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The port of Visby can be seen to the left of the ringwall of the old city wall of Visby, perhaps the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia, A passing boat and Stockholm's Old Town are seen reflected in the window of a ferry during a water tour of the city in Stockholm.

My wife and I booked a two-bed cabin on the Gustav Af Klint, a beat-up, decommissioned steamship-turned-hostel, because it was a bargain at around $60 a night and in a great location, near Stockholm's Old Town and the metro.

HOME STAY: You don't have to stay in hostels or hotels when you travel any more.

AMBASSADOR BRZEZINSKI: Mr. Secretary, we've had some formal meetings this morning.

Secretary Kerry is in Stockholm, Sweden , on May 14, where he is meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Bildt to discuss the Arctic Council, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and other issues of global importance.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden was glowing as she and her fianc Chris O'Neill attended a diplomatic gala on Monday, just one month before their wedding.

As I mingled my way around the community, the ridiculous stereotypes dissolved, revealing compelling insights on the Jews of Stockholm.

In a blog post here on April 15, I noted that Secretary of State Kerry was doing a great deal of traveling but was spending too little time tending to his own Department.

My wife and I booked a two-bed cabin on the Gustav Af Klint, a beat-up, decommissioned steamship-turned-hostel, because it was a bargain at around $60 a night and in a great location, near Stockholm's Old Town and the metro.

BACK FOR GOOD: The Swedish group Abba in their stage clothes in 1975. Now fans can go to the new ABBA The Museum in Stockholm - the closest thing to a reunion.

You can dance, you can jive and yes, maybe you can have the time of your life at Stockholm's newest tourist attraction: a museum dedicated to ABBA paraphernalia, including the helicopter featured on the cover of their album, a star-shaped guitar and dozens of glitzy costumes the Swedish band wore at the height of its 1970s fame.

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Some of the most thrilling nuances of a great landscape only become apparent in the brightness of dawn or when the afternoon light casts sharp shadows.

The Fiji Times acting chief of staff Timoci Vula explains how the newspaper is put together to the visiting Kia rangers before they fly to Sweden.Picture: MICHELE McCONELL-WILSON A few of them were visiting the Capital City for the first time.

Secretary Kerry will travel to Stockholm, Sweden, on May 14, where he will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Bildt to discuss the Arctic Council, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and other issues of global importance.

Not only do Manchester and NorrkA ping both have city tram systems, and Grand Hotels, but they were both built on success of the textile industry, so much so that the Scandinavian city was known as "Sweden's Manchester". Serving Sweden's ninth largest city and its eighth largest municipality, NorrkA ping Airport, the first commercial airport to ... (more)

Maximise your enjoyment in the capital of Minimalism. Sweden's happy, handsome capital makes an ideal escape in early summer.

NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks as Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg looks on in Oslo, May 8, 2013.

"Hufvudstaden aims to offer successful retailing and office tenants prime business locations in central Stockholm and central Gothenburg.

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