Sorry i have been slack the last few days, but my internet connection in Stockholm was horrible, which meant that i basically couldnt do anything other than check email without it breaking down. So i have spent the last 3 days in Stockholm, and while it was particularly chilly (most nights it got down to negative degrees, and the days themselves were only 5 or 6) it was an enjoyable city to be in. It is probably the most scenic of all the cities i have been in, as it is does not have a single city centre as such, but is rather an archipelago interconnected by bridges, which makes it unique in the sense you are literally going from island to island within the city itself.
There were probably two main highlights for me: firstly, the district of Gamla Stan (the oldest part of the city) was very nice, and different to walk through. Because this is a small island, the buildings are crammed in as a result of expansion until literally nothing else could be put in there. The result is a series of tiny walkways and alleys, all filled with different shops and cafes, and you could literally get lost within the confines of the island by taking an alleyway that no one else had taken. The second highlight was probably the visit to the Nobel Museum, which is located on Gamla Stan. The Nobel prizes are of course named after Alfred Nobel, who was a Swedish citizen (who ironically invented dynamite) and who bequeathed his fortune to the formulation of prizes in Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and of course Peace. The museum was quite small but was filled with interesting facts about Nobel himself, as well as the various winners of the prizes since their inception. It was also quite timely, as the 2009 winners had only just been announced the day before my visit (Obama winning was massive news over here, all the Europeans love him)and so the museum must have literally been updated overnight to include these winners.

Overall, i would definitely say the visit to Scandinavia was definitely worth it-it is certainly a bit out of the way (it was 13 hours train from Munich to Malmo, and then i had to fly out from Stockholm because it is so remote) but the cities are really nice to be in and the culture is different to continental Europe also. Just don?t travel in Winter!!!