3:35 That statue is Nils Ericsson, the engineer that built the Swedish railways. His brother John is propably more known since he built metal warships for the Union during the american civil war and invented the modern ships screw propeller. His first ship, Monitor, fought CSS Virginia at Hampton roads.
Welcome! So cool seeing you walk around in our familiar areas! I hope you have a great stay in Sweden! I recommend visiting the outdoor museum Skansen in Djurgården. You can take the ferry there from Gamla Stan/Slussen. There you find historical buildings and views from all of Sweden. Closeby you also find the Wasa museum, the Abba museum, and the entertainment park Gröna Lund.
The ship you saw with the masts is from Columbia and according to my buddy who visited it today it's ok to get on it and look around. Nice that you're getting in shape, but you'll have to take some public transport sooner or later to save your legs. Some boats are also included in the regular ticket price.
It's great that we got to accompany you on your walk and to listen to your first impressions of Stockholm. The building at the beginning of the video (about 7 minutes in) that you said you didn't recognize. Is the Knight's House. where they keep all noble shields.
Oooh, you're finally in Sweden! Welcome and I So hope you'll have a wonderful time in our capital 😊 If you get back to Gamla Stan a little later it will be a lot of people, it's a very popular tourist attraction with many different nationalities :) Coming back in a month I hope during my vacation off work 😊
at 9:49 timestamp.. if you look up a bit on the yellow building - you see a cannonball em bedded at the corner of the building from old history in Sweden. My grandma told me that it was war in Sweden and this cannonball got there from that time. I was always so fascinated about it. Here`s some fun facts: The cannonball at Stortorget in Old Town, Stockholm, is a historical artifact with several stories attached to it. The cannonball is embedded in the wall of the house on the corner of Stortorget and Källargränd and has become one of the small, but interesting, details in Stockholm's old town. Historical Stories Stockholm massacre (1520): One of the most popular stories is that the cannonball was fired during the Stockholm massacre in November 1520, when the Danish king Christian II captured the city and executed a large number of Swedish nobles and burghers. According to this story, the cannon ball was fired from the castle at the opponents, but there is no concrete evidence for this. Political Unrest (17th-19th century): Another theory is that the cannonball originates from one of the many political unrest and conflicts that took place in Stockholm during the 17th or 19th century. Stockholm has been a place of several conflicts throughout the ages, and it is possible that the cannonball is a memory from one of these battles. Decorative Placement: There is also a more mundane explanation that the cannonball may have been placed there afterwards, as a decoration or to create an interesting historical detail for visitors and tourists. Documentation and Evidence There are no definitive historical documents detailing exactly how the cannonball ended up in its place, leaving the story mostly based on speculation and local legend. Despite the lack of concrete evidence, the cannonball has become an iconic part of Old Town history and attracts many curious tourists. Regardless of its origin, the cannon ball at Stortorget is a fascinating part of Stockholm's rich and complex history, which contributes to the city's charm and mystery. Maybe you could go a guided tour and get to know more about stockholms history.. I love Stockholm my birthtown.
Welcome to Sweden! Unfortunately, you missed the nice weather we've had this past month. But there is still much to discover. Hope you will like our beautiful capital.
The purpose of putting those big flower bowls in the roads is to slow down traffic and have drivers choose other routes to keep the streets fairly clean. They are also mainly considered to be walked upon even though cars can access them.
Stockholm is beautiful. I don’t know your time or budget but I hope you’ll be able to visit some small town in south of Sweden also. Öland has great nature as well.
Cool that you're here! A tip would be to maybe visit some smaller towns outside of Stockholm, as they often have more nature if you'd like to experience that. If you have time, I think you'd like Öland or Gotland as well!
Fun to see you almost walked in our footsteps. Me and my wife went to Sthlm a few weeks ago spending the day there and we took pretty much the same stroll as you did. Hope you enjoyed your stay!
@@eaakerman8829 that is only for tourists and the meatballs are really bad, no swedish person would ever eat there. Pelikan, Kvarnen, Sturehof or some of the other older classic restaurants do it much better!
