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seeing as everyone else is starting tour guides, I'm off to Stockholm in a couple of weeks - anyone got any tips?

Take money, lots of money

Don't fall in love with the place and then pretend to be Swedish.

The 2 consistent things Sweden provides:

1, stunning scenery
2, boredom

But he lives in Norway, so he'll be well versed.

Stunning women too

And home to Ikea

'Let me tell you about Sweden.....'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btJvIQcPlyg

well this thread was enlightening

 Anyone been to Skokholm?  It's a small island off the Pembroke coast, near to Skomer.  Been to Caldey, which is a bit more civilised and inhabited.

i've been to skomer twice. skokholm has been closed to visitors for the last couple of years.

Ooh...exciting, what's Skomer like? Presumably plenty of sea birds..

it's great - great scenery, nice (and relatively comfortable) walks and indeed, plenty of seabirds. we've been in may and july and the island was very different.

It's a lovely part of the world, and quite accessible from Swindon....used to go there loads, but not for a while. Think it was the closeness of Milford Haven, which put me off that particular corner....definitely an oversight on my part.

My folks live in Stockholm, though I've only been over there twice.

The Wasa Museum is excellent, and wandering around the old town is brilliant.  It's not a big place, and you can walk around the main parts pretty easily, depending on what time of year you go.  You can get a public transport ticket "pass" that gives you unlimited bus, tram, underground and train travel for a set number of days which is excellent value.  I think you can get 1,3,5 or 7 day cards and you can get them at Central Station or at the SL desk at the airport.

If you're flying into Arlanda then the Arlanda Express train is excellent (20 mins to Central Station) but expensive (Skr 260 from memory), or there are a couple of bus companies that run shuttles to the centre for much cheaper (SKr120 rings a bell, but I don't recall!) which takes around 40 mins.

If you're coming from Norway then the prices won't shock you at all, but as you would expect, beer is expensive, as are taxis.  If you're going in a couple of weeks then it'll be cold but not cold enough to walk on the frozen rivers.  In Feb/March they have an awesome ski/skate race from miles away down through all the rivers etc.  But you'll miss that.

If you like the Steig Larsson books about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo then they do walking tours that show you all of that stuff.

Just go and walk around the Old Town and have a look at the Palace etc.  It's a pretty cool place!

Pembrokeshire is beautiful, especially Tenby.

i thought Milford Haven was ok to be honest

Spent a long weekend there when I was younger and single.

Great City - Expensive drinking but the night life fantastic.

Women stunning and like English guys. Plenty of people getting pissed though despite the expensive prices.

Stayed in the Sheraton Hotel.

A cracking weekend............and those Women.........go for it.

Pre internet, my modus operandi, was to look at maps, which would then give a feel for a place. Select an area by that method, and visit....I always felt that Milford Haven, being a stonking great oil terminal, was one to miss.  This perception wasn't helped when being down that way, mid 90's just after the Sea Empress had shed a load of crude into the sea, and you could find globular crap still washed up on the beaches.

Milford Haven = a few pubs and old people.

You'd probably love it Reg.

Yep...apart from them being Welsh, which would make things difficult.

One of my sons lives there and we were there in September.  It's a great city.  If the weather's OK ( a bit unlikely!!) try to get a boat trip around the city's waterways.  If it's cold it will be really cold and the water will ice over.... There is a brilliant daily ferry to Helsinki, which we really liked - you go overnight, have the day in Helsinki and then return overnight again....the evening buffet is amazing....set price for as much as you can eat and drink!!!  I disagree with whoever said it is spectacular countryside - certainly around Stockholm.  Once you've done water and trees, there's not a lot else!!  It IS expensive....but the food is excellent.

I'll be doing it the opposite way round in a couple of weeks. The two overnight trips on the ferry are always good fun!

When I was staying in Merthyr a few weeks back, whilst visiting the Brecon Beacons, I caught a programme about Skokholm on ITV Wales. Episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6 are linked to below:

http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2012-09-21/dream-island-2012/#dream-island-episode-3_95679