Stockholms magi - Stockholm's magic

I've been to Stockholm, I've been to Stockholm, I've been to Stockholm!

I am back in Ireland now and I can't still believe that I've been to the Swedish capital (or how they say it "huvudstad")! It's been more than a week and I miss it terribly. It's so beautiful: colorful Gamla Stan, all the islands, the snow, etc.

Day 1

My sister and I took an early flight from Málaga Airport to Arlanda Airport which took about four hours and a half. For a Sweden lover, it feels like forever! When we arrived at the airport, we bought the bus tickets to City terminalen, which is a bus station, and from there we walked to the T-Centralen subway station, which is connected with the bus one. We went to our hostel, which was located in Gamla Stan and wandered around with our friend. He recommended us a cosy coffee place to go, which is the one located in the yellow building of the photo. We didn't have time to visit it, but if he recommended it, it must be good!

Day 2

We woke up to -15 degrees this day! It was freezing, but Stockholm was absolutely stunning! Our hostel was close to Skeppsholmsbron, so we decided to walk there and see the famous crown located on this bridge! We ended up walking to Skeppsholmen and we saw the National Museum building, which is currently at restoration. From there, we walked to Södermalm to see the beautiful views from Katarinahissen and Södra teatern. We walked back Slussen and we bought our travel cards for the subway. We went back to Gamla Stan to visit the Nobel Museum, which is at Stortoget.

By 15:00 we were on our way to Kungsträdgården, where we saw the Opera House, the Great Synagogue, China teatern, and these beautiful reindeers, which are part of the Christmas decoration.

Day 3

We started the day by taking the subway to Rådhuset to see the city hall. It was absolutely beautiful what we saw there: the sun was rising and its rays going through the doors of the city hall, all covered in snow. The water flowing with a lot of fog, accompanied by two beautiful statutes by the city hall. From there you can also see Norrmalm. We went back to the subway: direction Slussen!. This time, we were going to the port area to take a ferry to Djurgården, the island where most of the museums are. There, we saw the famous amusing park Grona Lund, and from there we walked to the ABBA museum. If you haven't been there yet, you MUST! You will learn a lot about ABBA and have fun! My sister and me did some quizzes, made our own music video with the Dancing queen melody and recorded our own versions of Mamma mia and Waterloo.

After this museum, we walked to Vasamuseet (the Vasa museum), which is a museum about the Vasa ship, which drowned back in the 1691 when Sweden and Poland were dealing with the question of who rules over the Baltic Sea. The history and the massive size of the Vasa will absolutely freak you out. Now, if you love Sweden and its history and traditions, you should go and visit the Nordiska museum, which it's full of thousands of stories about Sweden, its traditions, such as Midsommar, and much more!

After this intensive day of museums, we walked along Strandvägen and took the subway back to beautiful Södermalm, because that evening we were tasting some typical Swedish food from our friend: stuvade makaroner och falukorv, which was delicious! We also tried Janssons frestelse, which is a creamy potato and fish gratin meal.

I will definitely come back to Stockholm and Sweden soon. I can't wait for it.

Photos: by Ana Ramírez

~ Love, Ana ~