholm was the 1998 European City of Culture.
Stockholm has an extensive public transport system. It consists of the Stockholm Metro (Tunnelbanan); three regional/suburban rail systems: commuter rail(pendeltåg), Roslagsbanan, and Saltsjöbanan; three light rail systems: Nockebybanan, Lidingöbanan, and Tvärbanan; and a large number of bus lines.

I REALLY want to see the aurora borealis and we’ll be spending New Years in Stockholm. I’m doubting that I will get to see the lights during this trip since we’ll be in the city.

Oh well… a girl can hope! I’m sure Stockholm will be amazing even if I don’t see them now.