Neil Hopcroft

So I checked the map to find a suitable destination on the line through the tunnel and found my way to the platform. Saltsjöbaden is a small suburb some distance from the city centre, it is on the end of a penninsular, and hence, on the end of its train line (though apparently the line did have a further […]

I had intended to take a boat ride to Vaxholm, but had managed to get myself confused about where to catch it – I first went to the Djurgården ferry jetty. By the time I arrived at the right place I could see what I thought might be the boat I wanted just getting ready to leave. […]

Somehow I managed to turn the wrong way out of Karlberg Pendletåg station on my way to the Slott, I could see where I wanted to be, but there was no way to get there short of navigating across a major rail artery, a six metre drop and a dual carriageway. I thought better of […]

Looking back: I have always found waterfronts magical, especially when they are reflecting city lights in the distance – Stockholm has an abundance of such views. Stockholm has a lot of waterfront – it is a city made of islands, 24000 of them in the archipelago although the city centre rests on something like 10 […]