Sweden
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Baltics and Scandinavia – Part 8
It’s a Saturday morning, and an historic day. On this day fifty years ago, ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. As I had seen in Stockholm, the group is right recognised as one of Sweden’s greatest exports. So it seemed appropriate to be travelling today to the city that hosted the following year’s…
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Baltics and Scandinavia – Part 6
Stockholm’s central station is a vast complex, combining international, national and suburban trains with the city’s Metro. And, if arriving here for the first time, it’s worth noting there ae many different entrances and exits. All point towards the Centralum, but each can leave you in an timely different place. The striking main hall provides…
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Baltics and Scandinavia – Part 5
It’s Easter Day in Tallinn, and my hotel sensibly extends its breakfast hours until 11am. The restaurant is packed with visitors, including some very hungover young men and a couple of families with unruly children. I like to think of myself as a traveller, but an upmarket hotel on a holiday weekend just makes me…
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