If you love history, I’d say paying the entrance fee to get inside the palace is well worth it. The Drottningholm Palace (Royal Palace) is situated on island Lovön and you can take a boat to get there if you want. You aren’t going to save the world overnight, but you might as well be part of the solution and not the problem. When you travel to some of the world’s most remote places, you come to realise the full extent of the plastic problem. And I hope you become more inspired to continue being a responsible traveller. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name: A Novel:Alone and adrift, Clarissa travels to mystical Lapland, where she believes she’ll meet her real father. There, at a hotel made of ice, Clarissa is confronted with the truth about her mother’s his­tory and must make a decision about how—and where—to live the rest of her life.

This is also a great time to take a break and enjoy a Fika! This is the Swedish tradition of taking time out of your day to relax with a cup of coffee or tea and a local pastry! The options are endless in terms of which islands you can visit and for how long. Some of the boat trips are several hours long and are like a proper tour. Other boats are just ferries taking you to and from. The park also contains a variety of plants and gardens. There is even a small patch growing tobacco used for making cigarettes.The Vasa Museum houses the only preserved 17th-century ship in the world, with roughly 95% of the ship being from its original state! I have found that scoring Couchsurfing hosts in big cities (in the west in particular) to be a real challenge as they get so many requests on a daily (or hourly) basis. Sometimes we just need to book a hostel and count our blessings that we are able to go traveling at all. There have been a couple of terrorist-related incidents that have changed the city somewhat. That said, these are isolated incidents, and something that every major city in the west is dealing with in one way or another at the present time. No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Bags.

The Children’s Zoo features domestic animals such as cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and more! The exotic animals including monkeys, birds, reptiles, and insects. For public transport within the city, you have buses, metro, train, trams, and light rail crisscrossing just about every corner of the city. Uber also works well for short distances. The pentathlon area is great for the competitive spirit! For those who don’t know what a pentathlon is, it’s basically just a contest featuring several events. Compete against your friends and determine who the ultimate games master is!Cocaine and hash come from very far away places and because of that, drugs in Sweden are EXPENSIVE (oh, and very illegal too). Plus, the cocaine has probably been cut more times than an American suburban lawn and won’t make you feel very good in the end. 10. Go for a hike This 9-acre amusement park was founded in 1883. It contains 31 attractions and is a popular venue during Sweden’s warmer months – from late spring (April/March) to September. The park also reopens during October for seasonal Halloween events! The palace is one of the largest in Europe. It was largely built during the eighteenth century in the Italian Baroque style and contains more than 600 rooms spread across seven floors!

Discover Sweden’s history in an engaging and entertaining way. Find out how Swedes once lived, see what their workday was like, and explore their festive celebrations and daily routines!The Almost Nearly Perfect People:A witty, informative, and popular travelogue about the Scandinavian countries and how they may not be as happy or as perfect as we assume. “ The Almost Nearly Perfect Peopleoffers up the ideal mixture of intriguing and revealing facts. After you have achieved Swedish sauna bliss, you can have a healthy lakeside picnic and just chill the F out for a while. The 100-Year-Old-Man who Jumped out of a Window and Disappeared: This quirky bookhas charmed readers across the world. One of my favorite books at the moment. For mainstay attractions like the Vasa Museum, try to get their early or simply go towards the end of the day to avoid the sweaty, sun cream scented droves of tour groups. To get a bit off the tourist trail I recommend taking a boat for a day trip/hike to Svartsö. This island is one of the larger islands in the area and is home to very small year-round inhabitants.

The Nobel Prize Museum has free Wi-Fi and you can use your smartphone to listen to the free audio guide when touring the museum. There are also daily tours given by the museum, offered in both English and Swedish. If you’re traveling with little ones, there’s even an interactive section for kids to play in. Plastic washes up on even the most pristine beaches… so do your part and keep the Big Blue beautiful Fuori Di Pizza: Don’t shame yourself by going to Pizza Hut for christ’s sake. This place is much more legit.

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A fun fact about the palace is that it’s said to be haunted! There have been many tales of ghosts throughout the years! The most noted of the palace’s ghosts is the Vita Frun (The White Lady)! If you are returning something because it does not fit, is the wrong colour or is unsuitable you will need to pay for the return postage. Stroll through the medieval market square in the museum, see a medieval church, and glimpse into the workshops of craftsmen and traders! Step inside a medieval home and brave a trip to the gallows! This museum does a great job of bringing history to life and is designed for all ages to enjoy! Ahlens Department Store is Sweden’s largest department store and can be found along this street. They offer competitive prices for all sorts of things, from clothing to beauty to food, and much more! In the early afternoon, you can head over to the “Brooklyn of Scandinavia” hipster/eco post-industrial zone area—Hammarby Sjöstad—for a bike ride/craft beer tasting.