On a freezing weekend in early December, Sara and I took advantage of cheap flights to Stockholm for a long weekend. We took in the numerous sites and even met up for a coffee and a bite to eat with our home-town friend Bec who now lives in Stockholm.

There are 24,000 islands and islets of the skargarden (archipelago) which protect Stockholm's islands from the sea. Stockholm is built on islands centred around the Sergels Torg square linked by subways and the metro. The island Stadsholmen accommodates the old town Gamla Stan ... (more)