Another misty Sunday morning in Stockholm, and what better thing to do than go to Gamla Stan (Old Town) and enjoy the magnificent view, the awesome architecture and some of its narrow streets.
So just a few meters away from our apartment is this street called Drottninggatan (literally translated to "Queen's Street"). The street very nice because when you walk along it, you will be greeted with numerous restaurants, cafes, salons and in the middle of the street is Stockholm City Central. You can also find T-Centralen there.
Fact: T-Centralen is the only Tunnelbana or Stockholm Metro/Subway station that connects all three lines, the green, blue and red.
If you opt to pass Central Stockholm and go a bit further into the street, you will be welcomed by a bridge with a magnificent view of City Hall and other cool stuff. Also, you will see two cool archways that lead you to Old Town or Gamla Stan.
The View from the Bridge
Archways.
So once you go through the arches, you will be in Gamla Stan. After you cross the second arch, you should see the Royal Palace towards your left.
We took the route opposite to the Royal Palace as we wanted to explore more through town. After about half an hour walking through narrow streets and browsing souvenir and shops that sell scarves and hats. We then chose to go to a cafe.
I didn't blog about the cafe because we my mom, sister and I just got some soft-drinks and my stepdad got a latte. My sister and my mom also got a Chokladbol (Swedish chocolate ball) and an apple pie as a snack.
More walking before we came across the Royal Palace itself. We saw about a hundred people gathering and we realized that there was a changing of the guards happening. I recorded two videos, one where the guards enter the palace grounds and one where the guards really change.
Fortunately, the guards really changed near us, so I manage to get a video. Here it is (sorry for the bad quality and that the video is shaky):
Watch This Video In High Definition!
By the way, before going home, we ate at this buffet restaurant called Bamboo City. It will be released tomorrow, 9 in the morning if you're in Stockholm, 3 in the afternoon if you're in Manila. I will also link it here when I publish it.
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