Spent about 3 days in Sweden - NO IKEA !!!! They work through other retail outlets in 
Stockhom though., every single furniture store you come across has Ikea furniture !
Walking into Stockholm, we were greeted by huge pictures famous personalities from Sweden, everyone from Bjorn Borg to ABBA.
The Stockholm Archipelago is one of the largest in the world and the largest in the Baltic sea. Stockholm is a really nice city, with a very quaint old-town with waterways running through it. Add to it the Scandinavian architecture style and it makes for a very picturesque holiday. [Picture
borrowed from wikipedia]
Making our way from the Arlanda airport to town was fairly easy. It is amazing how all these citites we have been to in Europe have amazing public transport making travelling around so easy. Stockholm has the mainline trains, the subways and an extensive bus network. Anusha made sure that we take all modes of public transport possible. We bought the 16 trip ticket which we needed to get
validated at entry into a mode of transport. I must admit that I do like the Oyster card mode of payment a lot better though but I guess they can trust their people more in Stockholm that we can in London.
We took the bus from the airport to the main bus station in the city. Once in town, we were greeted by a very cold but sunny day. We walked around the main streets walking through the city soaking the ambiance. It was a very nice day (by swedish standards) and people were out biking, ice skating, shopping etc. F
or us, it was still very cold but we braved it nonetheless.
Walking through the city, we got to the "Gamla Stan", old town, with its museums, pretty & narrow medieval streets, fantastic cafes and small quiant stores. We stopped by a local cafe and got some coffee and hot chocolate and something to eat. The hot chocolate was almost the best we had. The best one being undoubtedly the one we had at the train station
in Rome.
Anyway, after spending the day in the Gamla Stan, we headed to our hotel in the suburb of Bromma. We took the subway and then the bus and it took us roughly around 30 minutes to get to the hotel. The room was very nice, big window and a huge bathroom. The entire room was Ikea. The cupboards, the beds, the painting, the table/chairs you name it!
Stockhom though., every single furniture store you come across has Ikea furniture !Walking into Stockholm, we were greeted by huge pictures famous personalities from Sweden, everyone from Bjorn Borg to ABBA.
The Stockholm Archipelago is one of the largest in the world and the largest in the Baltic sea. Stockholm is a really nice city, with a very quaint old-town with waterways running through it. Add to it the Scandinavian architecture style and it makes for a very picturesque holiday. [Picture
borrowed from wikipedia]Making our way from the Arlanda airport to town was fairly easy. It is amazing how all these citites we have been to in Europe have amazing public transport making travelling around so easy. Stockholm has the mainline trains, the subways and an extensive bus network. Anusha made sure that we take all modes of public transport possible. We bought the 16 trip ticket which we needed to get
validated at entry into a mode of transport. I must admit that I do like the Oyster card mode of payment a lot better though but I guess they can trust their people more in Stockholm that we can in London.We took the bus from the airport to the main bus station in the city. Once in town, we were greeted by a very cold but sunny day. We walked around the main streets walking through the city soaking the ambiance. It was a very nice day (by swedish standards) and people were out biking, ice skating, shopping etc. F
or us, it was still very cold but we braved it nonetheless.Walking through the city, we got to the "Gamla Stan", old town, with its museums, pretty & narrow medieval streets, fantastic cafes and small quiant stores. We stopped by a local cafe and got some coffee and hot chocolate and something to eat. The hot chocolate was almost the best we had. The best one being undoubtedly the one we had at the train station
in Rome.Anyway, after spending the day in the Gamla Stan, we headed to our hotel in the suburb of Bromma. We took the subway and then the bus and it took us roughly around 30 minutes to get to the hotel. The room was very nice, big window and a huge bathroom. The entire room was Ikea. The cupboards, the beds, the painting, the table/chairs you name it!
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