Being on exchange in Europe, you realise something after awhile. There are two things you stop visiting because there are just too many of them - Museums and cathedrals. It doesn't help that most of them look the same, and they often photograph badly. The cathedrals fare slightly better though because they are mostly free, and you don't have to spend long there.
Stockholm is a good place to people watch though, because most people there are tall, blonde and blue eyed, and they dress well. They are pretty friendly too, with this probably the only corner of Europe I didn't feel any racist sentiment whatsoever. The best part is, they speak English. I can't stress enough how important that is, especially when you're in some backwater like Hungary and the person at the rail station information counter doesn't speak English. It happened to me so I'd know.
The first sign that we were going to get wallet raped in Sweden. When I stepped out of the airport, I saw this. 10 SEK is about 1 SGD, so that means a taxi to Stockholm Central would have cost a whopping 130 dollars. To be fair it was one hour by bus away, but still.
The streets of Gamle Stan, the old town district of Stockholm, and about one of only two areas worth visiting in this place.
The palace with the guards in their funny blue uniforms. They are a lot friendlier than the British ones though. Like they will have conversations with you if you talk to them. Don't pay to go into the palace though. Waste of money.
Drottininggatan, Ostermalm. This is the main shopping district of Stockholm, their equivalent of Orchard Road.
A sign that maybe tourism in Stockholm is not exactly very vibrant.
Stockholm does have stunning sea views though, because it is really a city made up of 14 main interconnected islands. One thing you could do in Stockholm is take a cruise around the archipelago, although it will cost you dear.
The Sodermalm district, an area south of Gamle Stan that has many small shops selling stuff. This is an area shopaholics can consider sniffing out for bargains, but be prepared to walk a lot, because public transport here is limited.
Met Qi and Shu for dinner. They were also holidaying in Stockholm for a few days, and it was nice to catch up.
Qi gets overwhelmed by a ridiculously cute chihuahua, to the utter bemusement of us all.
Check out this Swedish toilet. You can use it for free, but to use the cubicles you have to pay 5 SEK (50 Singapore cents). What a creative way to charge for toilets, but as usual there's a loophole. Just wait for someone to come out of one of them, hold the door as the person is coming out, then you can use it for free.