Day 31: Wed 9 Aug: Stockholm

Cycle: 27 km - Total so far: 1,424 km

Start time: 8:45
Stop time: 4:10pm
Weather: fine and mostly sunny, 16 to 22deg

Took our time over breakfast and met up downstairs at 8:45am for our 6km ride into the city. Ken, Maree, Wendy and Greg went straight to the Vasa Museum (17th century Swedish warship that had sunk 20 minutes after launch) while Mick and Kate (who had already done Vasa) went off to do the wildlife park nearby. Vasa was just incredible, the whole story about the ship, which was raised and preserved in the 1950s and 60s. The ship is 98 percent original and what they've done and the work still being completed is a credit to this country. 

Wendy, Ken and Maree decided they wanted to see the ABBA Museum but Greg drew the line there. While they were doing the 'Dancing Queen' thing Greg rode around the National Park. Wendy and Greg then rode out to the Ericsson Globe, the largest dome building in the world. We ended up in a glass gondola on top of it, with fantastic views over Stockholm. 

That was enough for us for the day so it was back to the hotel to sort our stuff out for our flight (minus the bike and gear) to Helsinki tomorrow.  Dinner (our choice) was Indian takeaway on the boardwalk a couple of 100 m from the hotel. Very nice it was.




Wendy and Maree


Greg in the Ericsson Globe gondola ride


The Ericsson Globe

Dinner venue with Indian takeaways

Approach to the Vasa Museum

Securing the bikes


The Vasa


Model of Vasa

One of the 700 carvings from the Vasa

The very impressive stern


Theatre Restaurant down the road from the ABBA Museum

There are people on the end of those cables!

The city bikes being collected for service

The Biological Museum, Stockholm

One of the beautiful old wooden houses

The old entrance to the King's hunting forest

Another lovely mansion from the Royal Days

Gardens in front of the Nordic Museum

The drivers patiently wait for the geese to cross over

The Chapel grounds behind the Nordic museum

The Ericcson Glode.

On our gondola ride across the top of the globe


The Globe

The other gondola at the Globe


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