Dates: 28 March – 05 April 2008.

Our itinerary included three days in Copenhagen, a day in Malmö and three days in Stockholm.

Day 1

Freetown Christiania is an anarchist commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base:

Day 2

The Little Mermaid looking a little lonely:

Day 3

Around Gammel Strand and the narrow Slotsholmens Canal.

The 16km Øresund Bridge that connect Denmark and Sweden in the distance:

The Slotsholmens Canal:

The Fishwife and Generations Lifting Generations statues:

18th and 19th century buildings:

Day 4

Around Tivoli.

Hans Christian Andersen:

The Old Stock Exchange:

A boat trip on the Nyhavn Canal:

In the evening we caught a train over the Øresund Bridge to Malmö to catch a football match.

Malmö Stadion:

Malmö went 1-0 down to visitors Göteborg but pulled it back to 1-1.

Day 4

Agnete and the Merman, a group of bronze sculptures located in the Slotsholm Canal next to the Højbro Bridge:

Day 5

Back over the bridge to Malmö before boarding the train to Stockholm.

Anti-gun statue:

City Hall:

The old and the new:

Malmö Castle:

Malmö Turning Torso:

The Øresund Bridge:

The train journey to Stockholm was very smooth and relaxing. The train even leaned to counter the high speeds it took the bends!

Day 6

Welcome to Stockholm and the Royal Dramatic Theatre:

The Nordic Musuem:

360 views:

Back on the ground:

Liz observing the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace:

Night views across Stockholm and its many islets from the TV tower:

Day 7

Axel Evert Taube, author, artist, composer and singer:

City Hall overlooking Riddarfjärden bay:

Klara Sjö canal:

It’s the least I could do…:

Stockholm Olympic Stadium:

Sexy boar:

The citadel of Kastellet located on the islet of Kastellholmen:

Gröna Lund amusement park, which we didn’t visit:

Day 8

For our final day we visited Skansen, an open-air zoo and musuem, on the island of Djurgården:

Liz loves her ponies:

A lynx!:

A cold but fun trip taking in three cities that probably aren’t on many people’s ‘to visit’ lists.