Nothing brings me more joy than visiting the local castles around our city. It still amazes me that I live in a country with a royal family and where castles are still operating a few miles away. It makes this girl with Cinderella syndrome very happy! 🙂 The first castle we visited was Ellinge Castle […]
Last Saturday we continued our sightseeing journey with Linda, this time we ventured to Copenhagen. Copenhagen is by far one of my favorite cities. It’s beautiful and rich with culture. Copenhagen is the capital and most populated city of Denmark, and second largest in Scandinavia, with an urban population of 1,246,611 and a metropolitan population […]
We are ready for a drink! Where else to go but the famous Ice Bar! Built in 2002, Ice Bar is the world’s first permanent ice bar. At -5 degrees all year round, the interior of the bar is made entirely of ice from the Torne River in northern Sweden, including the glasses the drinks are […]
After a morning touring the museums, it’s time for my favorite part, shopping! NK is a luxury department store in the heart of Stockholm. It reminds me of the stores back home like Neiman Marcus or Saks Fifth Ave with similar high end designers. Ferdinand Boberg, Sweden’s leading Art Nouveau architect, designed the building. He […]
After spending the morning seeing the Vasa Museet, we headed over to Skansen. Skansen (the Sconce) is the first open-air museum and zoo in Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era. On our way to Skansen, […]