This year, we went to Stockholm on a long weekend and in this blog post, I will tell you about it!

On the trip to Stockholm, was initially just my dad and I, because my mom was in Tromsø at the time. We took a train from Bergen to Oslo, where we stayed a night. I recommend traveling by train if you ever are in Norway. In Oslo we went to the BANFF film festival, which is something we used to do back home in Canada. The next day in Oslo, we visited the Fram museum. We had already been there once before with my grandma and grandpa, but wanted to visit it again. We learned a lot of new stuff about the expeditions on the Fram.

We took another beautiful train ride, this time to Stockholm where we met up with mom, who was flying in from Tromsø. In Stockholm, we spent a lot of time just walking around cool neighborhoods like Gamle Stan, which is the old town, with narrow streets and neat shops. My favorite was the old candy shops where they made polkagris (old fashioned striped candy, like candy canes).

Of course the food was great. Similar to Norwegian in many ways. The special afternoon snack is called Fika. It’s cinnamon roll with coffee. There are little Fika shops everywhere. One had a dog outside that actually looked like a cinnamon roll (see below)

We walked around all of the islands, and I got try the electric scooters that were laying around town. It seems to be a new thing in cities. I really wanted to try them in Singapore. This time, my parents gave in! We just had to download an app and scan it the scooter, then you ride all you want! You find scooters in an app and leave them where ever you want. It was so much fun and seems like a really good way to get people to stop driving cars!

We also did some boat tours as well.We also did a tour called “under the bridge” where we went under several bridges (as implicated in the name) and even got to go from the ocean into a lake. There were salt-water locks, so we waited as the doors ahead opened and the doors behind us closed. It took a while, but we eventually went to the lake. As we sailed we learned about the vodka wars and how IKEA was invented!

We also passed the Abba museum, which is a Swedish band, if you didn’t know 😉 We thought it would be fun to watch Mamma Mia because it’s a musical based on ABBA songs. It was pretty ridiculous!

Visiting Stockholm was a great experience, and I recommend it, especially in the fall, but just remember to pack warmly! It is a very beautiful city, with a lot of funny history. It also has really cool mix of cultures, and has very good restaurants.

Thanks for tuning in for another adventure with the International Moose!