Where to buy tickets
by Calcio
You can buy tickets in advance at www.ticnet.se and then pick them out wherever you want in Sweden. For all AIK-games, and most of the games with Djurgården too, you’ll be able to buy tickets at the stadium on matchdays. It won’t be sold out.
Could be worse doing that with Hammarby, at least if you want a good seat. But in you’ll get, if not in another way then you can always buy a ticket on the black market.
Those bastards aren’t better than in Italy though, so be prepared to get tricked…
You absolutely must walk...
by Eberhard
You absolutely must walk around and discover the city. To take a bicycle is an option, as especially in the outskirts there are dedicated bicycle roads everywhere. The normally follow the waterline Södermalm (the South city), Norrmalm in the North (the business area), Kungsholmen and the three Islands in between: Gamla Stan (the ancient city), Skeppsholmen and Djurgarden. My fondest memory will be “Sigtuna” and the area around. In the year 980 this little village was the capital of Sweden. Plenty of “runes” (not ruins) are witnesses of that time. A beautiful the combination of lakes, land, forest and houses. And so peaceful. I could have stayed in this area much longer, even though nothing else was going on. Sigtuna has also the smallest town hall in Europe (or Northern Europe?)
Take in the beauty of this...
by worldtrekker
Take in the beauty of this city. Here I was crossing a bridge to Gamla Stan. On the left is the Riksdagshuset (parliament building). Behind the Norrbron bridge is the Museum of Medieval Stockholm. Both the parliament and the museum are located on an island called Helgeandsholmen.
Well measurement
by sim1
The history of Stockholm
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Well measurement
Nowadays you can see the old Stock Exchange on the Stortorget (the big square in the Gamla Stan), but this used to be the place for Stockholm’s city hall. The Stortorget was the natural centre for the people in old Stockholm. At one time this was the actual hub of which all distances were measured. You can still see on stones alongside the old main roads in Sweden the distance to the well at Stortorget.
The Royal Guards
by Pieter11
Of course in every monarchy you will see Royal Guards in front of the Royal Palace. In London they are good: not moving at all or reacting to the tourists. In Copenhagen, Athens or Prague they are a bit worse: you can see them looking a you, or even see that they are bored by their work.
But in Stockholm I've seen the worst Royal Guards ever. The teenagers that play guards here really don't care about their appearance at all. They are talking to eachoher, laughing, looking after girls: not scary at all! The only thing that remembers you of the fact that they really are Guards, are their uniforms. At least the uniforms are nice!
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Mariatorget on a cold, sunny Sunday afternoon.
Carpets.
