Sweden - 1999

In June-July-August-September-October 1999 we went on our first around the world trip.
(99-days - Melbourne - Bangkok - Frankfurt - Moscow - St. Petersburg - Stockholm  - Helsinki - Copenhagen - Malaga - London -
Western Europe - UK - Egypt - Jordan - Israel - Greece - New York - Las Vegas - Melbourne).

We flew from St. Petersburg in Russia to Stockholm.

Stockholm

 

 

 

 

The ship Rygerfjord moored at Stockholm, Sweden, now the Hotel Rygerfjord. We stayed here for our 2 nights in Stockholm.

 

 

  

A view of the Stockholm Town Hall across the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside the Stockholm Town Hall. It is here that that the banquet following the Nobel Prize presentations is held. The design of this building was loosely based upon that of the Doge's Palace in Venice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view from the top of the tower of the Stockholm Town Hall.

 

 

 

Another view from the top of the tower of the Stockholm Town Hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A pleasant street scene in Stockholm.

 

 

  

2 Stockholm lions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Stockholm lions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the many ornate and stately buildings in Stockholm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another street scene in Stockholm. The curved line on the building in the centre is a large thermometer

 

 


 

 

 

A Stockholm church with an interesting spiral spire.

 

 

 


After 2 nights in Stockholm we flew to Helsinki in Finland.