Welcome so much to Sweden, Stockholm my hometown. For the last 10 years I been living and working in Shanghai. I was watching one of your videos yesterday and was wondering when you actually gonna go and visit Sweden and here you are hahha... June can be little mixed weather, July is the best month. Dont miss out on Midsummer next weekend and enjoy your trip.
Welcome!!! ❤ I hope you are not discouraged by the weather. It is usually much better! May was super hot and sunny so I guess we were in for a streak of crappy weather. I just hope you get to enjoy some nice weather, too, before you leave.
The first house you saw and didn't recognize when you came to Gamla Stan was ”Riddarhuset ”- the Knights’ House or House of the Nobility and is one of Stockholm’s most beautiful buildings. The seventeenth-century Baroque house was the main meeting place for the nobility . Riddarhuset is a palace and an organization for the nobles in Sweden. Its objective is to preserve and maintain a historical heritage.
Welcome to Sweden. Stockholm is a ghost town during the upcoming midsummer festivities on friday. Everybody heads out on the countryside. Have a good trip.
I have been looking forward for you to finally come to Sweden. Bicyclists are ruthless in Sweden😅 they just do not care. 9:14 there is a Viking runestone on the right behind the cannon.
5:40 You’re passing Rosenbad and Riksdagen behind you. Our parliament. 6:43 That is Riddarhuset. All noble families have their sheilds on display in there. Some are really really old. 7:21 That is the Supreme court 8:10 Storkyrkan. That is where the royals get married and buried 9:43 Stortorget and the scene of Sthlm bloodbath 10:32 The german Church 11:43 Texas longhorn is a chain, they serve bbq-style food 12:49 A public well 14:24 View of Södermalm 15:20 Correct, that is the royal palace. Behind you across the water you have Nationalmuseum and Grand hotel 16:13 The opera is being renovated
Hope you have a great time in Sweden! You can ask your viewers come see you at some central spot in Sthlm. And yes, go with the boats, it is relaxing and fun.Try out some good restaurants, and ask people for places to go, what to see!
Welcome to Sweden! Stockholm is a beautiful city, at least in summer. Hope you come back here later on in winter and go north, you have to see the northern light over the mountain range and maybe stay a night at the ice hotel!
This week is leading up to Swedens Midsummer Selebration weekend, and anyone who has the opportunity goes out in the countryside. And the tourists are still in bed. But the evenings in summer Stockholm are amazing!
Well you passed by me on the train from Denmark. I live in the wonderful city of Malmö just after the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. But I see why you chose Stockholm it´s another beautiful city in Sweden
Glad to see you finaly madeit. Enjoy your trip! You should eat at max. And also try the meatballs at either pelikan or tennstopet. Then get some fika att lillebror. Also the boat tour is popular (if the weather is nice) .
Oooh so fun to see you here in Sweden!! Sorry gor you to get the most cold june ever in a long time!! I hope some of us subscribers that live close get together to make your stay good!! If not I just got on my vacation and come down to Ronneby Blekinge and we can have some fun together!! You can stay at my place no worries!!😊❤❤
The Church at 8:15 is Storkyrkan, Stockholm Cathedral. it opened in 1306. At 10:34 you are at the German Church, built for the German Merchants and their families in the mid 1500's. 95% of the buildings you walked by in Old Town were built between 1190 and 1325. And yes at 15:20 You are at the Palace of Stockholm, it is one of the newest buildings on the Old Town Isle as the Original Castle burned in 1697. The current one you saw there was built between 1698 and 1754 with a break for war between 1701 and 1721.
Congrats for visiting Sweden. I hope you liked it. At 9:18 you pass by a runestone used as a foundation stone in the building. You need to take a class on fundamentals of video editing. The moving back and forth makes me seasick.
Haha yes beware of the bikes. Im from an island and I always have to keep that in mind when Im in town. That goes for all the bigger cities. My great great something something grandpa got killed by being run over by a horse wagon the first time he was in Gothenburg.
