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Welcome to Stockholm


Stockholm is generally referred to as Beauty on Water, or Venice of the North which is understandable, as the city is built upon 14 islands. It is surrounded by Lake Mälaren, and by the Baltic Sea. The mixture of old and new, greenery and water, picturesque narrow streets and engaging modern broad ones provides an attractiveness you rarely meet elsewhere. By steamboat you can take trips out into the archipelago, or go in the other direction to Lake Mälaren with its characteristic and amazing nature. Taking one of the canal boats one can see Stockholm from under the bridges which also is a charming way to discover this radiant city.

Whatever the mood you are in, the right place to be is in Stockholm. Stockholm can provide for, as for example; royal magnificence, the world's longest art gallery in the Underground, Swedish cuisine, outdoor as well as indoor museums, churches, palaces, events performed live either indoors or outdoors. Why not take the tram, which in Stockholm is a mobile museum, along the route of main museums in the city, take a city walk, or travel in an air balloon and see it all from above.

As water covers one third of the city area, the maritime life is an important aspect of the city. There are plenty of bridges, marinas and locks. The water is so clean that you can, in fact, catch salmon in the middle of the city, just a few minutes walk from the city centre. The climate is very much conditioned by the sea winds, so even the warmest summer day will be contingent upon the sea breeze finding its way into the city streets.

Stockholm has been described by poets, historians, and foremost by the Stockholmers themselves in poetic and vivid descriptions. They all have one thing in common; they all agree that wherever you stay at the time, however beautiful this spot might be, no place is like Stockholm. So, the beauty of this city is well praised and surely, once having visited this place, you will never forget the very special atmosphere, that is so Stockholmian.

The statistics are the following;
  • The total area of inner Stockholm is 216 square kilometres, of which 13 percent is water.
  • The population of the city of Stockholm is approximately 679,000.
  • The average temperature in Stockholm is in January some -2 C (28 F), and in July some 18 Celsius (64 Farenheit)
As the description here is presented in a very brief manner; good advice when visiting Stockholm is to be sure to pick up the review What's on this week? The brochure contains, in addition to events, important tourist information, and facts concerning excursions, interesting places, restaurants, shopping, sight-seeing, public transportation, night life, royal Stockholm, important issues, and telephone numbers, as well as maps.

Additional brochures are provided at any of the tourist offices, as well as in the Sweden House. As it is impossible to describe it all in the space given here, a visit to any of the tourist offices is recommended in order to get additional information on things to be done as well as to see.

A vacation in Stockholm could well be whatever you would like it to be, there are vast possibilities on sights and adventures, so, Explore and Enjoy!

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