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Tourist Information Ahead Of Violet Visit!

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Tomorrow (March 22nd) Charles as well as Camilla Windsor, every bit good known every bit His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales as well as the Duchess of Cornwall, volition travel arriving inward Stockholm for a 3 twenty-four sixty minutes menses official visit. The distich are on a tour of Scandinavian countries inward celebration of Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. If you lot are visiting Stockholm during this menses (March 22nd - 24th) thence in that place are some things that you lot should travel aware of. First of all, the regal distich volition travel staying at the Royal Palace inward the Gamla Stan. This agency the Royal Apartments will travel closed for visitors all 3 days every bit good every bit some rerouting of traffic inward the expanse every bit they come upward as well as larn during their visit. As far every bit I tin laissez passer on the axe say from their websites, the museums closed to the palace ( Treasury , Armoury , etc;) volition non travel affected. ...

Tourist Flavour Is Gearing Up!

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Just inwards fourth dimension for the Easter Holidays ... iii certain signs that the tourist flavor volition presently endure upon us! The get-go sign comes tomorrow (March 30th) when the Strömma boat tour to Drottningholm Palace starts upwards for the season. The boat tours volition endure operating on Fridays to Sundays until Apr 27th, when they start operating on a daily basis. Drottningholm, the habitation of the Swedish manlike somebody monarch & queen, is a UNESCO World Heritage site in addition to a slap-up house to visit. The boat trip is one-half the fun in addition to a wonderful agency to encounter Stockholm. Drottningholm. Photo yesteryear Gomer Swahn The 2nd sign... the start of the City Bike flavor (April 1st). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 slap-up in addition to cheap agency to encounter Stockholm! I volition endure writing to a greater extent than almost this side yesteryear side week, but inwards the meantime y'all tin banking concern stand upwards for wha...

Drottningholm Palace

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Drottningholm Palace! My parents are currently visiting me as well as the other hateful solar daytime I decided to accept them to i of my favorite places to visit: Drottningholm Palace . Not alone is the palace the electrical flow residence of the manlike somebody monarch as well as queen of Sweden, it is every bit good a UNESCO World Heritage site (one of 3 inwards Stockholm). The palace was built inwards the slow 1600's as well as is a non bad representative of European architecture of this period. Interior of palace. Photo by: Alexis Daflos While it is opened upward for Blue Planet year-round, it is during the summertime that i actually should take in the palace. They guide maintain to a greater extent than generous opening hours (daily from May through September) during the summertime as well as it is every bit good the best fourth dimension to explore the beautiful gardens surrounding the palace. The gardens are massive as well as incorporate both French & English lingu...

Museum Tre Kronor

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Entrance to museum I took the chance the other twenty-four hr menstruation to see a museum hither inward Stockholm that I had never been to, but had ever been curious about... Museum Tre Kronor . You would recall that I accept visited all 80+ museums inward Stockholm, but I am notwithstanding working on it! This museum is dedicated to the master copy castle inward Stockholm, called  Tre Kronor , which burned downward inward 1697. The electrical current Royal Palace is built on the site of the one-time castle. The museum is located  in Gamla Stan nether the northward fly of the palace ( much of which survived the fire)  in parts of the master copy Tre Kronor structure. Besides recounting the history of the castle, in that place is data close the construction of the castle as well as life within the walls. It was quite interesting, though I would recommend possibly a see to the nearby Medieval Museum offset to larn an overview of the history of Stockholm at the time. Tre ...