Weekend in Stockholm

I went on my first not NYU planned trip this weekend and I went to Stockholm, Sweden. It was kind of a random choice - cheap flights, none of my friends had been there, etc. But anyways, it was a really good trip and I don't think I've ever seen so much blond hair in my life. Oh, and I don't have any pictures of it, but all of the food was soooooooo delicious. We ate reindeer, lingonberries, cloudberries, and meatballs (and nachos at one point, but that's not very Swedish).

A square that we passed through on our way to the Vasa Museum.


View of the water.

More water.

We visited the Vasa Museum, which is devoted to the Vasa ship, which sunk in Stockholm harbor in August 1628. The wreck was salvaged in 1961 after 333 years under the sea.

This is the diving suit that the divers wore when they were salvaging the Vasa.

View of the back of the boat. The Vasa is 95% original and originally painted lots of different colors.

Cannon port. All of them used to have lions heads on them, but a lot of them either fell off or are only half left.

Front of the Vasa

Skeletons of one of the victims from the crash.

They reconstructed the heads of some of the victims based on their skulls. They were incredibly real looking, as you can see in the picture below.

There were pores and it even looked like they were sweating. It was so creepy and real.

Another view of the Vasa.

More Vasa. Though I would imagine that the rope is part of the 5% that was reconstructed.

Before we took our ferry ride (which is part of their public transportation system!)

Gamla Stan, or old town, which was really cute and really touristy.

The Royal Palace in Gamla Stan.

Another picture of the Old Town.

Sara and I next to a gnome outside of a gnome store in Gamla Stan.

View of Gamla Stan.

More Stockholm.

Guess what time it was when this picture was taken? 5pm, and it's pitch black. Right now, the sun rises at about 8 and it's completely dark at 4pm. Apparently, in wintertime, there's only 6 hours of daylight.

Stockholm at night.

More Stockholm at night.

Trying to get a picture of myself, but it was too windy and cold to get any good pictures.

Kelsey, Rachel, Sara, and I, trying to stay warm.

Art in the center of town.

View from the pedestrian bridge leading into Gamla Stan.

Other side of the bridge.