The Capital of Scandinavia

When we moved here, I thought… "it will be so awesome living in Europe, we can travel every weekend" and we made a huge list of all the places we wanted to see in Europe.

(Barcelona, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Brussels, Amsterdam, Monaco, Prague, Berlin)

It’s 3 months in now, and we are finally making our first trip, just one hour away by plane from Umeå, to Stockholm- “the capital of Scandinavia”.

Or at least that is what to tourism website says.

I, personally, didn’t know that Scandinavia had a capital, and I’m pretty sure that title really pisses off people in Copenhagen, Helsinki, and Oslo.

(Helsinki and Oslo are also on the list)

It is the most populous of all the Scandinavian capitals, so maybe that gives them the right to claim the title for themselves.

Stockholm consists of something like 14 different islands, and so is also called the “Venice of the North”. North? Yes. Venice? I’ll let you know.

(Add Venice to the list.)

I am so excited for this trip, we are going to relax, sight-see, eat delicious food (I’ll have to write another post soon about how I am falling madly in love with Swedish food -potatismjöl aside), sleep in a comfortable bed, and best of all – we are going to the Ikea in Stockholm to order some furniture for our apartment. Finally!!!

So, Stockholm here we come. May it be the first of many wonderful travels…

(Add Reykjavik, Lofoten, Bergen, Stavanger, Sognefjord, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kiruna, Riga, Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Gdansk …)

Gotta go pack.