On the streets of Gamla Stan, also called “the city between the bridges”, which is the old town of Stockholm,you can found many historic buildings, religious and cultural. Walking this set of medieval and Renaissance Square is reached Stortorge, the oldest of the city and here, right next door is the restaurant Kryp In.

Provides Swedish food at its best, spiced with season European food influences. Some of the dishes that you can try are reindeer meat in sauce or carpaccio, smoked herring or duck breast.

And, although in general the Swedish restaurants are not exactly cheap, in Kryp In find a good value for money.

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Although Pippi Longstocking, the children’s character created by Astrid Lindgren, is one of the most famous, many other stories have been written by Swedish writers. Junibacken brings you closer to this world of storytelling at a museum to be found on Djurgården Island, in the centre of Stockholm, that is dedicated to Swedish children’s literature in general but with particular emphasis on the characters created in the works by Astrid Lindgren.

At Junibacken, visitors can travel on a themed train journey through the various backdrops to her stories before arriving at Villa Villekulla, Pippi Longstocking’s house in Story Square, where the youngest visitors can ride Alfonso, her Appaloosa Horse, play, run or dress up.

There is also a restaurant offering fantastic views of the city, a theatre, a temporary exhibition hall and don’t forget to visit the bookshop, where you’ll find all the stories in a variety of languages.

Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:00. Also open on Mondays from June to August. Open every day from 10:00 to 18:00 in July.

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Many cities would love to have an iconic structure that can even by identified by just its silhouette: the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sagrada Familia, the Empire State Building… the list could go on!
Another of these iconic buildings has sprung up in Stockholm. The Ericsson Globe is the largest spherical building in the world: 16,000 spectators, 110 metres in diameter and an internal height of 85 metres.

On top of this impressive building, the Swedes wanted to build an “eye” that would let locals and tourists appreciate the Stockholm skyline from 130 metres above street level. Thus was born the Skyview, consisting of gondolas that travel up two sets of rails on the outside of the Ericsson Globe all the way to the top.
The two gondolas can carry up to 16 people at the same time and in 20 minutes visitors will be able to see all 14 of the islands that comprise the Swedish capital.

By Eddy Lara Brito from DestinosActuales.com

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By Eddy Lara from DestinosActuales.com

The Scandinavians deal with death in a very different way to Latin cultures. Their perception is completely different and they fully accept what is actually an inevitable part of life. One of the best manifestations of that different approach is the way in which they conceive their cemeteries: small cities with immense green areas where people can not only go to visit the remains of a loved one but also get in touch with nature.

Skogskyrkogården Cemetery or the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm is one of the most representative pieces of modernist architecture to be found in any of the Scandinavian countries. It was designed by the architects Erik Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz in 1915 and the idea was to adapt it to the woodland surroundings in which it was built. There is a crematorium and three chapels: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the Chapel of Resurrection and the Woodland Chapel, the latter containing a replica of the Angel of Death sculpture. The cemetery was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

Besides the architectural beauty of this cemetery, its most striking feature is the importance given to nature. It has been designed to help everyone who comes to bid farewell to their loved ones overcome the pain of their loss but also to accept that loss and, therefore, attain inner peace. This is one of the greatest achievements of the place. Spending time here generates an indescribable feeling of inner peace… you forget you are in a cemetery or rather you begin to perceive death from a completely different perspective.

The remains of the most famous Swedish actress of all time can be found at this cemetery: Greta Garbo. If you have the opportunity to visit this place when travelling to Stockholm, make sure you do. It will not leave you indifferent and perhaps you’ll start to see death through optimistic eyes, or at least less dark than many of us imagine it.

Imagen de Holger.Ellgaard

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