Stockholm: From Copenhagen to Finland-
Copenhagen Finland, via Stockholm
A fascinating bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden across the Øresund Strait, scraping water to a spit and then disappears only to reappear on the Swedish mainland. the Øresund Bridge turns into a tunnel for the final stretch in Malmö to allow large ships to pass, it seems incredible airI did not really need the excuse of an exciting bridge take the road to the road - or in this case the overwater road -. but he made the trip more interesting
My goal has always been, if I'm honest, to get to Finland (not theft). Taking the train to Stockholm, I perceive closer and I could decide my onward travel there.
Three days later, I found myself aboard a Viking Line ferry to Turku, Finland was in sight! Anyway, back to Copenhagen. I have really enjoyed my time here, but it was time to move. I booked train tickets on the website of the Swedish Railways and the printed machine SJ Station Copenhagen.There is an ICE train fast chip that goes directly to Stockholm,
I chose the cheaper option and changed trains in Malmö. He was an early start, I trudged along a dark, deserted Strøget to the station, then became completely confused as to what platform I should like Malmö was not the final destination. I showed the Goteborg (Gothenburg) train. It turned out to be the same train that I took in Elsinore previous day to see the castle of Hamlet.
The train passed over the Øresund bridge and then we entered a tunnel, if I had not seen the photos I'd never known we were traveling in the sound: it can be an engineering marvel, but it was rather unspectacular experienceI got twenty minutes at Malmo, just enough time to take a little!
Swedish Krona from a cash machine before my new place happened.T
his train was long, I found my car to discover that I had my place in a cabin that looked perfectly comfortable air for a morning walk through December in Sweden. for much of the trip I shared the cabin with a Swedish girl who fell on the seats opposite minutes after we left.car had
WiFi and I curled up with my phone and indulged in some Pinterest, wrote my journal and looked through the Swedish countryside for the five hour trip. The landscape reminded me a little of Siberia: forests, lightly dusted with snow, and sometimes lakes. The wooden houses are painted in bright colors.
The filled cabin that we are closer to Stockholm, it was not as hot as I expected, but once there were six or seven we snuggled as she felt much more comfortable. The train passed through the industrial towns, sparse forests factories and chimneys were a stark contrast.
It was early afternoon when I arrived but it was already getting dark by the time I'd market to the hostel.
Even in the darkness of Stockholm was beautiful, I ventured on Gamla Stan that night and got a good supply Herman Hermitage, a popular vegetarian restaurant.
Gamla Stan
Gamla Stan - the old town - is very attractive , and full of tourists: a morning walk is recommended if you want these cobbled streets you . At the heart of Gamla Stan there was a market
Christmas huddled in Stortorget, Old Town Square, it looked very festive air
- Stortorget, Christmas Market
- Gamla Stan
- I myself would have treated Moomin for a cookie cutter!
- I love this! Detail above a door in Gamla Stan
, camera in hand. The photogenic bank, in Gamla Stan and south shopping Södermalm sure I put some wear on my DMs
Vasa Museum
one of the first places I visited was the
Vasa Museum home recovered 17th century royal ship Vasa.
This huge, beautiful boat sank in the harbor on its maiden voyage in 1628 where he lay submerged in mud and silt until the 1950s when it was brought back to the mainland.Surprisingly the ship oak has been well preserved by the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea, the content of low low oxygen salt and helped prevent cavities, as too much waste in Stockholm that was spilled in the port further lowering oxygen.now, the boat is in a
museum built for this purpose where there is a constant battle to slow the decline now the wood is exposed to air and moisture
- The Flying Dutchman?
- A model of the Vasa
- Vibrantly painted decoration
- trade of the 17th century in Northern Europe
is an excellent museum, there are exhibits on the ship's construction and the possible reasons why it sank. You can come face to face with some of the people on the boat: a number of
skeletons were discovered on board and some have been "reconstructed". Almost all of them had bad teeth. These characters bring the life VasaWhen initially sailed the Vasa was a dark brown boat
it was covered in figures painted in bright colors and decorative pieces :. You can see examples in the photo in the gallery above. It should look fantastic as he went, disappearing devastating in the port soon after.One of the most striking things of the Vasa is that it seems so familiar. It took me a while, then I went
this old ship is much like the Flying Dutchman Pirates of the Caribbean series! Can you see the similarity?