You got here, nice to see you out of your "office". Know you been wanting to go for quite a while now. Speaking of walking, i've recently heard that some Americans work out/exercise , in order to go on vacation here in Europe 🤣🤣🤣 that's hilarious. Enjoy your time here 😊❤
Cool, when was this? I visited Stockholm 4 days last week. Haha I was gonna say watch out for the bikes, I saw way too many mostly americans just walk out on the bikelanes without looking, then you mentioned it.
Walking early in the morning in a new place is a special feeling.
3:35 That statue is Nils Ericsson, the engineer that built the Swedish railways. His brother John is propably more known since he built metal warships for the Union during the american civil war and invented the modern ships screw propeller. His first ship, Monitor, fought CSS Virginia at Hampton roads.
Swedish engineering ftw ;)
Yeah, John Ericsson has a statue in his honour in Battery Park (New York) for this.
YOU FINALLY MADE IT!!!! 🇸🇪
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing more of your travels through Stockholm. :)
Awesome, thank you!
Me to and trying food and stuff !!
As a half Swede (other half being British) I've been to Sweden hundreds of times to see friends and family. I hope you have a good time in Sweden 🇸🇪
Hello ! I bet you miss UK when your here lol 😆! The prices are insane!
@@anjajosefsson8262 I actually live in Spain. I was born in the UK and I used to live there, but not anymore
Same but Italian/Swedish. Stockholm is really beautiful during summer.
@@iAlexRossi indeed
Welcome! So cool seeing you walk around in our familiar areas!
I hope you have a great stay in Sweden!
I recommend visiting the outdoor museum Skansen in Djurgården. You can take the ferry there from Gamla Stan/Slussen. There you find historical buildings and views from all of Sweden. Closeby you also find the Wasa museum, the Abba museum, and the entertainment park Gröna Lund.
07:30 Lars Johan Hierta founded Swedens largest newspaper "Aftonbladet" in 1830. It's still printed daily.
*Aftonbladet 😉
Welcome to Sweden!!! Great to have you here and I hope you'll have a great time!
Thanks! Glad to be here!
Aaah! Finally here! :-) Welcome!!!
Finally! Lol
Glad you made it here! Hope you will like Sweden enough to travel here again.
Most definitely!
Great, welcome to Sweden.
The ship you saw with the masts is from Columbia and according to my buddy who visited it today it's ok to get on it and look around.
Nice that you're getting in shape, but you'll have to take some public transport sooner or later to save your legs. Some boats are also included in the regular ticket price.
Welome dude, been watching you for quite a while!
Hope u get to have the best time in our beautiful country :)
Thanks! Glad to be here!
It's great that we got to accompany you on your walk and to listen to your first impressions of Stockholm. The building at the beginning of the video (about 7 minutes in) that you said you didn't recognize. Is the Knight's House. where they keep all noble shields.
Oooh, you're finally in Sweden! Welcome and I So hope you'll have a wonderful time in our capital 😊
If you get back to Gamla Stan a little later it will be a lot of people, it's a very popular tourist attraction with many different nationalities :)
Coming back in a month I hope during my vacation off work 😊
I got to go this evening! It was packed!
Dar the time traveler. walking around among these old building have its own vibe.
For sure!
Fun to see that you finally came over for a visit, hope your stay will be a good one.
Welcome, amazing to see you here after all reactions you've done.
Amazing, I've been watching your channel on and off for a long time. I never thought you would get to travel to sweden. Welcome!!
Ah great you are in Stockholm now. Welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay. 🙋♀️🇸🇪🎶☀️.
his not just in stockholm,his in Old Town Sweden.
@@jarmopaakkonen2045what do you mean? 🤪 Gamla Stan is in the heart of Stockholm! 🤣
enjoy your visit!!!!!
