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Day 10 --- Tours in Stockholm in Sweden Back to page top |
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| D10-01-00a_Map of the cruise from Helsinki, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden | D10-01-00b_National flag of Sweden |
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| D10-01-01_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 1 | D10-01-02_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 2 |
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| D10-01-03_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 3 | D10-01-04_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 4 |
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| D10-01-05_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 5 | D10-01-06_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 6 |
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| D10-01-07_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 7 | D10-01-08_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 8 |
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| D10-01-08a_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 8a | D10-01-08b_Approaching many small islands of Sweden 8b |
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| D10-01-08c_A panoramic view of approached small islands at Sweden seashore | |
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| D10-02-01_Passing many small islands of Sweden 1 | D10-02-02_Passing many small islands of Sweden 2 |
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| D10-02-03_Passing many small islands of Sweden 3 | D10-02-04_Passing many small islands of Sweden 4 |
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| D10-02-05_Passing many small islands of Sweden 5 | D10-02-06_Passing many small islands of Sweden 6 |
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| D10-02-07_Passing many small islands of Sweden 7 | D10-02-08_Passing many small islands of Sweden 8 |
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| D10-02-09_Passing many small islands of Sweden 8a | D10-02-10_Passing many small islands of Sweden 8b |
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| D10-02-10a_A panoramic view of approached Sweden seashore | |
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| D10-03-01_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 1 | D10-03-02_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 2 |
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| D10-03-03_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 3 | D10-03-04_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 4 |
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| D10-03-05_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 5 | D10-03-06_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 6 |
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| D10-03-07_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 7 | D10-03-08_Getting closer to small islands of Sweden 8 |
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| D10-03-08a_A panoramic of colorful houses on small islands seen when the cruise ship was approaching Sweden | |
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| D10-04-01_Scene seen during sunrise 1 | D10-04-02_scene seen during sunrise 2 |
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| D10-04-03_Another cruise ship passing by | D10-04-04_Scene 1 seen on the tail deck |
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| D10-04-05_Scene 2 seen on the tail deck | D10-04-06_Getting closer to Sweden 1 |
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| D10-04-07_Getting closer to Sweden 2 | D10-04-08_Birds on the sea surface |
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| D10-04-08a_A small island with a few houses | D10-04-08b_A cruise ship seen at the port |
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| D10-04-08c_A panoramic view of approached small islands of Sweden | |
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D10-05 On way to Stockholm (沿途所見) --- First impressions on Sweden |
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| D10-05-01_The port of Stockholm | D10-05-02_A street scene |
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| D10-05-03_The Central Station of Stockholm | D10-05-04_An artwork near the city hall that we were going to visit |
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| D10-05-05_Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center | D10-05-06_Lots of sailboats were seen in the water areas |
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| D10-05-06a_The Riksdag building - the Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden | D10-05-06b_A scene of a port |
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| D10-05-06c_A scene of the downtown area seen from the frontal yard of the city hall where the two-tower building is the Hogalid Church ( Hogalidskyrkan) | |
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D10-06 Stockholm City Hall (Stadshus) (斯德哥爾摩市政廳) --- A. Exterior architecture and environment |
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| D10-06-01_The tower of the hall seen from outside | D10-06-02_The front of the hall |
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| D10-06-03_A decoration structure on the top of the hall | D10-06-04_The inner yard |
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| D10-06-05_A magnificant corridor | D10-06-06_A cute statue of a boy with a fish |
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| D10-06-07_Another statue | D10-06-08_A statue of a man (called "Song") with strong muscle near the embankment, created by Carl Eldh in copper in 1953 |
| D10-06-08a_A broader view of the frontal yard | |
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| D10-06-10_Looking at the downtown area across the water area (Lake Malaren) in front of the hall (the cathedral in the distance is Sofia Forsamling) | |
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| D10-06-09_A statue of a woman (called "The Dancer") with a good shape near the embankment, made by Carl Eldh in copper in 1953 | D10-06-10a_A closer look at the cathedral |
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| D10-06-10b_Looking out from the central yard | D10-06-10c_Looking at the exterior from the inner |
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D10-07 Stockholm City Hall (Stadshus) (斯德哥爾摩市政廳) --- B. Interior structures and decorations |
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| D10-07-01_The second floor of the main room, called Blue Hall, in the City Hall | D10-07-02_A solemn space |
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| D10-07-03_A lamp with geometric decoration | D10-07-04_A reception room |