The Vasa Museum is a must-see Skansen
Skansen open air museum of the heritage of Sweden, and it's damn good! After checking the site I chose to visit a cold December Saturday, with the promise of
market old Christmas as an added bonus.
museum shows how the Swedish people lived over the centuries :. there is a town with authentic houses, shops, factories and workshops were arranged as they would have been in the past
Skansen is a fully interactive experience of life "characters and work in buildings are happy to chat, and you can buy products in most stores and workshops.in the former
Pharmacy the lady pharmacist explained all his tinctures and herbs for me, letting me smell: licorice has been widely used, as it was opium. I went to the next room where the male pharmacist was pills, he was extremely talkative and informative.
He revealed had been a pharmacist for real and he remembered making pills in the exact same way :. Roll the dough into a pill and fine sausage roll on a corrugated board to produce small beads that he then flattenedI also chat with
engraver [, a young man who really was a writer - no acting going on here! - And we talked about how the craft was disappearing because of modern technology and computers, they can not do what a skilled hand can do.
- In the bakery
- in the bakery
I bought a reindeer gingerbread snacks that I walked. To feed more me, I also bought a
Lussebullar (Lucia Saffron Bun) from a stall at the Christmas market, its gay saffron yellowing lured me in.
In the room of the two ladies in old times colorful dress parties played key violins (nyckelharpa) , a traditional Swedish instrument that is a bit like a violin with the keys played with a bow. They played old folk songs and I spent some time listening to it, especially because it seemed wonderful and they were very good, but also because it was nice and warm in there.Walking in the Finnish rules, I stopped to get something out of my bag and got a little bird was fluttering on the pole next to me and looked at me with curiosity!
I reached out, and he hovered above, this little ball of feathers wanted food! I had a few slices of cheese in my bag and I broke up a bit on my palm, held up and before I knew I had a small herd of big tits and blue tits perching on my fingers to make a snack rich in fat. It was a moment
Disney , there was no one to testify and, alas, no one to take a photo!
In a bakery two old women were making traditional flatbread :. tunnbröd (thin bread) she was born in the north, where it is very dry and it used to be made with barley flour that is all that could grow there. Today, the polar bread is made with a mixture of flour and spices and yeast (yes, I asked a ton of questions!).
I watched, transfixed, as one woman puts dough into a thin disk using a large rolling pin, serrated. she then used a knotty one to drill small holes on the surface so that it would not swell in the oven. He was so thin
, it rippled the air caught underneath . Dusting off any excess flour, she then transferred the disk to the flour stone oven using a wooden pallet. The oven was super hot and the bread crisp up soon, she removed and splintered she then handed out to people from trying, spread with a little fresh butter:
There was absolutely delicious [!Skansen also has a [animals
zoo in value mainly Scandinavian, I had a brief walk around and watched the fed seals.
This was a very pleasant afternoon, Skansen is a great place to learn a little about the history and Swedish culture. 
I had thought to stay a little more days in Stockholm, but the inn was fully booked, so I decided to head to Finland instead, as was I (sort of) original plan.
I booked a place in town, 4 beds economy cabin on the overnight ferry for Viking Line Turku. For ease I took the bus to the charter terminal of the central bus station.
The note was enough
cheap (€ 38 I think); you never know who you'll be confined with, I knew they would be women as I had checked the box on the booking form, but that's all.
I would not have worried, I bunked with two amazing girls! I probably would end this post with pictures of the cabin and
Amorella (the ship), but from the wide, I am absorbed in the conversation: I did not take picturesJenni was a young Finn to study in Sweden and absolutely lovely Jennifer is a Swedish girl living in Finland!
Jennifer wrote a wonderful blog (in Swedish, but that's what google translate is for, right!)
, you should definitely check it out, she even submitted! trip was smooth enough, my bed was comfortable and the company was great. We were rudely awakened by our cabin door was open and a happy hello was wished us Swedish and Finnish.
What the hell? I checked my phone, it was 5:30 Ah, yes, a new time zone One hour before:. 6.30 seemed a little more respectable
We arrived in Turku!
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