{"id":3463,"date":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/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\/sophistication-in-swedens-stockholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophistication in Sweden’s Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"
But Maybe Not For SL?<\/span><\/p>\n They look a bit brighter now but still a bit flimsy. But there is no monetary value on them.<\/p>\n There is a King …<\/p>\n … who has been on the throne for 50 years. He is King Carl Gustaf and his queen is Juliana.<\/p>\n 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 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 … Bjorn Borg …<\/p>\n … Auguste Strindberg …<\/p>\n … and a popular music group whose name currently escapes him?<\/p>\n Were they in any way successful?<\/p><\/div>\n … has a city population roughly equivalent to Birmingham but is built on a multiplicity of islands.<\/p>\n This makes things exciting for public transport.<\/p><\/div>\n … and blue buses<\/span>.<\/p>\n It has blue trams<\/span> …<\/p>\n … and suburban trains (also mainly blue) designated “Metro” …<\/p>\n … and airport express trains in cream and yellow.<\/p>\n It also has a small, narrow gauge suburban network …<\/p>\n … which is now being equipped with shiny new trains.<\/p>\n 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