1 Sergels Torg |
2 Central Station |
3 Francisco checking the map |
4 Gamla Stan (Old Town) |
5 Gamla Stan on a drizzly early evening |
6 Hotel |
7 Gamla Stan, Francisco looks at amber |
8 glass sculpture we liked |
9 Hello, can you hear me now? Old phone booth, modern equipment |
10 Gamla Stan, looking down the street |
11 Svenska Akademien |
12 typical stree in Gamla Stan |
13 harbor statue of man and eagle |
14 high school graduation truck full of drunks |
15 Hotel Rica, our home in Stockholm, located above the Pub Store |
16 Hotel, down the street at the right, to the left the financial district |
17 view from our hotel room window |
18 Square below filled with vendors, mostly veggies and flowers |
19 Harbor and Gamla Stan view |
20 view of Gamla Stan from a hill across from Skeppsholmsbron bridge |
21 Nybroviken Bay |
22 Entrance to Nybroviken Bay. Across the bay is the National Museum |
23 city view from Katarinahissen or Katarina lift |
24 view of turnaround and Gamla Stan from Katarina Lift |
25 Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace) |
26 Royal Palace changing of the guard |
27 Guard and Bill |
28 Francisco and guard |
29 Royal Palace |
30 Mynttorget Square, with part of Parliment building in the background |
31 National Museum, Rembrandt, Manet, etc |
32 Nordiska Museet (Nordic Museum) |
33 Norkiska Museet entryway |
34 Norkiska Museet corridor |
35 Nordiska Museet from driveway |
36 Nordiska Museet statue and Bill |
37 Parliment building |
38 Bill and Francisco in front of Parliment gate |
39 From Parliment Gate looking across toward Gamla Stan. Royal Palace on the right, Storkyrkan (Great Church) on the left |
40 Sergel Torg, Francisco waving to the webcam we watched before our trip |
41 Stadshuset (City Hall) built in 1923. Home of the Nobel Peace Prize dinner |
42 Stadshuset Hall, Bill and Francisco out front |
43 Blue Hall, which is not really blue. Where the Nobel Peace Prize dinner is held |
44 Blue Hall statue |
45 Stadshuset, ornate window |
46 Golden Hall |
47 Golden Hall mural up close |
48 Looking out |
49 mens' room |
50 Stadshuset tomb. what is this? |
51 window balcony with clock above |
52 wooden horse |
53 old steamer |
54 Stockholm harbor |
55 lake locks to hold in the freshwater lake |
56 Stortorget Square, the heart of old Stockholm |
57 Stortorget Square fountain, Francisco and Bill |
58 Kungstradgardent subway station |
59 Vasa Museum, housing the warship Vasa |
60 A picture of the Vasa. It was top heavy and sank in 1628, just 10 minutes into her maiden voyage |
61 Vasa duplicate lion and Francisco |
62 Vasa canon and Francisco |
63 Vasa port side. it was raised in 1961 and is being restored. |
64 Vasa stern. it is a huge ship and has been partially restored |
65 when the wind blew, water flooded into its lower canon holes |
66 Francisco in Vasa Park |
67 Then we took this steamer from Stockholm to Vaxholm |
68 Nacka Strand, along the way to Vaxholm |
69 old windmill |
70 lighthouse in the harbor |
71 Washolmen stop. when you want the boat to stop, you show the disk on the blue post |
72 Vaxholm (Waxholm) hotel and excellent restuarant |
73 Vaxholm fortress, fortified by King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century |
74 Francisco and fortress |
75 Bill waiting for the return boat |
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