In this blog post we make our way to Sigtuna, a small picturesque town northwest of Stockholm. Sigtuna is one of the oldest towns in Sweden and is worth a visit at any time of year. Stora gatan (big street) forms the town’s main axis. This central alleyway runs though the old town and is lined by typical, pretty Swedish…
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Stockholm’s Metro stations
You’ve been enjoying the city but the weather has suddenly turned everything into a rainy, snowy or stormy mess? Not to worry! Stockholm’s Metro stations provide a nice refuge and are just waiting to be discovered. The above photo shows the station Rådhuset on the Blue line of the Metro network. Here you get the feeling you’ve climbed down into…
Stockholm’s pet cemetery
Do you like Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary”? Then an excursion to Stockholm’s pet cemetery (Djurkyrkogården) might be just the thing for you. Since the 1870s, pets have been buried in a wooded area in the east of Stockholm. Here lie not only cats and dogs but also budgies, rabbits, tortoises, hamsters, guinea pigs and even a horse named Don Juan…
Stockholm’s street art hotspot
Stockholm’s street art hotspot is called Snösätra. Surprisingly, Snösätra is located not, as you might expect, in an urban environment but on the outskirts of the city in the middle of a forest. In the midst of trees, meadows and garden plots appears a former industrial area where various artists have been adding their work to the walls since 2014. …