Stockholm
I spent an awesome weekend together with the VIS in the capital city of Sweden. The bus drive from Växjö to Stockholm took approximately 5,5 hours and was kind of exciting, because our bus was quite old and stuck on the road for about 20 min. :D Luckily the bus driver managed it to get us all secure to Stockholm. First some facts I find really interesting about the city:
- Stockholm is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges
- Greater Stockholm has a population of around two million
- On Stockholm’s shortest day the capital sees a mere six hours of sunlight, while on the longest day it’s light for nearly 21 hours
- Stockholm is the home of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature
I shared the room with 3 girls/friends, some of us had rooms on a boat. First I was a little bit jealos, but in fact, my room was nice, too. On the first night we went on a Erasmus Student Network (ESN) party, which was quite nice, but in my opinion they should have opened more floors, because it was really crowded inside. On the next day we went on a city tour with freetime after it. I think the old city center is just lovely with all those nice chuches, bridges and buildings, like Gamla Stan. By walking thorugh the city I thought it has something in common with Cologne. And of course, some people compare Stockholm to Hamburg. Hence, I have never visited Hamburg, I cannot say if is true or not. By the way, I really have to visit Hamburg some day. Besides of the nice architecure, Stockholm is, of course, a paradise for shopping lovers, like me. Just to list some stores: Monki, Bikbok, Gina tricot, Mango, Vero moda, Zara, Victoria's Secret and a lots of Heinnes & Mauritz, you will also find H&M's head office. On Saturday we visited the royal palace. It was so great to see all the nice interior, to get to know more about the royal history and to see a collection of Princess Lilian dresses. I really like this quote of her "I don't really have a motto, but if I did, it would be: Keep on smiling." She died on 7 March 2013. On August 2015, she would have celebrated her 100th birthday. We saw the room where prince Carl Philip and Sofia celebrated their wedding party. Isn't it cool that Avicii played on their wedding party at the royal place? On the last night in Stockholm we went for a Pub Crawl and afterwards we partied in one of the biggest clubs in Stockholm named Göta Källare.
All in all, it was really amazing and I'm looking forward to visit Stockholm again!