I will ! Thanks
at 9:49 timestamp.. if you look up a bit on the yellow building - you see a cannonball em
bedded at the corner of the building from old history in Sweden. My grandma told me that it was war in Sweden and this cannonball got there from that time. I was always so fascinated about it. Here`s some fun facts: The cannonball at Stortorget in Old Town, Stockholm, is a historical artifact with several stories attached to it. The cannonball is embedded in the wall of the house on the corner of Stortorget and Källargränd and has become one of the small, but interesting, details in Stockholm's old town.
Historical Stories
Stockholm massacre (1520):
One of the most popular stories is that the cannonball was fired during the Stockholm massacre in November 1520, when the Danish king Christian II captured the city and executed a large number of Swedish nobles and burghers. According to this story, the cannon ball was fired from the castle at the opponents, but there is no concrete evidence for this.
Political Unrest (17th-19th century):
Another theory is that the cannonball originates from one of the many political unrest and conflicts that took place in Stockholm during the 17th or 19th century. Stockholm has been a place of several conflicts throughout the ages, and it is possible that the cannonball is a memory from one of these battles.
Decorative Placement:
There is also a more mundane explanation that the cannonball may have been placed there afterwards, as a decoration or to create an interesting historical detail for visitors and tourists.
Documentation and Evidence
There are no definitive historical documents detailing exactly how the cannonball ended up in its place, leaving the story mostly based on speculation and local legend. Despite the lack of concrete evidence, the cannonball has become an iconic part of Old Town history and attracts many curious tourists.
Regardless of its origin, the cannon ball at Stortorget is a fascinating part of Stockholm's rich and complex history, which contributes to the city's charm and mystery. Maybe you could go a guided tour and get to know more about stockholms history.. I love Stockholm my birthtown.
Welcome to Sweden!
Unfortunately, you missed the nice weather we've had this past month. But there is still much to discover. Hope you will like our beautiful capital.
Weather hasn’t been too bad lol almost 100 degrees in Texas lol
You made it here! Great!🇸🇪Welcome!👋
The purpose of putting those big flower bowls in the roads is to slow down traffic and have drivers choose other routes to keep the streets fairly clean.
They are also mainly considered to be walked upon even though cars can access them.
Stockholm is beautiful. I don’t know your time or budget but I hope you’ll be able to visit some small town in south of Sweden also. Öland has great nature as well.
Very cool. Enjoy
Thanks!
welcome, hope you have nice days and many experiences
Glad to be here!
welcome to sweden and stockholm hope you have a nice and pleasant experience.
Here and that de weather is nice.
Cool that you're here! A tip would be to maybe visit some smaller towns outside of Stockholm, as they often have more nature if you'd like to experience that. If you have time, I think you'd like Öland or Gotland as well!
Such a quiet morning! Enjoy your stay in Stockholm!
ooh dang , You are here now!! Welcome!! :D
Welcome to Sweden Dar!! I hope you will like Sweden. So many Swedish reactions as you did. 😊
Fun to see you almost walked in our footsteps. Me and my wife went to Sthlm a few weeks ago spending the day there and we took pretty much the same stroll as you did. Hope you enjoyed your stay!
Welcome to Sweden. :) Oh, and BTW.. I hear that the restaurant "Pelikan" in Sthlm has some of the best meatballs in Sweden.
Gonna check it out !
@@darthetraveler or try restaurant Meatballs for the people in Södermalm .
@@eaakerman8829 that is only for tourists and the meatballs are really bad, no swedish person would ever eat there. Pelikan, Kvarnen, Sturehof or some of the other older classic restaurants do it much better!
Yeah, Pelikan has the best meatballs😋
Tourist trap !
Nice video, it’s easy to forget how beautiful Stockholm is. I am going to explore on my vacation.
Welcome on the "old continent" Dar. Looking forward to your experiences and how it lived up (or not ;o)) to your expectations. Enjoy your stay!
Glad to be here! Definitely has so far!
@@darthetraveler Good to hear Dar. Keep going with the good experiences.
Wow you’re in Sweden! Hope you’ll have a good time.
Weather is a bit shit right now, or at least here in the south. It was much warmer in May.
