Where to Eat in Stockholm Sweden and Our Hotel

By Joyce, on August 29th, 2016

Stockholm Restaurants Since we were in Stockholm to attend a TBEX conference, several of our meals were either provided or we got our fill for dinner at a party. However, we given that we were in town for a week, we managed to check out some Stockholm restaurants. Matbaren is a casual, a la carte-style [Read more …]

Touring Museums in Stockholm Sweden on Skeppsholmen Island

By Joyce, on August 27th, 2016
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Stockholm Sweden has a myriad of museums. Many of Stockholm’s museums are one island: Skeppsholmen. This sparsely populated, generally wooded island has emerged as one of the city’s new cultural hub and contains some interesting museums. Museum of Modern Art Spanish architect Rafael Moneo designed this building, which welcomes you with a dozen outdoor sculptures [Read more …]

Exploring Some of the Other Interesting Islands that Make up Stockholm Sweden

By Joyce, on August 25th, 2016
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As we mentioned in a previous blog, Stockholm is made up of many different islands. This blog continues to explore Stockholm Sweden’s islands. Sodermalm Sodermalm is an ex-working-class community that has been transformed into the bohemian and contemporary artistic center of the city. It is loaded with studios and galleries for all types of contemporary [Read more …]

Exploring Stockholm Sweden

By Joyce, on August 23rd, 2016
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As we continue to explore Stockholm Sweden, we hit Riddarholmen Island. Just as the King, Queen and their children lived in Gamla Stan’s Royal Palace, the city’s lower ranking aristocracy needed a place of their own to live. Today, no one lives on the island. Still, it is filled with buildings which are owned by [Read more …]

Gamla Stan Museums

By Joyce, on August 22nd, 2016
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Gamla Stan Museums In addition to Old Town, Gamla Stan island in Stockholm Sweden also has a few noteworthy museums. These include: The Nobel Museum, which profiles the life of Alfred Nobel and his legacy, provides overviews of the discoveries and works for which winners of the Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and to a lesser extent, [Read more …]

Touring Stockholm Sweden: Gamla Stran

By Joyce, on August 21st, 2016
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It had been a long time since we were last in Stockholm Sweden—35 years if you want to know. What changed and what didn’t change in that amount of time? It was time to find out by touring Stockholm. The 2016 Asia-Pacific TBEX (Travel Blogger’s Exchange) Conference provided the perfect opportunity as it was located [Read more …]