Day 3 started off really well, we took a train by ourselves to Kungshallen to see the flea market but unfortunately it wasn't there on a Saturday, so we did the next best thing, SHOPPING!!. The group scattered away to explore the new place. We hit Sweden's and one of the world's biggest clothing brand H&M. We moved from one shop to another buying even the most unnecessary things on the way because ..well..let's face it who doesn't love an arm full of shopping bags.
Other than the materialistic shopping, a few of us ended up buying luscious strawberries as well.
We obviously got a little delayed, snacked really quick at the Kungshallen food court and rushed to catch a train to Gamla Stan.
Gamla Stan, the Old Town, is one of the largest and best preserved medieval city centers in Europe, and one of the foremost attractions in Stockholm. This is where Stockholm was founded in 1252. The town dates back to the 13th century, and consists of medieval alleyways, cobbles streets, and archaic architecture.
Just as we started moving around with out guide it started raining. Chilly rain but that didn't stop us.
We walked for a good 2 hours, but each lane or house was better than the previous one. We walked on their cobble stone leg aching paths but hey, no pain no gain right?. It just happened to be Sweden's Cultural Day that meant, we got to enter museum and art galleries ..FOR FREE!. The entire group made it till the Cherry Blossoms after which my room mates and I decided to stay back and explore further. We halted a bit to warm ourselves with hot tea and proceeded to see the place. We went into art galleries and saw their perspective of life and art. We made is to the Opera House and juuuust missed the Alice in Wonderland Opera by a minute. The architecture in the Opera House caught my breath.
We left Gamla Stan around 18:30 and had our dinner at the most homey little Italian pizzeria.
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| Art Galleries in Gamla Stan |
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| Ducks we tried to play with |
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| Inside the Opera House |
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| Gamla Stan, Outside the Opera house |
We took a train by ourselves and the 3 of us returned back to the hostel with our stomachs very full and hearts very content, we got back around 20:30 and it was 3 degrees, but the cold never bothered us anyway.
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| Gamla Stan |
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| The narrowest alley |
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| Cherry Blossoms |
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