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Tourism Stockholm is world famous for its location by the water. Almost fifty percent of the city's area is water, and more than 24, 000 small islands, islets and skerrys forms a wonderful archipelago surrounding the main city; the city itself consists of fourteen major islands.
Stockholm and its beautiful islands are visited by more than 17 millions travellers a year. This makes the capital of Sweden one of the mayor destinations in northern Europe. The city invites to a stroll in the charming Old Town or in one of its thirty-eight parks. A visit to some of approx. 70 fascinating museums (The Vasa Ship Museum is one of them) is a great idea for a cloudy day. If you visit Stockholm during Midsummer, you will have daylight in 17 hours and 30 minutes! From mid-June until mid-July it’s never really getting dark here. Enjoy then the great northern summer sky, preferably while listening to jazz during the annual summer jazz festival. Fun & pleasure
Fifteen hundred Stockholm restaurants serve all kind of international cuisine, and the famous amusement park Gröna Lund, beautifully situated at Djurgården promises a day full of fun & joy, not only to the young ones.
Cultura Stockholm is a city where life can be lived to its fullest. There is lots of music, art galleries and every week new exhibitions, plays and shows open. The nightlife is hectic. There are concerts and events of varying sizes and there are world-class restaurants. Whatever your interests and preferences may be, there is always something new to experience in the Cultural Capital of Scandinavia. Even in the underground: Stockholm’s subway is called “the world’s longest art gallery”.
There are more then 70 museums in Stockholm, the Royal Opera and Ballet, 57 theatres, two dance theatres, 96 movie theatres, a number of concert halls, 66 churches and 129 art galleries. The majority of the media companies in Sweden are located in Stockholm.
Restauran Stockholm has a vast array of restaurants offering international cuisine for all budgets. It is worth remembering that smoking is not allowed in and restaurants or bars in Sweden and therefore if you want a ‘smoke’ you will have to go outside.
Service is usually included in bills in Sweden but generally diners DO tip, rounding up usually by about 10%
Below is a list of some restaurants and bars in Stockholm to get you going on your culinary adventures;
Cuisine During the last two decades Stockholm has seen an ever increasing number of new high standard eating places. Today Stockholm can offer an impressive amount of high quality restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars.
In addition to the well established restaurants that serve traditional Swedish dishes, a variety of ethnic restaurants have sprung up during the last two decades. Fish has a prominent place in the modern Swedish cuisine, do not leave town without tasting it.
Sights The Swedish capital has many points of interests. Most Stockholm sights are easily accessible for everyone and located in beautiful areas that are landmarks in itself.
Strolling through Sweden’s major city is always a joy.
No Stockholm tourist should leave the opportunity of making just a walk without clear destination.
It is inevitable you will find great views, beautiful buildings, nice parks or an interesting museum.
Don’t worry about your way back: Stockholm has so many landmarks that it’s difficult to get lost. And of course, no tourist can do without a map.
But there are Stockholm sights you should not miss. Therefore my Top 10 of suggestions for sightseeing in Stockholm.
Gamla Stan (old centre)
Skansen (open air museum)
Archipelago
Stadshuset (city hall)
Sergels Torg (plaza)
Vasa museum
Kungliga Slottet (royal palace)
Kungsträdgården (garden)
Södermalm (neighborhood)
Drottningholm (royal palace)
Shopping If you like to shop till you drop, then charge on down to any one of the three main department stores in the central city area, all of which carry top-name brands from Sweden and abroad for both men and women. For souvenirs and crafts peruse the boutiques and galleries in Västerlånggatan, the main street of Gamla Stan. For jewelry, crafts, and fine art, hit the shops that line the raised sidewalk at the start of Hornsgatan on Södermalm. Drottninggatan, Birger Jarlsgatan, Biblioteksgatan, Götgatan, and Hamngatan also offer some of the city's best shopping.
Cost Stockholm has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Stockholm is currently ranked 47 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 300 international locations.

Stockholm, Sweden

Friday 29, March

From wikipedia about Stockholm

Stockholm) is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. {{cite web|url= 2010 |publisher= (2010).

Founded no later than circa 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden's cultural, media, political, and economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the south-central east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been historically important. Stockholm has been nominated by GaWC as a global city, with a ranking of Alpha-. June 5, 2009
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