Swedish King from France

Jean Bernadotte  renowned as Charles XIV John was elected heir presumptive of the Swedish thorn on 1818 when the royal family was  dieing out whit the death of previous crown prince Charles August. Now existing royal family is the decedents of  Jean Bernadotte.

Clara Church of Stockholm

One of the oldest church right in to the center of Stockholm Central Station open for the visitors in official visiting hours and there is No Entry fee. It was built on  medieval time and run by the Church of Sweden.

S:ta Clara Kyrka Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Interior, Klara Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Fresko on the ceiling, Klara Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Cheap food to eat in Stockholm

In Stockholm  it is quite expensive to get in to a restaurant for a budget back pack tourist. Here I will try to answer what is cheap and where can you get the budget food. I have included the current estimated price of the foods, it might change any time.

Stockholm's cheapest foods are
1. Bread(4-6 SEK), bananas(15-20 SEK/KG), Salami/sliced meat, Cup Cakes(20 SEK/Packet) - Lidl Super shop. www.lidl.se
2. Coffee(10 SEK), light snakes(10 SEK) -  ICA super shop in Sergels Torg side of the Stockholm central (T-Central) metro station.
3. Happy meal for kids but doesn't matter if you are an adult - (Cheese burger + french fires + drinks/juice + Frouit +a toy/book) 30 SEK.
4. Cheese burgers(10 SEK) - In any Mcdonalds. Now  most of them sell breakfast from 6.00AM-10.00AM. So no burger by this time. . http://www.mcdonalds.se
5. Cheese burgers (10 SEK) , Cone ice cream (5 SEK) - In any Burger King.
6. Some cookies in Lidl and ICA cost around 10-12 SEK.
7. Sweetened Yogurt  in any super shop.1 liter 17-30 SEK
7. Water  is free in McDonalds and in  Burger King but they often charge 3 SEK.

There is a Mcdonalds and 2 Burger King restaurants in Central station. Two other Mcdonalds restaurants are close to central station. But there is no Lidl shop is close to central station.

That's all i can remember now, i will comeback with more details later.

Stockholm's Overnight stand or 24hours open places

The option of 24 hours open place in Stockholm  is not so much. However, there is some Mcdonald's restaurants can be used as a overnight stand point but it is not  allowed to fall asleep. Not a comfortable option but at least you have a shelter  instead of shivering outside.

There is three  McDonalds Restaurants close to central station but unfortunately none of them are open over night. Among these restaurants, Mcdonalds in Vasagatan stays open till late night.  Here is the current (19-06-2014) working hours of Mcdonalds Vasagatan.

But fololowing restaurants are open for 24 hours.
McDonalds  at Kungsgatan 4,  15 Min Walk from Central Station.
Mcdonalds in Slussen (Katarinavägen 1-3) 20 Min Walk from Central Station.
Mcdonalds in Sveavägen 71, 20 Min Walk from Central Station.
McDonalds at Fridhemsplan (S:t Eriksgatan 32) 30 Min Walk from Central Station.

 Chik Here  to see the list of McDonald restaurant all over Sweden and you can check the opening hours as well if you are driving through the country. Statoil gasoline stations often have a small shop around them that is open for 24 hours as well.

Rosersberg Palace of Stockholm

Rosersberg Palace is one of the royal palace of Stockholm used as a hotel and conferetonce center now. I will Not recommend for the backpack tourists. It does not worth your valuable time and energy in your short visit in Stockholm. It takes about 30 minutes (2.8 KM) walk from Rosersberg station to the palace. There might be a bus that will drop you little bit closer but still a long way to go to reach the palace. 

All pictures from the Rosersberg Palace area.

But still there is some good things to say about it. The palace is away from the city, surrounded by beautiful natural views. A great place to spend a night in the palace hotel.

The most interesting thing i saw in the front entry of the the place is  the dog statue.  It is probably the only royal palace of the world with a dog statue in front of it.

Behind the Palace, there is a field and a garden.  People of the palace take a good care of these staffs. Part of lake Malaren also reach  here and the view is great. You might see the air-crafts going to land in Arlanda Airport often from here.

Djurgården Island of Stockholm

Djurgården is one of the place where someone can smell flavor and test of Swedish elite class while visiting Stockholm.Here is some picture. All picture of Djurgården

Houses

Landscape

Pet Graveyard 

 Italian Embassy 

 

All picture of Djurgården



List of attractions of this island
Djurkyrkogården,
Communication
Tram / Cycle /bus
Cost
What to see

Stockholm Royal Palace

Unlike most of the old European palaces Stockholm Royal Palace still serves its official purpose as Swedish king's office. It is situated in the Gamlastan (The Old town) between Swedish parliament and the Stockholm cathedral. These places are so close that it takes only 3-5 minutes to walk a place to another.

Main/Front entry to the palace

 

Back entry to the palace