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| D10-07-05_A clock on top of a door with complicated decorations | D10-07-06_A pretty corridor with many wall reliefs |
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| D10-07-07_A high window with geometric-patterned glass | D10-07-08_A golden statue of a young man |
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| D10-07-08a_An overview of the Blue Hall | D10-07-08b_Another overview |
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| D10-07-08c_The local guide was explaining the architecture of the hall to us | D10-07-08d_Another spot where the local guide gave information of the hall to us |
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| D10-07-08e_A magnificant ceiling lamp | D10-07-08f_An impressive sculpture of a woman with a curved bady shape |
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| D10-07-08g_An overview of the Blue Hall | |
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D10-08 Stockholm City Hall (Stadshus) (斯德哥爾摩市政廳) --- C. Golden Hall & Conference Room |
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| D10-08-01_The local guide was giving us the information about the conference room in the building | D10-08-02_A complete view of the conference room |
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| D10-08-03_Complicated and pretty structure of the ceiling of the conference room | D10-08-04_Another view |
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| D10-08-05_The Golden Hall which is a banqueting space, known as the location of the ball room after the annual Nobel Banquet in the Blue Hall | D10-08-06_A shot |
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| D10-08-07_Artistic decorations on the wall of the Golden Hall | D10-08-08_The room is realy golden! |
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| D10-08-08a_Another shot | D10-08-08b_A third |
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| D10-08-08c_A panoramic view of the Golden Hall | |
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| D10-09-01_Relief 1 | D10-09-02_Relief 2 |
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| D10-09-03_Relief 3 | D10-09-04_Relief 4 |
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| D10-09-05_Relief 5 | D10-09-05a_Relief 6 |
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| D10-09-06_A painting | D10-09-07_A set of embroidery paintings |
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| D10-09-08_A panoramic view of the embroidery painting set in a circular room next to the conference room | |
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D10-10 Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet) (瓦薩博物館) --- Exhibiting old Viking war ships |
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| D10-10-01_The entrance of the museum | D10-10-02_The frontal view of the museum |
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| D10-10-03_The name of the musum is Vasa | D10-10-04_The major exhibition is an old 17-century viking warship which was salvaged from the sea in 1961 |
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| D10-10-05_The sunk ship was salvaged almost with no damage | D10-10-06_The disaster of ship sinking was due to inappropriate construction of the ship structure |
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| D10-10-07_A model of the real ship with a proportion of 10-to-1 | D10-10-08_A shot of the tail of a 10-1 colorful model (shown left) of the real ship, which was built with clear and lifelike colors |
| D10-10-08a_Some pretty and cute dolls that were created to imitate the decorations found at the rear part of the warship (see the above two images of the rear part of the shiip) | |
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| D10-11-01_A typical street scene | D10-11-02_Passing a river |
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| D10-11-03_Kaknas TV tower (Kaknastornet) seen from a distance where we had lunch | D10-11-04_The tower was constructed in 1967 with a height of 170 metres |
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| D10-11-05_The interior of the Kaknastornet Restaurant on top of the tower | D10-11-06_A glance at a part of Stockholm, "Venice of Northern Europe," from the tower |
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| D10-11-06a_A panoramic view of downtown Stockholm from the top of the TV tower | |
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D10-12 Artistic Metro Stations (藝術地鐵) --- A. Environment of Solna Centrum Station |
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| D10-12-01_We visited the metro station named Solna Centrum | D10-12-02_The subway gates |
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| D10-12-03_A shot against a wall painting | D10-12-04_An overview of the subway space of the station |
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| D10-12-05_The artistic paintings are applied to the walls of the original cave of the subway | D10-12-06_A shot of may wife who was taking photos |
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| D10-12-07_An approaching subway train | D10-12-08_ADs seen on the wall of the station |
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| D10-12-09_A couple, I and my wife, being asked to act a show for photo taking | D10-12-10_A shot of our tour group |
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| D10-12-11_With four of our tour group | D10-12-12_A 3D artwork exhibited in the subway space |
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| D10-12-12a_A wide view of the subway space of the Solna Centrum Station | |
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D10-13 Artistic Metro Stations (藝術地鐵) --- B. Wall paintings seen at Solna Centrum Station |
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| D10-13-01_Wall paimting 1 | D10-13-02_Wall paimting 2 |
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| D10-13-03_Wall paimting 3 | D10-13-04_Wall paimting 4 |
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| D10-13-05_Wall paimting 5 | |
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| D10-13-06_Wall paimting 6 | D10-13-06a_A broader view of the subway space of the Solna Centrum Station |
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D10-14 Artistic Metro Stations (藝術地鐵) --- C. Environment & paintings of T-Centralen Station |
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| D10-14-01_We visited next the metro station named T-Centralen | D10-14-02_The station's escalators |
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| D10-14-03_A shot against a wall painting | D10-14-04_Another shot against another wall painting |