Oh dang! I'm sure you'll enjoy your journey and safe travel brother 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇲
Welcome so much to Sweden, Stockholm my hometown. For the last 10 years I been living and working in Shanghai. I was watching one of your videos yesterday and was wondering when you actually gonna go and visit Sweden and here you are hahha... June can be little mixed weather, July is the best month. Dont miss out on Midsummer next weekend and enjoy your trip.
Oh nice! Glad to be here!
Great to see that you came here, a little unlucky with the weather though. Looking forward to the next one.
Om from sweden !!!😀
Welcome!!! ❤ I hope you are not discouraged by the weather. It is usually much better! May was super hot and sunny so I guess we were in for a streak of crappy weather. I just hope you get to enjoy some nice weather, too, before you leave.
Weather is not too bad!
Cant believe its finally time :O Welcome! Hope you have a nice stay :)
Welcome!!
Glad to be here!
Great start Dar! It’s kinda surreal that you’re finally here, all the way from Texas walking around about a mile (1,6 km) from where I live 😄
Still surreal to me as well!
Welcome to Sweden and Stockholm. Hope you've had a great time so far
Nice of you to visit, hope to to see you again. 💐
The first house you saw and didn't recognize when you came to Gamla Stan was ”Riddarhuset ”- the Knights’ House or House of the Nobility and is one of Stockholm’s most beautiful buildings. The seventeenth-century Baroque house was the main meeting place for the nobility . Riddarhuset is a palace and an organization for the nobles in Sweden. Its objective is to preserve and maintain a historical heritage.
Dar!!! You are really a doer!!! You alwas said you would come!!!Welcome Bro! Really nice to see you walk the cobble stone streets of Gamla Stan!!!
Welcome to Sweden. Stockholm is a ghost town during the upcoming midsummer festivities on friday. Everybody heads out on the countryside. Have a good trip.
I have been looking forward for you to finally come to Sweden. Bicyclists are ruthless in Sweden😅 they just do not care. 9:14 there is a Viking runestone on the right behind the cannon.
5:40 You’re passing Rosenbad and Riksdagen behind you. Our parliament.
6:43 That is Riddarhuset. All noble families have their sheilds on display in there. Some are really really old.
7:21 That is the Supreme court
8:10 Storkyrkan. That is where the royals get married and buried
9:43 Stortorget and the scene of Sthlm bloodbath
10:32 The german Church
11:43 Texas longhorn is a chain, they serve bbq-style food
12:49 A public well
14:24 View of Södermalm
15:20 Correct, that is the royal palace. Behind you across the water you have Nationalmuseum and Grand hotel
16:13 The opera is being renovated
Welcome! ❤
Glad to be here!
A Big Welcome to Sweden!! I hope you enjoy your stay!!! 🥰
Hope you have a great time in Sweden! You can ask your viewers come see you at some central spot in Sthlm. And yes, go with the boats, it is relaxing and fun.Try out some good restaurants, and ask people for places to go, what to see!
You should take the train to Uppsala. Only 45 minutes away from Stockholm and its absolutely beautiful. Swedens fourth biggest city
Lol nej, enjoy stockholm instead 😂 typical uppsalabo, says come uppsala… Nothing there mate 😂😂😂😂
All Jokes, all citys as beautiful in sweden😊hahahaah
Nice time for a walk. The sun is coming up, no people and the bakeries starting to spread that breakfast smell :-)
You could try to contact youtuber Stefan Tyron and he could show you around maybe. He is an american living in sweden for a few years now.😊
Yes you should, would be nice to see a co-op video.
Welcome to Sweden! Stockholm is a beautiful city, at least in summer. Hope you come back here later on in winter and go north, you have to see the northern light over the mountain range and maybe stay a night at the ice hotel!
13:20 "... and takes your food, we don't have that in Texas", and my brain just went: You don't have food in texas?... :-)
Yeah, people are pretty ruthless if you forget about the bike lane. Been there.
Welcome to Sweden dude🇸🇪
This week is leading up to Swedens Midsummer Selebration weekend, and anyone who has the opportunity goes out in the countryside. And the tourists are still in bed. But the evenings in summer Stockholm are amazing!
