Our Reaction to Stockholm, Sweden! A City Full of Surprises!! 

React to all endings sweden by husavi

Remembering, watching it on TV.

The only thing they could not really restore, was the coloring. So, instead they built a smaller model that sits next to the Vasa that shows what the ship would have originally looked like.

I read below "winter -15 to +5", which in Canada would not be enough of a range to freeze for long.

Yes but central Stockholm right where the clip was ilmed there are streams that are very very dangerous both summer and winter - and keep the water open in winter. We go skiing or skating on the smaller local lakes though.

@@tovep9573But you can walk and ice skate on Riddarfjärden when it freezes

I think Sujy said that because she's afraid of the figure from the statue, not the water itself.

@@MaxSujyNorden Somewhat understandable but the water is indeed as good as the tap water in resident buildings and hotels in Sweden, I have tried it myself as a tourist from the far north of Sweden. The Stortorget ( Big/Main Square ) is quite important in swedish history. On 7-8 November 1520 the Stockholm Bloodbath ( Google it, much to complicated to explain here ) took place here. This was the beginning of the end of the "Kalmar Union", which lasted from 1397 until finally ended for Sweden in 1523 when Gustaf Vasa was elected king, and Sweden was finally a free and independent kingdom for the first time in more than a hundred years. During the "Kalmar Union", Sweden (with Finland), Denmark and Norway was in a union which left the separate countries independent in interior politics and the laws was also mostly separate, but foreign policies was always handled through the union. All well with that if it had'nt been for the fact that the ruler of Denmark was always the ruler of all the countries. That worked well in the beginning when Margareta (probably the greatest ruler/politician in nordic history) ruled. She was fair, clever, cunning and wise, hard and even ruthless when needed but never cruel and greedy. She would have been astonishing to have on the political scene now. When she died in 1412 all changed and Denmark started to feel that the other countries was just subjects and that there was no need to listen to them in political matters. They just enriched the nobles on their side so that they could get their vote in different matters. During the 1400's Sweden revolted several times and had our own kings and stewards elected multple times. Most of the 15th century was war, uprisings and pestilence until we finally became a free and indepenent country in 1523. Make shure to see the Storkyrkan (Great Church) close to Stortorget. It has great gothic brick vaults and an astonishing wood sculpture of St George and the dragon from 1489, commemorating the "Battle of Brunkeberg" in 1471, when Lord Steward Sten Sture the elder led the swedish troops to victory against the unionist/danish army.

@@MaxSujyNorden She should- the thing is alive. It eats people. (But, only those afraid...)

Yet, Stockholm and Montreal would have about the same climate. Due to the warmer water from the Gulf Stream Scandinavia have a warmer climate than one might expect. Summer here in this part of Sweden (i live in Örebro, 160 km west of Stockholm) is mostly around 15-25°C and winter -15 to +5 or so. Most of the smaller lakes from Stockholm and north of there do freeze enough to skate, walk or even drive a car on..(!), but the water in around the Stockholm islands has a bit too much current to freeze entirely.

Montreal is much colder then -15 to +5 during winter. More like -30-35 to -10. Summer probably +15 to +30.

@@MaxSujyNorden Oh, didn't realize. You have to go to the northern parts of Sweden for the winters to get that cold. It does however sometimes get as cold as -25 in these parts as well, but not very often these days. 30-40 yrs ago or so -20 to -30 was more common

@@MaxSujyNordenSounds like Stockholm. I’ve experienced -45, but also +40.

​@@t-man78Did you miss that is was - 58,2 as coldest in Jokkmokk this vinter and in Sollefteå they hade - 30 - 40c this winter and where i live in Norrköping it was - 18c as coldest.

Stockholm is much warmer than Montreal in the winter. The daily temperature in Stockholm averages around -3°C (27°F) in January, and Montreal fluctuates around -10°C (14°F). This is of course the effect of the warm Atlantic current called the gulf stream that has a significant impact on the climate in the whole Nordic region.

@@kronop8884 well you are correct ish as that mostly effect norway but sweden to and most of the artic region country’s around the atlantic. but our nites here start at 3 a clock and don’t end untill 9 10 in the mornings so during most of the 24 hours we have nite time and then it usually droops under 10-20 below 0 for 5 months