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by nancykinz

Took the Under the Bridges of Stockhom river cruise (booked on our own) and enjoyed it. Not enough time in this city to do all we wanted, especially with the pressure of allowing enough time to wait for the Hop On Hop Off bus to get back. Consider taxis instead of the bus, although you get the commentary (via headphones) on the bus.

Visited: Jul 12, 2014

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by MarinoDA

Another city where all the attractions (not too many to write home about) are within walking distance, even if a strenuous one. They have a cathedral, which looks imposing enough. Then, there's this Vasa Museum that seems to display nothing more than the Vasa, a ship from the glorious days of the Swedish empire that sank on its first voyage when a wave struck it midship and gushed in through the gun turrets that had been opened for a ceremonial firing of the guns, causing the ship to tip over. You see, the king has ordered the builders against their better judgement to make an additional deck of guns to give it more firepower, causing it to be top-heavy. Now, it’s one thing paying Cdn$ 7.50 to watch the dynamic events in Titanic at the cinema, even if its storyline is fictional. It’s quite another paying the equivalence of Cdn$ 20 to watch the static symbol of an epic failure in naval warcraft. So, we decided to give it a miss. The palace looked ordinary compared to Buckingham Palace. The Nobel Museum was tucked away in a street corner that we didn’t even bother to visit. Although, we are great fans of ABBA, we didn’t think that there was a lot more to be gleaned by visiting their museum than what we already knew. The only redeeming feature of downtown Stockholm, imho, is its core, Gamla Stan, where the cobblestone-paved, narrow streets lined by quaint little shops are the stuff of fairytales. The scary part for us was when we nearly got lost returning to the ship although I had the Stockholm map loaded on my iPhone (thanks to our son) with our location been shown by a blue dot even in Airplane mode (thanks to Google).

Visited: Jul 21, 2017

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