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Waiting for Christmas in a snowy Sweden

December 18th, 2012 at 8:44 pm » Comments (2)

Waiting for Christmas in a snowy Sweden is not difficult at all, despite that we long for warmer countries. When it’s a snowy christmas, it’s kinda alright, but it has not always been like that… Rather often, there can be very nice winter scenes in Stockholm with snow a while before Christmas, but equally often [...]

Tallest Nordic Hotel: Scandic Victoria Tower

November 24th, 2012 at 11:26 pm » Comments (1)

In Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden, this unusual skyscraper tower, named after the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, completed 2011. Scandic Hotel chain is renting Stockholm’s tallest building, also the tallest hotel in Scandinavia. Elected as the hotel building of the year 2012 at the World Architecture Festival i Singapore. The Scandic Victoria Tower Hotel is [...]

Scary Skyscraper: Glass Balcony Height Fright

November 12th, 2012 at 10:09 pm » Comments (1)

Generally in Stockholm, it has not been many skyscrapers built yet despite it being a capital city. Some high houses exists though and one of them is what looks like a rather modest apartment skyscraper of 16 stories only, situated in Bromma, the outburst of Stockholm city. The building has been nominated to Stockholm Building [...]