Sweden

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Malmö

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  • Google Photos Album
  • Public Transportation
    • Skånetrafiken:
      • Bus Transportation around Malmo
      • Train from Malmo → Denmark
      • Mobile App: Skånetrafiken - Apps on Google Play
      • I had to get a Swedish number through Twilio to get this to work. It would not send to my US number and it was required for verification. Buying tickets at the station might have made more sense

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Stockholm

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Stockholm City Museum

It is neat how similar it remains after more than 100 years

  • Find the missing photo with filename PXL_20230923_102958649.MP.jpg

SL: Android App: SL-Journey planner and Tickets

  • Explore Functionalism 🗓️/2023/09/23
    • Reference: “1930 – Functionalism made its breakthrough at the Stockholm Exhibition”

Resources Mentioned

  • Public Transportation
    • SJ: Trains in Sweden & Norway
      • SJ Mobile App
      • I did not create an account with SJ, but was able to purchase online and then enter the ticket in the app. This worked quie well to stay up to date on the status of the train before & during the ride
    • Viking Line Cruise / Ferry Ship from Finland (Turku & Helsinki) => Stockholm
      • Viking Line Mobile App
      • Really enjoyed the overnight cruise from Turku → Stockholm. A good way to combine a place to stay overnight with transportation from city to city
  • Sweden Google Photos Album

Notes From the Family

Andrea

  • Leaving Luggage in the Ferry Port Lockers while we walked around and got breakfast
  • The Subway was 4 stories down
  • Used the WC in the Library / Community Center
  • How deep, beautiful, and clean the subway system was.
  • Giant snails outside the ferry port
  • We went to 3 playgrounds before having breakfast on the first morning
  • Started taking pictures of doors
  • The only place we didn’t have a washing machine. Andrea washed, Jason squeezed
  • The Vasa was so cool
  • Gamla Stan and the colorful buildings
  • Stockholm had lion statues around
  • The Pull-up Challenge began in Stockholm every time we found a pull-up bar
  • Swedish meatballs on train from Malmö

Ellie

  • Blueberry Lemon Pancakes at The Greasy Spoon
  • City Museum
  • A bus & 2 subway trains
  • Went to the Botanic garden where we saw the giant Lilly pads that we’d seen on David Attenborough’s Green Planet
  • Ellie & I hiked to a high point
  • Scared pigeons on the plaza
  • The Vasa was so cool

Mac

  • We went to a park and saw Mac’s name on a bench in graffiti
  • We went to the rock structure (pile of boulders) at the top of the hill where we ate a baguette and could see the university
  • Found the buckeyes at the graveyard before breakfast
  • Went to the palace with guards

Poppy

  • The Subway was so cool. Like a cave
  • The lighthouse at the Botanic Garden. Brunnsviken

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