Archive for March, 2008

The most scenic road in Sweden and Bienvenidos a Norge

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Lappland – a pure experience

I need a lot of dictionaries with synonyms to write this article.
It’s really impossible to write about one of the greatest day of my life – just a single day was enough to visit:

– Astonishing Swedish Lappland
– The highest mountain in Sweden – Kebnekaise
– The immense Swedish and Norwegian frozen lakes – Torne, Kalix, Vittangi, Könkämä & Rautasälven
– The most coldest hotel in the world – Ice Hotel
– The oldest wooden Sami church in the world
– The biggest iron mine in the world – Kiruna mine
– The deepest located mushroom farm – Kiruna Svampodling
– The most beautiful sunset next to the Atlantic Ocean
– The magic Aurora/Nordic lights
– The mysterious fjords in Norway
– More than 200 amazing reindeer and 500km within a single day on icy roads!

Of course now you see the list and say that it’s impossible to see all the sights during one day, but when the sun is rising at 3 o’clock in the morning and almost never sets, that’s possible. Starting May in Lappland (Northern part of Sweden and Finland) nights are missing at all for more than 50 days ❗

Departing to Lappland

We first took the Arlanda Express to Stockholm Arlanda Airport, which is the fastest way to go to the airport, it is kind of Swedish Maglev Train.

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Lappland is coming!

News, new job, new colleagues

Life standard and cost of living in Stockholm is quite high in comparison to Prague. When you are coming here your account shows few digits (in case you were working last summer 🙂 ). Then you realize after 2 months that in order to enjoy your life at maximum here in Scandinavia, it’s a good idea to find a job.

I tried some part-time jobs, like serving as guardian, but it was really difficult to resist to make photos with every tourist :mrgreen:

Finding a part-time job it’s not a easy thing. For some companies you need to speak Swedish, other companies want more flexibility. A good chance to meet representatives from different companies and to ask them for a part-time position is participating at business forums, which are organized at local universities.

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Vasa Museum, Älmhult, Saltsjobaden

After 2 weeks of no writing any posts and not having Internet here comes the boom as Mr. Mallon likes to say 😆 .

I shall start first of all with more culturally things and then end with less culturally attractions 🙂 .

One place in Stockholm which is quoted with 5 stars in all the guides is Vasa Museet. The Vasa Museum is Scandinavia’s most visited museum. The Museum is so famous because of the warship Vasa – the only remaining, intact 17th century ship in the world.

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Spring is all around

Finally Winter is all around by Billy Mack/Nighy is not more valid for Stockholm 😆
Rising and setting times show interesting numbers for the next days and finally I have the opportunity to see what looks like the so called – Sun 😎 :

Today, at long last, the sun decided to grant us a bit of attention, so finally no more black/white pictures:

Now I can enjoy making new pictures with the blue-blue sky and those from Milan may envy us 😛 :

Stockholm City Hall

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