NEW YEAR IN STOCKHOLM. OWN (Part II)
Day 7, Thursday, 2.01. fourteen
MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL STOCKHOLM (MEDELTIDSMUSEET)
Since our Stockholm cards had expired the day before, we now decided to visit only free and inexpensive museums. As for transport, we are still before the trip to Skansen on 1.01. We bought 14 on the subway with a transport card (20 kroons apiece) and charged them for 72 hours (230 kroons per person), which paid off pretty well. Before going to Stockholm, we, of course, probed museums via the Internet and on some site my wife found information that this museum of medieval Stockholm is free and is located somewhere under a bridge near the old city. This museum really turned out to be under the bridge, but ...the entrance there was free only for persons under 19 years old, for everyone else the entrance cost a steward. For this reason, we refused to visit this museum and went to…
ECONOMIC MUSEUM
This museum, as we found out a few days before, was free. However, I must say, this made it no less interesting than many paid ones. This museum is devoted mainly to means of payment of various times and peoples - from grain, furs and fish to plastic cards. From the coins of different eras and countries, the eyes simply run wide. There are also enough paper banknotes: there are yuan, and lira, and francs, and marks, and soms, etc. We even saw a banknote of 100 rubles from the era of the Early Post-Soviet period. But the Cu-plate coins especially stuck with us. These slabs were of different sizes - from about 10 x 15 cm to 30 x 50 cm. Seals were stamped along the four edges and in the center of such a coin slab. Such means of payment were transported in the summer by boats, and in the winter by sledges. One coin, about 30 x 50 cm in size and about 1.5 cm thick, lying on the sledge, was even offered to pick up by everyone.
I tried it, and it seemed to me that it weighed about a pood (it turned out that way later, when I found the density of Cu on the Internet and made the necessary calculations). Why print such coins, you ask? Well, the answer is simple: if you remember, in the Middle Ages, the denomination of a coin had to correspond to the actual value of the metal from which it was made. In Sweden at that time, coins were usually minted from Ag, and they had a perfectly acceptable shape. However, at some point in the country there was a shortage of Ag, and coins had to be minted from Cu. And how many times Cu is cheaper than Ag, the same number of times more coins were obtained from Cu. Here is the arithmetic. By the way, hefty coins from Cu had one more plus: it was more difficult to rob a chela. Judge for yourself: a purse with small coins could be taken away under the threat of something and given a tear, but with copper plates it would be quite problematic to escape. Yes, and in the forehead with such a plate, if you get it, it will not seem enough.
There were presented offices of bank offices, and agitation urging everyone to keep money in a savings bank, and much more. In general, visiting such a museum is very worth it, especially for free.
BROTHER TUCK RESTAURANT
After visiting the economic museum, we decided to explore the island S? dermalm, which is located south of the old city. And there we were lucky in the form of the Brother Tuck restaurant, located opposite the Skanstull metro station. The prices there are about the same as in the old city (on average), but the portions are much larger. They ordered a plate of fish with carte puree (169 kroons) - they brought such a portion that you can overeat, grilled entrecote with a plate of baked potatoes (189) - you obviously won’t stay hungry either. They also took a plate of bread with garlic (42) and several half-liter mugs of Weihenstephanen beer. Such a mug cost 65 crowns, and this, of course, was not the only kind of beer they had. And at the same time, the atmosphere there is quite calm, cozy and pleasant.
Plus, this restaurant is easy to get to. Too bad we didn't find it earlier. There is, however, a small diversion: the price for a portion of meatballs in the bar menu is 85 kroons, but the waitress told us that this is the price for a children's portion, and an "adult" one will cost 119 kroons. But still cheap! The exact address of the restaurant: G? tgatan 85.
ICE BAR IN THE HOTEL
Remember, at the beginning of the report, I mentioned the ice bar in the rooming house? So, the time has come, perhaps, to visit it, although the pleasure is not cheap: 195 crowns from the nose (or 185 in case of advance booking via the Internet). This amount also includes a free cocktail. This bar is notable for the fact that everything inside is made of ice: counters, benches, and even glasses, and the temperature there is maintained at -7 ° C.
It is recommended to book a visit to this bar in advance, but we didn’t need it: when we asked the employee for what time you can book the entrance, she answered us that you can go there at least 20 minutes later. People are let in there by 15 people, and this “session” lasts for 40 minutes, then the visitors are announced that everything, “the ball is over, the candles are out”, and the next group is waiting for its turn. Along with a ticket to enter the bar, they also give a ticket for a free cocktail. Before entering the bar, customers are put on a special cape with a hood and gloves on ribbons, like small children, even those who are already dressed in winter clothes. There are 8 types of cocktails, and in each of them the semantic part is some kind of vodka (vanilla, apple, lemon or some other), to which flavors are added from some berries or fruits (lingonberries, cranberries, mangoes, apples etc. ).