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| D10-14-05_Environment 1 | D10-14-06_Environment 2 |
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| D10-14-07_Environment 3 | D10-14-08_Environment 4 |
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| D10-14-09_A wall painting | D10-14-10_A closer look |
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| D10-14-11_The platform | D10-14-12_Three of our tour group members were chatting while waiting for the subway train to come |
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| D10-14-12a_Taking the train to the next station | D10-14-12b_A shot with our group guide (left) |
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| D10-14-12c_A photo of our tour group | |
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D10-15 Artistic Metro Stations (藝術地鐵) --- D. Environment & paintings of Kungstradgarden Station |
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| D10-15-01_We took the metro to visit next the station named Kungstradgarden | D10-15-02_The station space is full of geometric patterns and salvaged antique objects |
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| D10-15-03_A shot against a ceiling painting | D10-15-04_Another shot |
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| D10-15-05_Two of our group members on the train were giving the pose of love | D10-15-06_Three members of our tour group were giving a happy pose on the platform |
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| D10-15-07_Environment 1 | D10-15-08_Environment 2 |
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| D10-15-09_A statue | D10-15-10_Some antique objects |
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D10-16 Old Town & Hotel (舊城區與過夜旅館) --- A. Old Town Square (Stortorget) |
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| D10-16-01_A look at the Old Town Square | D10-16-02_Another look |
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| D10-16-03_Strolling in the square 1 | D10-16-04_Strolling in the square 2 |
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| D10-16-03a_A broader view of the square | |
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| D10-16-05_Walking and shopping in the narrow lanes nearby | D10-16-06_The window of a shop with a big Dalecarlian horse (or just Dala horse) which is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia) |
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| D10-16-07_The window of another shop | D10-16-08_A third shop |
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| D10-16-09_A coffee shop at a corner of the Old Town Square | D10-16-10_more strolling |
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| D10-16-10a_A shot of our tour group | |
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D10-17 Old Town & Hotel (舊城區與過夜旅館) --- B. Swedish Royal Palace |
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| D10-17-01_The back of the palace | D10-17-02_The back entrance of the palace with a guard |
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| D10-17-03_Two wall-fitting statues at the left side of the back entrance door of the palace | |
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| D10-17-03a_An enlarged version of the right wall-fitting statue of the two ones in the above image which is similar to "Abduction of a Sabine Woman, 1581 - 1583," a Mannerism sculpture of Giambologna (1529 - 1608) in Florence, Italy | D10-17-03b_An enlarged version of the left wall-fitting statue of the two ones in the above image which is similar to "Abduction of a Sabine Woman, 1581 - 1583," a Mannerism sculpture of Giambologna (1529 - 1608) in Florence, Italy |
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| D10-17-04_Two wall-fitting statues at the right side of the back entrance door of the palace | |
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| D10-17-04a_An enlarged version of the right wall-fitting statue of the two ones in the above image which is similar to "Abduction of a Sabine Woman, 1581 - 1583," a Mannerism sculpture of Giambologna (1529 - 1608) in Florence, Italy | D10-17-04b_An enlarged version of the left wall-fitting statue of the two ones in the above image which is similar to "Abduction of a Sabine Woman, 1581 - 1583," a Mannerism sculpture of Giambologna (1529 - 1608) in Florence, Italy |
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| D10-18-01_Nobel Prize Museum at a side of the Old Town Square | D10-18-02_A broader view of Nobel Prize Museum |
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| D10-18-03_The Parliament House nearby | D10-18-04_A side of the Parliament House |
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| D10-18-05_Quality Hotel Friends where we stayed overnight | D10-18-06_Check-in counter |
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Day 11 --- Malmo in Sweden + Copenhagen in Denmark Back to page top |
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D11-01 Flight to Malmo (飛航至馬爾摩) --- A. From Arlanda Airport in Stockholm to Malmo Airport |
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| D11-01-01_Arlanda Airport in Stockholm | D11-01-02_Walking in the shop street of the airport |
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| D11-01-03_We saw a 7-11 in the airport | D11-01-04_We took the SAS Airline |
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| D11-01-05_Beautiful green land of Sweden seen from the plane we took | D11-01-06_Malmo Airport |
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| D11-01-07_Today's air tour | D11-01-08_Malmo City Square --- image of the city |
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D11-02 Flight to Malmo (飛航至馬爾摩) --- B. On way to downtown Malmo |
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| D11-02-01_Typical countryside houses | D11-02-02_Pretty countryside scene 1 |
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| D11-02-03_Pretty countryside scene 2 | D11-02-04_A closer look at the houses |
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| D11-02-05_Having a rest at a Max Burger | D11-02-06_In deep thinking while waiting for the meal to come |
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D11-03 Malmo Turning Torso (馬爾摩旋轉大樓) --- A landmark of Malmo |
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| D11-03-01_An interesting buiding that became a landmark of Malmo | D11-03-02_A closer look at the building |
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| D11-03-03_Much closer | D11-03-04_At the root of the building |
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| D11-03-05_Looking out from inside | D11-03-06_The designer of the building is Santiago Calatrava and the bulding was completed on August 27, 2005 |
