Stockholm is built on water for 37 miles and has exceptional charm

Sodermalm Hills with German Church offer vistas of City of the Norsemen

View of Gamla Stan (Old Town), known as "the town among the bridges"

Entering busy harbor, we see Riddarholm Church on right

The amusement park at Skansen, world's oldest open-air museum

Nearly 1.5 million people live in greater Stockholm area

One of the original houses in Old Town

The Swedish Academy founded in 1786, late rococo style

Would you believe a 7-Eleven in the heart of quiet city built on 14 islands!

Stockholm is handsome and civilized, with airy boulevards

Railway Station built in 1871 has 100 trains departing/arriving per day

Site of most dreadful event - Bloodbath, when 90 people were beheaded

H&M is popular department store in bustling metropolis

Unique street lamps caught our eye!

Yachts, yachts, and more yachts line the Strandvagen ("Beach Street)

The exquisite Royal Dramatic Theater and Opera House

Riddarholmen Church, now a museum where 1652-1952 monarchs are buried

1906 Northern Museum is splendid work with gabled facade of brick/stone

Blue gateway  is carriage entrance to the royal grounds

Elegant apartments along Skeppsbron on Gamla Stan (Tiger Woods owns one)

Stockholm has 24,000 islands, inlets, and cliffs

Island fortress we passed on our departure from Sweden