FIRST TIME IN SWEDEN (Stockholm blew my mind!) 🇸🇪

Our first time in Stockholm, Sweden surprised us!
We were blown away by the beauty of Stockholm, especially the old town in Gamla Stan.
We visited the most incredible museum, the Vasa Museum, and were lucky to catch the changing of the guard ceremony at the Royal Palace. We then had some lunch, and tried some traditional Swedish food like the famous Swedish meatballs (not at Ikea), and stromming (not surströmming).
We also ended the day with some delicious Swedish fika.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Unbelievably well preserved ship from 1628 - MUST SEE IN STOCKHOLM
3:11 - Stockholm's old town is very kept! (Gamla Stan)
4:27 - UNQIUE: Souvenirs in Stockholm-- ghouls? goblins? trolls?
5:21 - Changing of the guard at Sweden's royal palace
6:31 - Stromming is NOT surstromming (crisis averted)
9:36 - Stockholm massacre & Sir Alfred Nobel (the old & the new)
11:11 - Time for FIKA! (stay tuned for Copenhagen!!)

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[danielkarlsson]

The Vasa museum is always hard to explain - "It's a sunken warship. It sank like 1 000 meters from shore on her maiden voyage. Awesome!" lol But it is truly amazing. Glad you liked it!
3:38 Just right to the lamp post you can see a cannon ball embedded in the corner of the building. A reminder for us to hate the Danish (but we actually like them). 😁
4:07 In the summer you can fill up your water bottle with free water from this faountain. It used to come from a well, but now it's communal water.
4:33 Yeah, that's trolls. They've been in Swedish mythology for centuries. If a troll catch a ray of sunlight they turn into stone. That's why there are so many rocks in Swedish forest. The trolls are mean though, so be aware. Gnomes is another thing - they look like santa without the Coca Cola colours and they are protecting the animals and farms and we feed them porrige at christmas.
9:40 Yeah, Christian II of Denmark did that. In the red building here you can see like 90 bright pieces put in. That is to remember the people who died in the Stockholm bloodbath.
12:45 Great. We can send an innocent Canadian couple to recon if we can invade Denmark by now. I'll buy you a fika for the trouble! haha 😁
Great content! Love your uploads! 👍But can't wait to see what you would do if your mrs could plan a day or two. ☺

[bjornerikroth]

The Vasa museum is dark with temperature and humidity controlled to slow down the inevitable decomposing of the hull.

[The.ambience.outdoors]

It always makes me emotional when people from abroad talk warm heartedly about the country and the city I originated from.
You take so much for granted and get ‘home blind’ when you’ve grown up in a certain place. Sweden is a beautiful place and I’m happy and thankful to have been born here.
Thanks for a great episode about our beloved Stockholm ❤
And yea, you should definitely visit again in the summer when the sun barely sets and the city is in full bloom.
Take a ferry to archipelago’s and enjoy being outdoors late in the evening while it’s still warm enough.
Cheers guys

[unicornns]

Finally yaaaay video about Stockholm. Tnx i wanna more

[SteamboatW]

You're quite right. Stockholm was built on islands, originally as a lock to protect the lake mälaren.

It's been called "Venice of the North".

[Nick_Goblin]

Its funny how you said it felt like the nordic venice, because Stockholm is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the nordics or Scandinvia

[MikaNärhi-wg]

Figured you'd be blown away by Vasa! It is truly one of a kind.

[Ferdawoon]

5:16 - Yes the waterfountain has drinkable water. It is turned off while it's cold outside to save the pipes and to avoid ice on the ground, but if you are in Stockholm during a really warm summer's day (been a few recent summers with upwards of 30°C) and if you have a waterbottle you can fill it at these fountains. It is the same water that comes out of your tap in the kitchen at home.

[elbraxo]

Actually Sweden and Denmark have world record in wars with each other.
Its unbelievable to think about it today when we se danes as our nordic brothers. 🇸🇪🫶🇩🇰

[echnoid]

Strömming with lingonberries and mashed potatoes is a very classic Swedish dish. "Sur" in "Surströmming" literally translates to "sour", and is just sort of an indication of the taste. Although I wouldn't classify it as sour. :)

[ildblm]

Thank you so much. You guys were great.

[joakimulfvebrand]

Welcome back! YES, Stockholm is so much better/nicer in the summer.

[tapio_m]

I hate to say it as a Finn but Stockholm might be the nicest city in Europe. I hate it.

[Ray-lwrh]

As a Norwegian I don’t like to admit it, but Stockholm is beautiful and awesome city.

[birgittae]

Thanks for this great video of my home town! Love it!❤

[seanbridgwood]

We went for a weekend trip to Stockholm last weekend and absolutely loved it. It's nice to see a Canadian appreciate the city in exactly the same way as we did and we are British. The Vasa Museum is unreal and Gamla Stan is an amazing part of the city. The food is incredible also... the Swedish meatballs are out of this world!

[thebear]

The history of the Vasa ship is a lesson in how too not run a project. A lot of important lessons to be learned.

[GL]

What an interesting city and history!

[sannaolsson]

The royal family doesn't live in the royal palace anymore. They just work there now. They haven't lived there since 1981. The king and queen lives in the palace in Drottningholm. And their kids somewhere else obviously since they're adults haha

[chaw]

Amazing, interesting and historical video. Stockholm is indeed gorgeous. Great job, Steve lvana, adding another wonderful place to your awesome travels and our enjoyable viewings. Thanks a bunch for sharing. Safe travels always !! 😍