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Restaurant Piren

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Piren- "the pier" While this eating theater is on the other side of Stockholm from the Rival Hotel  (it is located on the newly opened waterfront promenade on the isle of Kungsholmen), if y'all are visiting the expanse in addition to thence it is a slap-up house for a meal! Summer ambiance. Piren agency "the pier" inward Swedish in addition to that describes the eating theater pretty well. It is situated on a pier sticking out from the aforementioned promenade over Lake Mälaren. Makes for a slap-up summertime atmosphere! I took my visiting parents in that place final Sun to hand the house a try. It was hot atmospheric condition in addition to the expanse was filled alongside sunbathing Swedes... which agency the bar was happening alongside the "after beach" crowd. Bookmaker Toast and... The bill of fare had many summertime favorites, both Swedish in addition to international... fish & seafood stew alongside saffron aioli, entrecôte alongside bea...

Visiting The Archipelago (Part 2)

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The Archipelago Travel Agency! Click hither for part 1 . While I am a pretty fabulous concierge as well as tin give you lot a lot of data nearly Stockholm, the archipelago is or as well as then other matter. I know of the primary islands, a few hidden gems, guided tours every bit good every bit trips out amongst the Cinderella boats. But the Stockholm Archipelago has over 30,000 islands as well as it takes a existent skilful to assistance you lot conception a unique trip to the islands... peculiarly if you lot desire to instruct away from the crowded islands, direct maintain special requests, majority packages and/or desire to rest the black on an island. To instruct this skilful help, contact the goodness people at Visit Skärgården ( skärgården is the Swedish discussion for archipelago) either past times v isiting their website or past times dropping past times their archipelago move agency... located correct on the water on Strandvägen inwards the downtown area. Here you lot tin ...

Event: Dn-Galan

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This friday (August 6th) roughly of the world's best rails & champaign athletes volition endure competing inwards Stockholm at the DN Galan . If you lot haven't bought tickets for the large trial in addition to then you lot are out of luck... the only tickets left are for the "Exclusive Bolt Package" which volition ready you lot dorsum nigh 3,000 SEK, but you lot but powerfulness endure able to rub shoulders amongst roughly of the star athletes. The DN Galan, sponsored past times the paper Dagens Nyheter , is purpose of the prestigious Samsung Diamond League athletic series. It is the largest annual sporting trial inwards Sweden, taking house at the former Olympic stadium ( Stadion ) where Stockholm hosted the games inwards 1912. The stadium is located on northern outs kirts of the city. The large trial this twelvemonth volition endure the mens 100 meters amongst a showdown betwixt Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay in addition to Asafa Powell. My coin is on Bolt! Besides the...

Sweden Trivia

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Did you lot know that Sweden is 1 of the world's largest exporter of... music ? By closed to accounts, Sweden is tertiary later the USA together with UK. Of course, everyone has heard of ABBA whose mention together with music is synonymous with Sweden. This grouping is 1 of the world's nigh successful music acts and, though they've been disbanded since 1983, their music is withal played/sold worldwide thank you lot to the recent success of the musical together with cinema " Mamma Mia ". But Swedish music is much to a greater extent than than ABBA... s everal groups had immense popularity on the international scene inward the '80's together with '90's similar Roxe tte , A ce of Base , Europe together with The Cardigans . These days at that topographic point are many Swedish acts enjoying success inward the pop, choice music together with indie-rock lists. Keep your eyes (and ears) opened upwards for Robyn , K ent , Agnes , The Hives , The Ark , In...

The Terra Cotta Regular Army To Stockholm

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Do y'all dream nigh i solar daytime travelling to PRC to regard the famous Terrcotta Warriors from the X'ian province? Now y'all don't accept to... they are coming to Stockholm this Fall! Well, non all of them merely x warriors in addition to enough of other goodies (concentrating on the Qin in addition to Han Dynasties) on loan from xi museums inwards China. Today I was invited past times the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities ( Östasiatiska Museet ) for an data coming together besides every bit a viewing of where the exhibition wil l hold upwards shown. You see, the exhibition volition non hold upwards taking house inwards the museum proper merely nether it... inwards a fabulous 4,800 sq meter tunnel arrangement dug straight inwards the colina ( Bergrummet ). These caverns were inaugural of all excavated during the starting fourth dimension of World War II to family the Naval Command inwards representative of attack. This is the inaugural of all fourth dimension the ...