Vâlkommen till Europa 🇸🇪
I hope you have a great time 😊
Välkommen till Sverige Dar! 😊😊😊
Glad to be here!
Thanks for the wonderful tour 😊
🙌
Well you passed by me on the train from Denmark. I live in the wonderful city of Malmö just after the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. But I see why you chose Stockholm it´s another beautiful city in Sweden
It’s actually pretty neat to see my hometown from a tourists perspective! 😊
Welcome to Sweden! I hope you have good time 😊
Thank you! 😃
Glad to see you finaly madeit. Enjoy your trip! You should eat at max. And also try the meatballs at either pelikan or tennstopet. Then get some fika att lillebror. Also the boat tour is popular (if the weather is nice) .
And try Vikingfood at Aifur the Viking themed restaurant in Gamla stan, owned and created by the EDM artist E-type
Welcome mate
Glad to be here!
Oooh so fun to see you here in Sweden!! Sorry gor you to get the most cold june ever in a long time!! I hope some of us subscribers that live close get together to make your stay good!! If not I just got on my vacation and come down to Ronneby Blekinge and we can have some fun together!! You can stay at my place no worries!!😊❤❤
Welcome to Sweden 😊🇸🇪🇸🇪
Brilliant. Well done. Enjoy ❤ to all.
Thanks!
The Church at 8:15 is Storkyrkan, Stockholm Cathedral. it opened in 1306. At 10:34 you are at the German Church, built for the German Merchants and their families in the mid 1500's. 95% of the buildings you walked by in Old Town were built between 1190 and 1325. And yes at 15:20 You are at the Palace of Stockholm, it is one of the newest buildings on the Old Town Isle as the Original Castle burned in 1697. The current one you saw there was built between 1698 and 1754 with a break for war between 1701 and 1721.
Congrats for visiting Sweden. I hope you liked it. At 9:18 you pass by a runestone used as a foundation stone in the building. You need to take a class on fundamentals of video editing. The moving back and forth makes me seasick.
Haha yes beware of the bikes. Im from an island and I always have to keep that in mind when Im in town. That goes for all the bigger cities. My great great something something grandpa got killed by being run over by a horse wagon the first time he was in Gothenburg.
Welcome to Sweden! 🇸🇪 Enjoy!
Oh! Where are you?! Its midsommar soon. Wanna come to Karlstad? 🙂
Hope you enjoyed your quiet morning walk!
12:42. My dad lives in that light yellow building with windows against the Square :) Hope you enjoying Sweden.
You got here, nice to see you out of your "office". Know you been wanting to go for quite a while now. Speaking of walking, i've recently heard that some Americans work out/exercise , in order to go on vacation here in Europe 🤣🤣🤣 that's hilarious. Enjoy your time here 😊❤
Definitely had to prepare for the walking 🤣 I walked so much already
wow love it ! love to se more! :D see what you think and your experinse! :D
12:54 That's one of the old public wells.
Welcome to Gothenburg next… would love to see u walk around in Slottskogen and Liseberg ❤
Welcome to Sweden. ❤ 😊
I hope you have a guide that show you everything in Stockholm,,,LOVE FROM SWEDEN❤❤❤
Welcome to Stockholm! You’re visiting the best time of the year.
Oh finally you are here! Enjoy! ❤🇸🇪
Cant believe your finally here
Welcome to Sweden!
Hope you enjoy/ed our summer evenings/nights :D
Fun! Most reactors just want to say they will go somewhere. Welcome to Sweden from John in Stockholm.
Good idea to go out early, so you had Gamla Stan all to yourself. Usually it's completely PACKED with people!
Welcome to Sweden. Hope you will have a great time and great weather. 😂
Im your new subscriber from 🇸🇪
Hope you had a good vacation 👌👌
For sure!
Welcome🥰
Cool, when was this? I visited Stockholm 4 days last week. Haha I was gonna say watch out for the bikes, I saw way too many mostly americans just walk out on the bikelanes without looking, then you mentioned it.