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Stockholm
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Stockholm is one of Scandinavia's major city break destinations. The capital of Sweden has many tourist spots. You can easily spend three days or more in Stockholm. The many points of interest, versatility, cheerfulness and peace are only a few of its characteristics. Stockholm consists of more than 10 islands. The greater Stockholm area has almost 1.8 million inhabitants, although you won't notice that it is such a big city. It has the cosy look and feel of a small city.
It all started at Gamla Stan, the old inner city, which is very well preserved. In the centre you will also find the Stadshuset (City Hall) where Nobel Prizes are awarded every year at a banquet. A visit to the island of Djurgärden takes up at least one day. The highlights are the open air museum Skansen and the Wasa museum, which includes a salvaged ship from 1628. And Stockholm has even more to offer: the Konserthuset, the cathedral, the Royal Palace, the Kaknästornet with a view of the archipelago, ... You can also visit the highlights of the surrounding area: Drottningholm Slottet and the Skokloster.
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> Not to be missed during your 2-day stay
> The old city centre and surroundings
> Djürgarden, a versatile museum island
> Gorgeous castles around Stockholm
> The Stockholm Card for an active city break
> Shopping Tips
> Sweden in a nutshell
> Practical information
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Picture: © Blue.bird | Dreamstime.com
Text: GVDV - © AT-Europe bvba
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Reviews
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Visit Stockholm from mid-June to mid-August
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If you want to fully enjoy your citytrip, you must go between mid-June and mid-August. After the 15th of August the winter schedule begins. The problem with Stockholm is that before mid-June, many sights can be visited only between 11 AM and 3PM or are merely open for one hour, all of them at the same time. During our visit at the beginning of June a major attraction like Skansen looked almost dead.
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Justified criticism on the Stockholm Card
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We had bought a Stockholm Card right away at the travel agency. Actually we did not receive it with the rest of our travel documents and we had to pick it up at the tourist bureau. This bureau only opens at 10 AM and many were waiting in line before us. Thus we lost an hour. Moreover, many of these advantages were “closed”, the rest was more or less free and for the “must do” attractions like the Vasamuseum we had to pay anyway, we only got a small discount. We’ll never do it again!
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