JPS Image. Click on the image to view in stereo.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm was my very first European city to
visit. In 1989, on my first trip, it was not such a popular destination,
so it was quite a pleasant place to visit. These days, it has become
quite the tourist destination. Still, despite the crowds (and it
isn't exactly cheap), it is well worth visiting.
The city sits on 14 islands, and with all the bridges and waterways
it is quite beautiful. A total of about 24,000 islands make up the
archipelago around Stockholm- but that counts every rock that sits out
of the water.
The view in the picture above is from the City Hall tower on the north
bank of the waterway, and you are looking at the island of Gamla Stan,
the oldest part of the city at 700 years old. The king resides there,
and many old churches, cobbled streets, and underground restaurants and
bars. It has quite an ambience.
Click on the button below to see more photos in Stockholm, and a couple
in the nearby city of Uppsala.
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Stockholm area. This shows the
area around Stockholm, in central eastern Sweden. I've highlighted both Stockholm and Uppsala to the north.
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Downtown Stockholm. The blue
dot shows the location the photo was taken from, and the arrow the direction
in which it was taken.
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©1998 by Jeffrey L. Cooper
