An alley in Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden - 15th December 2007
Nosher and Isobel head over to Stockholm in Sweden to catch a bit of that wintry festive cheer. As hoped, the weather - although grey - is suitably cold, with temperatures rarely getting above -1°C during the day, and hovering around -5°C at night. Stockholm's Gamla Stan (old town) is nice and Christmassy, with decorations and markets everywhere. The hotel is excellent - it's the Hotel Victory, and is stuffed with naval antiques from the time of Nelson.
next album: Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden - 16th December 2007
previous album: The BSCC Christmas Dinner, Swan Inn, Brome, Suffolk - 8th December 2007
Isobel checks out a Christmas market stall
A water-dispensing gargoyle
A festive Christmas tree
The Svenska Akademien
Nicely cobbled lane
A random Christmas gnome
There's some neon and fast food
A graffiti'd door
A Santa on a Segway
One of the main shopping streets
Stockholm's main shopping street
A mobile sausage van
The 1960s Stadsteatern
The famous anti-war twisted Colt revolver
Isobel tucks in to a tasty sausage snack
A Christmas market, and Pub
Bright orange fruits
In the underground station, we check directions
Pigeons take to the air
A modern square
A bright red church
Isobel mills around outside the church
Columns nicely lit with orange light
A lavishly-gold pulpit
Broken cast-iron pipes
A Christmas stall
A guy on a Segway roams around handing out roasted nuts
The Christmas stall has a lit-up reindeer
Gamla Stan
Old gramophone and neon sign, Gamla Stan
Isobel takes her shoes of in our hotel room
A scary lion in the hotel lobby
A kind of makeshift wooden horse
Gamla Stan at night
The Christmas stall in the dark
Looking over the water towards the Stadshuset
A Thai buffet sign, somewhat unfortunately named 'Pong'
The shopping street in the dusk
City lights, and Christmas market
The famous Royal Ship Wasa
In the Wasa Museum, Isobel scopes out carving reconstructions
The lavishly-carved stern of the Vasa
We pause by a conveniently-placed brazier
Night market
A temporary ice-rink at the Christmas market
Nosher has his own food stall
Night view towards the Stadshuset
Isobel drinks some Glögg in the hotel
A ship's figurehead
The restaurant Franziskaner
Festive street, and the dangling hand
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An alley in Gamla Stan, Stockholm
An alley in Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Isobel checks out a Christmas market stall
A water-dispensing gargoyle
A festive Christmas tree
The Svenska Akademien
Nicely cobbled lane
A random Christmas gnome
There's some neon and fast food
A graffiti'd door
A Santa on a Segway
One of the main shopping streets
Stockholm's main shopping street
A mobile sausage van
The 1960s Stadsteatern
The famous anti-war twisted Colt revolver
Isobel tucks in to a tasty sausage snack
A Christmas market, and Pub
Bright orange fruits
In the underground station, we check directions
Pigeons take to the air
A modern square
A bright red church
Isobel mills around outside the church
Columns nicely lit with orange light
A lavishly-gold pulpit
Broken cast-iron pipes
A Christmas stall
A guy on a Segway roams around handing out roasted nuts
The Christmas stall has a lit-up reindeer
Gamla Stan
Old gramophone and neon sign, Gamla Stan
Isobel takes her shoes of in our hotel room
A scary lion in the hotel lobby
A kind of makeshift wooden horse
Gamla Stan at night
The Christmas stall in the dark
Looking over the water towards the Stadshuset
A Thai buffet sign, somewhat unfortunately named 'Pong'
The shopping street in the dusk
City lights, and Christmas market
The famous Royal Ship Wasa
In the Wasa Museum, Isobel scopes out carving reconstructions
The lavishly-carved stern of the Vasa
We pause by a conveniently-placed brazier
Night market
A temporary ice-rink at the Christmas market
Nosher has his own food stall
Night view towards the Stadshuset
Isobel drinks some Glögg in the hotel
A ship's figurehead
The restaurant Franziskaner
Festive street, and the dangling hand