{"id":3463,"date":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/sophistication-in-swedens-stockholm\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","slug":"sophistication-in-swedens-stockholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/sophistication-in-swedens-stockholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophistication in Sweden’s Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"

But Maybe Not For SL?<\/span><\/p>\n

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When fbb was a childhood and ignorant collector of postage stamps. he remembers that those fot Sweden were printed on very cheap paper and not a patch on those of Queen Elizabeth II.\n
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They look a bit brighter now but still a bit flimsy. But there is no monetary value on them.<\/p>\n

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There is a King …<\/p>\n

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… who has been on the throne for 50 years. He is King Carl Gustaf and his queen is Juliana.<\/p>\n

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She has a 30 Krone commemorative with price printed thereupon – but this year’s Christmas stamp (just one not about 100 as in the UK) is unpriced. (OK Maybe 100 is a bit if an exaggeration but …)<\/p>\n

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They have quite a neat system for postal rates. Currently they go up in steps of 15 Kr and a single stamp pays 15 Kr of postage – so for a 45 Kr mining you stick on THREE identical unpriced\u00a0 stamps.<\/p>\n

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Jul (Yule in English) is “Christmas” and Brev means “mail”. Seemples!<\/div>\n
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fbb struggled to remember what he had forgotten about Sweden and, with a bit of a prod from Wikipedia, came up with Saab and Volvo cars …\n
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… Bjorn Borg …<\/p>\n

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… Auguste Strindberg …<\/p>\n

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… and a popular music group whose name currently escapes him?<\/p>\n

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Were they in any way successful?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stockholm …\n
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… has a city population roughly equivalent to Birmingham but is built on a multiplicity of islands.<\/p>\n

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This makes things exciting for public transport.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It has red buses<\/span> …\n
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… and blue buses<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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It has blue trams<\/span> …<\/p>\n

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… and suburban trains (also mainly blue) designated “Metro” …<\/p>\n

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… and airport express trains in cream and yellow.<\/p>\n

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It also has a small, narrow gauge suburban network …<\/p>\n

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… which is now being equipped with shiny new trains.<\/p>\n

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Everything (except the Airport Express) is run by “SL” the city’s transport authority; but everything is “contracted out” to a variety of operators.<\/p><\/div>\n

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But the web site …<\/div>\n
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… maybe fbb is thick; he doesn’t know any Swedish and the English translation version of the web site seems hopelessly inadequate!\n
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Your elderly blogger has found a rail network map …\n
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… ferries ditto …<\/p>\n

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… and diagrams of many, many unpronounceable interchanges.<\/p>\n

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He tried to “sok” …<\/p>\n

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… (with “umlaut”) but to no avail.<\/p><\/div>\n

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No map of the bus network is on offer and no obvious timetables of anything!<\/span><\/div>\n
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While you are reading this, fbb will be trying harder. But tomorrow’s blog will look more closely at the well-mapped rail services.<\/div>\n
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Timetables<\/span><\/div>\n

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Use the online planning tools or pick up a timetable. Timetable booklets are free of charge and you can pick them up at the SL Centers.<\/span><\/div>\n

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SL Center are our travel information and customer service centers that are located around town.<\/span><\/div>\n

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You can download a timetable at the Swedish section, but that service is not available in English.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The timetables are in Swedish, but should be fairly easy to understand if you have a slight command of Swedish.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Haven’t found them yet!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Next Stockholm blog : Wednesday 29th November\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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