Sweden. Stockholm
The sweetest part of our Baltic journey was Stockholm. While our cruise ship awaited its return to Tallinn, we had enough time to stroll through the capital of Sweden...
From the sea terminal, we headed to the city center.
Stockholm's residential area - everything is clean, orderly, pragmatic...
Fountain in the park...
Here, too, is "parked" a very beautiful white sailboat...
The sculpture "The Begging Fox" catches the eye; it is depicted quite realistically... The fox, wrapped in an old shawl and holding an old shoe, is meant to draw attention to the impact of human activities on the life of forests and their inhabitants...
A typical picture of a workday in Stockholm - office employees sitting on curbs near the bay, eating takeout food...
Our main goal was to climb the tower of Stockholm City Hall to see the famous panorama of the city...
The City Hall is located at the edge of Kungsholmen Island and is one of the main attractions of the Swedish capital. The City Hall hosts city council meetings, important political negotiations, and every year the banquet after the Nobel Prize ceremony is held here...
Only 30 people can be on the City Hall tower, which is 106 meters high, at the same time, and the session lasts 40 minutes, which includes the ascent, stay at the top, and descent... Since the tickets for the next session were already sold out, we had to wait 40 minutes for the next session. During this time, we strolled around the vicinity...
The climb to the tower is quite lengthy... You can reach the middle part by elevator, but at the entrance, you are asked to go the whole way by stairs if possible, as the elevator accommodates only a small number of people and is better left for those who really have difficulty climbing...
The name Stockholm, depending on the etymology, translates to "island in the bay" or "island on the poles." The views from the tower fully correspond to the name...
After descending from the City Hall tower, we headed to the old town...
Riddarholmen Church - the only preserved medieval monastery church in Stockholm. It is the burial place of Swedish monarchs, a tradition that continued until 1950...
The catastrophically small number of flowers on the city streets and squares is surprising, compared to other cities in the same period. Perhaps they believe that the city is beautiful without flowers... Why decorate what is already beautiful - probably the main thesis of the pragmatic capital of Sweden. And it is hard to doubt this...
On our way back to the ship, we came across two monuments dedicated to air and water - the two main components of Stockholm, as the city is located on islands surrounded by water, and the air is recognized as the cleanest among all the capitals in the world...
The walk through the capital of Sweden left us with a very pleasant impression. The weather was just wonderful, and we were able to fully enjoy the beauty of the city. We discovered our first Scandinavian country and now await the continuation of our northern discoveries...
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