Fishing Inward Stockholm

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After a calendar week of festivals in addition to full general craziness... I persuasion I would tiresome it downwards amongst something a flake different! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 happy Rival Hotel invitee sent me some pictures of the fish he caught piece visiting us a brace of weeks ago, which gave me an persuasion of a practiced weblog article (and he was dainty plenty to permit me to give away the pictures- thanks!). Did y'all know that y'all tin fish correct inward downtown Stockholm in addition to that y'all don't involve a line-fishing licence? Fishermen standing along the Stockholm shores, peculiarly along Strömmen , are a mutual sight year-round. They choose handgrip of a broad diversity of fish... the close mutual beingness perch, bream, whitefish, pike, eel, trout in addition to salmon. The largest salmon caught inward Stockholm was over 40lbs. The waters only about Stockholm are build clean which agency y'all tin swallow your catch. Just delight ...

Next Week: Civilization Festival, Outdoor Pic Theatre Midnight Run!

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I am on opor-garai side yesteryear side week... off to Kingdom of Spain for a friend's birthday. I wanted to exit you lot alongside some tips of fun things happening inwards the metropolis during my absence! GAT Stage, kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se First upward is the fun Kulturfestivalen (Culture Festival). I am sorry to fille this! This festival runs from 13th through the 18th of August too encompasses all things cultural. Best of all... it is all free! No admission fees. It is a picayune difficult to write close since in that place are therefore many things going on, but basically the festival takes identify inwards the downtown expanse roughly the squares Gustav Adolfs Torg , Brunkebergstorg too Sergels Torg . The plan ( click here ) runs from midday until belatedly inwards the evenings too you lot tin bathroom honour something for every taste... cabaret, opera, salsa, literature, street performances, dance, Bollywood, vintage punk reinvented, nightclubbing too much, much mor...

The Vasa Museum

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This weekend I played tour guide to a friend visiting from Wales. As it was her outset fourth dimension inwards Stockholm, I had to accept her to the Vasa Museum . There is a proficient argue why this is the altitude tourist draw inwards the city... non entirely is the transportation impressive to see, the museum built around the transportation is manificent equally well. The Vasa was a Swedish warship built at a fourth dimension when Sweden, nether Gustav II Adolf , was growing inwards ability as well as taking her house on the globe stage. Sweden was at nation of war alongside Poland as well as was on the brink of beingness dragged into the Thirty Years War. H5N1 stiff navy was im portant as well as the grand as well as ornate Vasa was to hold upward its centerpiece. Unfortunately, she was likewise grand as well as ornate... top-heavy as well as unstable she sank minutes afterward setting canvas inwards 1628 on her initiative voyage. She was industrial plant life i time to a greater...

Festival: Civilization Festival

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Just a picayune heads up! Today (August 10th) is the get-go solar daytime of the Stockholm Culture Festival , which volition live on going on until Sunday, August 15th. There is enough to produce in addition to encounter in addition to the best affair of all is that it is gratuitous admission to 99% of the scheduled events! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 subject of this year's festival is Denmark... amongst many of the artists, music, theatre in addition to movies coming from our neighbours to the south. All types of "culture" volition live on represented in addition to at that spot is something for everyone (whatever your age). Take a await at their website (linked above) in addition to banking concern correspond out the program. The performances in addition to events are happening throughout the metropolis though all of them are centrally located in addition to closed together... Skeppsbron inwards the Old Town, Gustav Adolfs Square , Brunkenbergs Square in addition t...

Bogota. A Voyage To Bogota, Colombia, Due South America.

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Bogotá is on the move. Once considered a house to avoid, the working capital alphabetic quality has cleaned upward its human activeness in addition to is fast becoming i of Latin America's urban highlights. Improved security, infrastructure projects in addition to a clean-up travail direct maintain helped convey a novel aspect upward to the metropolis. Home to to a greater extent than than vii 1000000 people, Colombians notwithstanding flock to Bogotá inwards search of opportunities. Many discovery that the streets are non just paved amongst gilded in addition to halt upward eking out an being inwards i of the vast shantytowns that trouble the southern component of the city. Graceful churches, fantabulous museums, cultural events in addition to a thriving nightlife tin perish along you lot busy for several days. Bogotá is likewise the political, fiscal in addition to service centre for the country, in addition to its geographic heart, making it a useful base of operation...