Hello friends! I'm leaving for my first vacation in many years with my girlfriend on the 17th. our plan is to travel from London to Stockholm via rail over about a month. We'v been planning this trip for a long time so wer super excited Il be chronicling the trip as a blog, taking pictures of TL people i meet and writing about anything I find interesting. right now wer planning on stopping in a lot of places, but since wer using eurorail pass' nothing is set in stone and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D
I made a editable google doc to solicit ideas for stuff to do from the community while we travel from city to city, if any of you have any suggestions we'd appreciate any edits! also if there are any regulars that would like to meet up for a beer or some food I would love to hang out! just send me a pm if im passing through your town!
There are plenty of castles converted to hotels to stay in if you go outside Stockholm city, not sure if that is to your taste. It is then castles of the type nobles lived in and not ones built for siege warfare.
Gotland that is a largish Island in Sweden has a medieval week 2-9 August that you will just miss. Never been there myself so not sure how good it is. http://www.medeltidsveckan.se/?lang=en
http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/ (click on "visit the royal palaces") has a lot of Swedish castles worth visiting collected on one site with good information and descriptions. Worth checking out if that is your kind of thing and you can fit them in.
There is also a small theme park in Stockholm called Gröna Lund that you could spend a day in if you wanted to. The normal stuff with rides and so on.
I live in Södertälje near Stockholm (40 km) but can't offer to house you sadly. Also moved here so not a good tour guide :/.
I like the museums in Stockholm though, there are plenty of good ones when you consider the small size of the city.
On July 03 2015 03:22 Torte de Lini wrote: If you need a place to stay in Copenhagen, you're welcome to stay for free. Place isn't perfect, but it has all that you want.
I hosted Fireblast! at my place in Montreal a year or two ago.
thanks for the offer torte! il pm you if we wind up taking you up on it, but im not sure wel have time to make it up there :/
On July 03 2015 04:58 Ler wrote: Go to Amsterdam ! Mb Hamburg? ;D
we might shave a day or two off every city so we can have time to visit amsterdam. iv heard such amazing things :O
On July 03 2015 05:54 Yurie wrote: Since you have a long time in Stockholm the tripadvisor site has a few things suggested to see.
There are plenty of castles converted to hotels to stay in if you go outside Stockholm city, not sure if that is to your taste. It is then castles of the type nobles lived in and not ones built for siege warfare.
Gotland that is a largish Island in Sweden has a medieval week 2-9 August that you will just miss. Never been there myself so not sure how good it is. http://www.medeltidsveckan.se/?lang=en
http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/ (click on "visit the royal palaces") has a lot of Swedish castles worth visiting collected on one site with good information and descriptions. Worth checking out if that is your kind of thing and you can fit them in.
There is also a small theme park in Stockholm called Gröna Lund that you could spend a day in if you wanted to. The normal stuff with rides and so on.
I live in Södertälje near Stockholm (40 km) but can't offer to house you sadly. Also moved here so not a good tour guide :/.
I like the museums in Stockholm though, there are plenty of good ones when you consider the small size of the city.
o man medieval week sounds really fun. we have something similar here in michigan but i bet its nothing compared to how the norse do it thanks for sharing!
if u dont have anything against a little detour, check out munich or hamburg or both . u have more to see there. munich is really beautiful and has awesome beer (visit the augustiner brewery for the best german beer ) anyway i wish you a safe trip, you'll have a great time for sure in europe
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. u have more to see there. munich is really beautiful and has awesome beer (visit the augustiner brewery for the best german beer 
