Trip to Sweden (Click on any image to load a larger copy)
Introduction
I arrived at Arlanda airport on a Sunday morning in late May, 2002. After clearing Immigrations/Customs, I found
the bus that took me to my first destination, Uppsala.
Uppsala is a university town north of Stockholm and I planned to stay there for two days. Later I planned to
take a train to Stockholm Stockholm and stay there for four days.
During my visit in Sweden, I had great weather everyday - mid 70s and cloudless skies.
After dropping of my luggage at the train station, I headed off to my first destination to see, Gamla (Old) Uppsala. Gamla Uppsala is the home of three giant burial mounds. The mounds contain the graves of pre-Viking Swedish kings. After seeing the burial mounds, I headed back to Uppsala and visited the Cathedral, Slott (Castle), and University Campus. I then returned to the train station and head off to the Hotel Muttern. The hotel was an interesting six sided building whose room were also misshaped. The next day, I took an enjoyable boat cruise south to a baroque castle called Skokloster. It was well preserved and quite interesting.
On Tuesday, I left Uppsala and headed south to Stockholm. My first stop was Gamla Stan (Old Town) and the Royal Court. I was lucky to arrive on a day that an official guest arrived to see the King. The guest arrived by a horse-drawn carriage and was met by the Royal Guard. Later I noticed that some the guards were female and quite attractive. I spent most of the day seeing the Court and the rest of Gamla Stan. That evening after checking in at Tre Sma Rum. I had dinner near the Katarinahissen, an elevator that give a panoramic view of Stockholm. This was shown in the beginning of the movie "The Counterfeit Traitor".
The next day I took a boat tour of the city and visited the Stadshuset (City Hall). Each year a banquet is held here for the Nobel prize winners (except for the Peace Prize winner which is awarded in Oslo, Norway). The banquet is held in the Blue Hall (The hall is red brick but was planed to be covered in blue stones but that was never completed) and a ball is held in the Golden Hall. After seeing the inside of the building, I climbed up to the top of the tower and had another panoramic view of Stockholm. I spent the afternoon seeing the Technology and Telecommunications Museums.
I spent my last day in Stockholm visiting several museums on Djurgaden. The first was the Vasa Museum. The Vasa is a ship that sank on its first trip and recovered from the water 333 years later. It is a very interesting ship to see. Next I went the Nordic Museum to see some of the history of Sweden. My last destination was Skansen, an Open Air Museum. In there, the have preserve historic houses from various parts of Sweden that you can visit. The park also has a zoo containing the animals of Sweden.
After my visit to Skansen, I head off to the ferry terminal and caught the ferry to the next part of my journey Finland (See Trip to Finland).
After dropping of my luggage at the train station, I headed off to my first destination to see, Gamla (Old) Uppsala. Gamla Uppsala is the home of three giant burial mounds. The mounds contain the graves of pre-Viking Swedish kings. After seeing the burial mounds, I headed back to Uppsala and visited the Cathedral, Slott (Castle), and University Campus. I then returned to the train station and head off to the Hotel Muttern. The hotel was an interesting six sided building whose room were also misshaped. The next day, I took an enjoyable boat cruise south to a baroque castle called Skokloster. It was well preserved and quite interesting.
On Tuesday, I left Uppsala and headed south to Stockholm. My first stop was Gamla Stan (Old Town) and the Royal Court. I was lucky to arrive on a day that an official guest arrived to see the King. The guest arrived by a horse-drawn carriage and was met by the Royal Guard. Later I noticed that some the guards were female and quite attractive. I spent most of the day seeing the Court and the rest of Gamla Stan. That evening after checking in at Tre Sma Rum. I had dinner near the Katarinahissen, an elevator that give a panoramic view of Stockholm. This was shown in the beginning of the movie "The Counterfeit Traitor".
The next day I took a boat tour of the city and visited the Stadshuset (City Hall). Each year a banquet is held here for the Nobel prize winners (except for the Peace Prize winner which is awarded in Oslo, Norway). The banquet is held in the Blue Hall (The hall is red brick but was planed to be covered in blue stones but that was never completed) and a ball is held in the Golden Hall. After seeing the inside of the building, I climbed up to the top of the tower and had another panoramic view of Stockholm. I spent the afternoon seeing the Technology and Telecommunications Museums.
I spent my last day in Stockholm visiting several museums on Djurgaden. The first was the Vasa Museum. The Vasa is a ship that sank on its first trip and recovered from the water 333 years later. It is a very interesting ship to see. Next I went the Nordic Museum to see some of the history of Sweden. My last destination was Skansen, an Open Air Museum. In there, the have preserve historic houses from various parts of Sweden that you can visit. The park also has a zoo containing the animals of Sweden.
After my visit to Skansen, I head off to the ferry terminal and caught the ferry to the next part of my journey Finland (See Trip to Finland).
Photo Info
This is the first trip I used a digital camera and was quite happy with the results. I used a Toshiba PDR-M81
4.2 Megapixel Digital Camera. The images were cleaned up a bit with Adobe PhotoShop Elements (To correct the
color balance). Additional Camera Information
Uppsala
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| Uppsala as view from Gamla (Old) Uppsala. In the center you can see the Uppsala Cathedral and to the left you can see Uppsala Castle | The burial mounds in Gamla Uppsala. Pre-Viking Kings are buried here | Uppsala Cathedral |
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| The interior of Uppsala Cathedral | Next to the Cathedral is a park with nine rune stones. These stones were made by the Vikings | The Swedish flag on the ferry I took to see Skokloster Castle |
Stockholm
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| The Royal Guards waiting for a guest to arrive at the Royal Palace | The guest arrives by carriage to the Royal Palace | A female member of the Royal Guard is being addressed by a female colleague |
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| The Riksdagshuset (Parliament) | Gamla Stan (Old Town) | One of the many alleys in Gamla Stan |
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| The Stortoget square in Gamla Stan | The Katarinahissen. This is an elevator that allows you to avoid climbing a steep hill | The top of the Katarinahissen |
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| Stockholm's Stadshuset (City Hall) | The Blue Hall in the Stadshuset. The Nobel Prize dinner is held here every year | Gamla Stan as viewed from the top of the tower of Stadshuset |
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| A workers cottage in Skansen (an Open-Air Museum on Djurgaden) | An old school house in Skansen | The Skogaholm Manor house in Skansen |
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| The Seglora Church in Skansen | As I was leaving Skansen, this peacock spread his plumage |
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