Royal Celebrations, One-Half Marathons In Addition To To A Greater Extent Than This Weekend!

DN Stockholm Half Marathon, photograph yesteryear Bengt Aronsson
Another busy weekend inwards Stockholm! To source off with... The annual DN Stockholm Half Marathon volition hold upward held on Saturday, September 14th. Over 17,000 runners from all over the basis volition hold upward running a course of educational activity ready inwards the streets of the city. The race starts at 3:30pm at Gustav Adolfs Torg together with volition accept runners on 21.1 kilometers through the western parts of Stockholm, including Södermalm where the Rival Hotel is located. In fact, the course of educational activity runs along the street St Paulsgatan which is side yesteryear side to the hotel. Nice alongside a petty life inwards the neighbourhood... precisely this tin hateful some traffic troubles: no parking together with difficult for taxis to larn to the door. Stick alongside walking, ferries together with subways together with you lot volition hold upward fine! This advice goes for the residuum of the urban nitty-gritty equally many streets volition hold upward shut off. The complete business is the same equally the starting point... Gustav Adolfs Torg.
Race course of educational activity from www.stockholmhalvmarathon.se 
If that wasn't enough... King Carl XVI Gustaf is celebrating xl years on the Swedish throne this yr together with this weekend (September 13th to 15th) is the official jubilee celebrations. On Fri an exhibition on the king's xl years on the throne volition opened upward inwards the Hall of State inwards the Royal Palace, located inwards Gamla Stan. The exhibition volition run until Feb 2d following year, so plenty of opportunities to catch the exhibit if you lot are coming to Stockholm afterwards this year. Two official events volition hold upward held on Sabbatum evening. First a celebratory dinner, hosted yesteryear the government, volition hold upward held at the Nordic Museum (Nordiska Museet), located on the isle of Djurgården, followed yesteryear a concert inwards the Concert Hall (Konserthuset) inwards the downtown area. What this way for visitors is that the traffic snarls caused yesteryear the one-half marathon inwards the afternoon volition hold upward followed yesteryear some modest fry ones inwards the evening. But it is non all doom together with gloom for visitors... on Lord's Day the Rex together with City of Stockholm invites the full general world to the Royal Palace to celebrate alongside dance. The festivities source at 3pm together with run until 11pm. Music together with dancing from around the basis (big band, salsa, tango, jazz, folk together with more) is the subject alongside many performances. No entrance fee! There volition hold upward a toast for the Rex at 3pm from the balcony at Lejonsbacken. Click here for a schedule (there is a Google interpret option). Otherwise, if you lot are staying at the Rival Hotel, come upward utter to me or the Reception for farther information.
www.kungahuset.se
And finally... a political demonstration together with march planned on Saturday, starting at 1:30pm. They volition get together inwards the common Humlegården together with and then march to Observatorielunden. Counter demonstrations are planned equally well, so it would hold upward best to avoid that expanse of the urban nitty-gritty (Norrmalm) during Sabbatum afternoon.

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