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| D11-03-07_A board giving information abour what is inside the building | D11-03-08_The "YouBike" of Malmo |
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D11-04 From Sweden to Denmark (從瑞典到丹麥) --- A. From Malmo to Copenhagen by train |
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| D11-04-00a_Today's train tour between the two countries, Sweden and Denmark | D11-04-00b_National flag of Denmark |
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| D11-04-01_The Central Station of Malmo in Sweden | D11-04-02_A frontal view of the Central Station of Malmo |
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| D11-04-03_We took a train which ran from Malmo in Sweden to Copenhagen in Denmark | D11-04-04_A countryside scene seen on the way from the train |
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| D11-04-05_The train ran through the Oresund Bridge which crosses Sweden and Denmark | D11-04-06_Arriving the Copenhagen Station |
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| D11-04-07_Got off the train (My wife is the one wearing blue clothes) | D11-04-08_The interior of the station is decorated classically |
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| D11-04-09_Another shot of the interior | D11-04-10_7-11 is also there |
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| D11-04-11_The station is crowded | D11-04-12_Three of our group members at a corridor of the station |
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D11-05 From Sweden to Denmark (從瑞典到丹麥) --- B. First impressions on Copenhagen |
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| D11-05-01_Borsen: old stock exchange from the 17th century | D11-05-02_Nikolai Church (Nikolaj Kirke) with a high-rising tower |
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| D11-05-03_Holmens Church (Holmens Kirke) | D11-05-04_Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (an art gallery) |
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| D11-05-05_The statue of Frederick VII ( 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) who was the King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863 | D11-05-06_A street scene |
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| D11-05-07_Another street scene | D11-05-08_A third street scene |
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| D11-05-09_Royal Danish Theatre | D11-05-10_A recycling bin seen in the streets of Copenhagen |
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D11-06 Christiansborg Palace (Christiansborg Slot) (克里斯蒂安堡宮) --- A. The main hall and yard |
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| D11-06-01_The frontal view of the palace which was used as the resident of the King of Denmark during 1417-1794 | D11-06-02_A closer look |
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| D11-06-03_The tower in the middle of the palace | D11-06-04_The equestrian statue of King Frederik VII (completed in 1873) who was the central role in Denmark's transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy in 1849 |
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| D11-06-05_The back of the palace | D11-06-06_A closer look |
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| D11-06-07_A ccorridor at a side of the entrance | D11-06-08_The corridor at one side of the entrance |
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D11-07 Christiansborg Palace (Christiansborg Slot) (克里斯蒂安堡宮) --- B. The entrance and surroundings |
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| D11-07-01_The entrance of the palace | D11-07-02_ A closer look |
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| D11-07-03_The corridor structures on the two sides of the entrance | D11-07-04_A closer look at a corridor |
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| D11-07-05_The detail of one side pole of the entrance | D11-07-06_The detail of the other side pole of the entrance |
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| D11-07-07_The equestrian statue of Christian IX who was the King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906 | D11-07-08_Our tour group members were walking to enter the palace |
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D11-08 "Black Diamond" Royal Library (黑珍珠皇家圖書館) --- The library building and its vacinity |
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| D11-08-01_The library is located at a riverside | D11-08-02_A farther look (the library is at the left site) |
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| D11-08-03_There were many yatches there | D11-08-04_A sightseeing spot, namely, the NyHavn, is nearby |
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| D11-08-05_There are container houses at the riverside | D11-08-06_A shot before a green-colored house nearby |
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| D11-08-06a_Seeing the library from another bridge (picture taken the next day when coming to this location) | D11-08-06b_Cycling activities seen on the bridge |
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D11-09 1st-time Visit to NyHavn (第一次造訪新港) --- Seeing colorful house series and enjoying dinner |
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| D11-09-01_A series of colorful houses seen at a river side | D11-09-02_A shot against the other river side where a big building with red-patterned windows was seen |
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| D11-09-03_The street there was very busy | D11-09-04_There were cruising sight-seeing boats on the river |
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| D11-09-05_We had dinner in this restaurant | D11-09-06_The interior of the restaurant |
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| D11-09-07_Our tour group being having dinner | D11-09-08_The main dish of our dinner |
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D11-10 Marriot AC Hotel (瑪莉爾特AC旅館) --- Staying overnight in a wierd-shaped building |
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| D11-10-01_The shape of the hotel is roughly of the shape of the letter H | D11-10-02_Observing from another direction |
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| D11-10-03_Check in | D11-10-04_The coffee shop |
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| D11-10-05_The lobby | D11-10-06_The room we stayed in |
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| D11-10-07_Looking out at a modern area of the city from the room we stayed in | D11-10-08_Another shot of the hotel the next morning while it was raining |
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