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I came to Göteborg by ferry from Frederikshavn in the
middle of the night, so I had to stay 2 hours outside the
railway station waiting for my train to Stockholm. The
railway station first opened 4.30 in the night and my train
was 5.00 - bad luck! Even thought I looked like an Eskimo, it was cold
all the way to my bones!
No these wasn't one of my trains ... unfortunately. I had
a slower Intercity train instead. The trains on the
pictures are the Swedish railway systems (SJ)
flagship; X2000. A beautiful express train which runs 200
km/h in service, but has archived the speed of 275,7 km/h
on a test run! I like trains:-)
Sweden is a special country, one of the only countries in
the world where you can only by alcohol in state owned
shops. "Systembolaget" is very famous in Denmark
for making jokes and laughing about the Swedes, but I
have to say that they have a very diversified number of
beer, wine and spirits. In Denmark we can only buy
Carlsberg and Tuborg - almost. But the day politicians
will introduce "Systembolaget" in Denmark, there
will be an armed revolution for sure!
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On top of the picture, is written "Sveriges
riksbank", which translated into English means
something like: "The Royal Bank of
Sweden". But the building belongs to the
Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen).
So what could be more interesting than listening to
the politicians discussions? So I took a seat at a session, I was the only listener - so
apparently they didn't discuss anything interesting. I love
democracy!!!
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I couldn't help myself. Stockholm is a very beautiful
city, I think it is more interesting than Copenhagen. See
this beautiful illuminated office building by the skerries
in central Stockholm.
Again Stockholm is a very beautiful city, here the picture is taken from the Royal Castle down to the
skerries.
It is hard to read from the side of the ship, but this is
the ferry sailing to Riga in Latvia. The pictures is taken
from a quite similar ship. The Talllink
ship which goes to Tallinn was host for my night.
Yeah, that is me... just an hour or so after reaching
Tallinn. I am sitting in a western style pizzeria near the
bus station in Tallinn. Now there is only one day left for
Moscow. It is my second time in Tallinn, which is a very
beautiful and nice city. It is one of the most modern
and dynamic places I have seen in Eastern Europe. It's
similarities with Scandinavia is so staggering, that it
feels just like home. There is only one difference, the
people here are the most friendly people I have ever
encountered!
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