Summer Brings A Festive Air To Stockholm

May 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Not so long ago Stockholm was one of the most boring cities in Europe. Partly because of her harsh winters, partly because of her "reserved" social climate, there were not many places to go to enjoy the life. Today, Stockholm is one of the most festive cities of Europe,
at least during the summer.

Its parks full with sun-seekers and small friendship groups; its open air cafes which have mushroomed in the past decade, full of people enjoying the long-waited summer; open-air restaurants; festivals in its parks and squares; open-air concerts, dances; colorful crowds in the City center and  many  open-air bazaars, guitar and accordeon players and mim shows; a series of  open park-theaters with no entrance fee; beaches scattered throughout  the City,  transform Stockholm into a very pleasant urban setting , with gorgeous temperatures which never exceed 25- 30 degrees centigrade, when southern and central Europe boil with disturbingly hot temperatures.
Stockholm is a wonderful City during the summer. Her winters, cold and long, have also been milder now due to global heating, but still make themselves felt, as this year, when the winter lasted for six months.
This week-end are two great festivals in Stockholm:

A Family Festival, to the memory of Prince Bertil, is to take place on May 30, Sunday, in the splendid Djurgarden park, which anticipates many visitors. A show of old-cars and their race; a show of old boats and a show of old airplanes are planned. Speakers, music , exhibitions, food stands in different corners have been arranged as well as a breakfast at the newly opened  fashionable "Josefina" .
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A smaller festival has been arranged during the weekend of May  29-30, with  accordeon players from all around the Baltic Sea and a market with food stands at the Wasahamnen, near the Wasamuseum which is famous with its boat from the Viking times.
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Again this week-end, at Hornstull, a central location in Stockholm, a second-hand bazaar
will be set up with street musicians, which is expected to draw a significant crowd.
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There are many museums also, in Stockholm, to suit to everyone's taste. Their full page list can be seen everyday, in the daily papers.
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Also film and jazz festivals are popular.
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The City boasts of many low-priced hostels, as well as high priced luxury accomodation, which can be scarce during international congresses.
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Askin Ozcan

Author of
"STOCKHOLM STORIES"
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