There are also nonsensical cocktails for teetotalers and ulcers. The glasses in which these cocktails are served are quite large, but just as small-capacity: having estimated by eye the diameter and height of the hole in the ice glass, I calculated that the drink is placed there somewhere around 50 ml. If you wish, you can order another cocktail for yourself. In this case, it will cost 95 kroons if using the same glass or 125 kroons if using a new glass. And on one of the racks, three forms of a used glass are inscribed, by which one can judge the character of the person who drank from it: a lover of sipping a drink, a rodent or a talker. In this bar, however, they mostly don’t drink, but take pictures, that is, they use it as an attraction, and not a drinking establishment. In general, you can visit once, but nothing more.
Day 8, Friday, 3.01. fourteen
MENTOMUSEUM (POLISMUSEET)
From the very beginning, I wanted to visit the Cop Museum, but somehow everything did not grow together.
And now, almost on the last day of our stay in Stockholm, we finally succeeded. Although the museum, I must say, disappointed: not only is it paid (at fifty dollars from the nose), but also the most beautiful exhibit belonging to him is a helicopter displayed on the street. Inside the museum, the exposition is rather meager: a cop motorcycle from the middle of the last century, uniforms and special equipment of cops from different eras, tools and tools used in forensic science, as well as a reproduction of a crime scene where two gamblers dunked a third as a result of a scandal that arose during the game, with underlining traces of the crime. If you suddenly pass or pass by, look at the helicopter at the entrance, it looks pretty nice, but you don’t have to go inside.
MUSEUM OF THE MARINE FLEET
In English, this museum is called: Maritime museum, and in Swedish - Sj? historiska museet, i. e. "museum of the history of lakes".
But the name "museum of the navy" still suits him better. There are models of ships from the Middle Ages to our time, as well as all kinds of guns and shells. In general, I think it's worth looking at the boats. Especially for free.
STOCKHOLM METRO
On this day, we also rode the Stockholm metro and photographed various stations, each of which resembles a cave, finished in its own style (paintings, wall paintings, statues, mosaics, etc. ). In general, each station is impressive in its own way, some more, some less.
A typical souvenir for Sweden and most likely for the rest of Scandinavia is a window lamp in the form of a candlestick, the base of which is steps, on each of which there are columns with light bulbs resembling candles (however, these lamps are most likely made in the Teapot). Looks pretty nice.
Prices for them range from 59 to 159 crowns. Keep in mind, however, that the bulbs there are connected in series, as in a Christmas tree garland, and if one burns out, all the others stop burning. So it doesn’t hurt to buy spare bulbs for such a lamp (three pieces cost a quarter), because are such bulbs sold in Russia - HZ.
Day 9, Saturday, 4.01. fourteen
ROAD TO AIRPORT
Well, it's time to leave. Waking up in the morning and having breakfast, we took the things collected the day before, quickly checked out the room and went to the station, which was right next to the rooming house. Since the transport card was still valid, we decided to save on all kinds of express trains there, and we did the right thing. First, we calmly drove by train to the station. M? rsta for 40 minutes, and then another 10-15 minutes on the 683 bus to terminator 5 of the Arlanda airport.
FEATURES OF REGISTRATION AT STOCKHOLM AIRPORT
At all check-in counters for our flight, the inscription DROP IN was on, that is, baggage check-in.
I asked the employee who was standing there in Swedish, where you can still register, and she suggested that I try to do this in one of the many registration machines. And then it began to dawn on me that we would still be flying back with SAS, and not with Eraflot. And indeed, going up to the machine and entering the registration code, I saw that the system recognized us, and calmly registered, choosing places away from the toilet. The machine also printed out a tape that had to be pulled through the luggage handle and sealed, after tearing off the spine from this very tape. After that, we quickly checked in our luggage, went through a search and went to the dutik, which was located between the zones of search and pass control.
The Dutik there is quite large and looks like a passage yard. They took a liter of Kurva (459), a liter of Cointreau (195) and a chirp of various strong bukhara 50 ml each for a more pleasant flight. Wife took 2 more bottles of perfume for 199 crowns.
My wife also liked the fact that it is easy to choose perfumes there, because there is no smell of perfume in the air, as in other deutiks and perfume shops.
When we reached the passport control zone on the left side of the hall (the booths on the right were closed), there was already a decent queue, and only 2 windows were open. The line, however, moved quite quickly. But at some point, I noticed that a border guard was entering one of the booths on the right side. And, as soon as the sign "FOR ALL CITIZENS" lit up on the booth, I quickly headed there, the others followed me. As a result, my wife and I were the first and in a couple of minutes we were already on the other side of this zone, where, by the way, the dutik was also located.
FLIGHT BACK
The return flight passed without any delays, adventures and other troubles, except for the fact that SAS turned out to be greedier than Eraflot: they offered only coffee or tea for free, and everything else was for loot.
Well, we took a coffee, but what they offer for the loot, let them eat it themselves. In vain I, perhaps, in the Dutik stocked up? In general, throughout the flight, I slowly consumed Bukhara from the scales, and some of them even comprehended coffee. It's cool, by the way!
Stockholm is undoubtedly an interesting city, but very expensive, infection. Rest, say, in Riga, or even more so in Vilnius, would cost 2 times, if not 3 times cheaper. But you have to explore other countries, right? It is also quite possible to go to Stockholm, but not in winter: in spring or summer there will be longer days and more entertainment.
On this I say goodbye to dear readers and wish everyone pleasant trips and the sea (or mountains, if you like) positive impressions!