Stockholm

After my time in northern Sweden, I took the train back south to spend a few days in Stockholm. Stockholm is a beautiful city and I'm hoping to make another trip there once the weather is warmer. It is located on an archipelago  so the city itself is spread across several islands. This means that there is water everywhere. Several of the islands also have hills, so from the top you can get a good view of the city. I went to a lot of museums and sites while I was in Stockholm, but I also really enjoyed some runs and walks along the water. If I can go back in the summer when it's warm, and there are leaves on the trees, and the nights are long, I think it will be especially magical.

Stockholm highlights:

• went on a (free) walking tour of the downtown
• visited the palace (I've been visiting a lot of Scandinavian palaces and this one was really interesting because it still gets used for a lot of functions, so in a lot of the rooms they had pictures of how the rooms look when they're being used today)
• visited the city hall. This is a major attraction in Stockholm for a reason. The architecture and design are beautiful. This is where the Nobel Prize banquet is held: 

• went to the Nobel museum. It was really interesting, the focus was on creativity and what drives innovation.
• made a night visit to Fotografiska. Oddly enough, this was a museum open until 11 pm (that's really unusual here where you're lucky if a museum is open past 4). The museum was amazing. It had a great location and a great variety of exhibits  The photography was really thought provoking and beautiful.
• Skansen: the oldest outdoor museum. Essentially, this is a living history museum all about Sweden. It's huge and features buildings from all over Sweden and all eras of Swedish history. It also had a zoo of Scandinavian animals:

I also had some great meals and enjoyed just being out along the water walking and running.