Thursday, October 18, 2007

Sweden

STOCKHOLM


Church in downtown Stockholm


Arches in Old Town


Royal Palace


Changing of the guard


St. Nicolaus Church (aka Storkyrkan)


Wooden carving of Saint George and the Dragon. One of my favorite statues.


Apparently Jesus was a hobbit


Proof that you paid your taxes to the fire department. If your house was on fire and didn't have one of these, you were shit out of luck.


A different version. Anything with a phoenix on it is cool.


View across the river


Art museum


The Riddarholmen Church


Lots of boats and old buildings


Bridge leading to the Vasa museum


Sewer sculpture. The one in Slovakia is better.


Sergels Torg


City Hall


City Hall's backyard


City Hall courtyard


Tomb on the City Hall grounds


Skansen - an open air museum that contains 150 historic buildings and a zoo


Glass blowing demonstration


Operational bakery


Windmill


Church


Bell tower maybe?


Otters are the coolest animals on the planet


View of the Nordic Museum


Old Town Stockholm


Nordic Museum


Museum interior


Huge statue of a Swedish king


Mousetrap collection


The Vasa, a warship that set sail in 1628 and sank about 20 minutes into its maiden voyage.


View from the front


Gun ports that never saw action

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