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cream trolleys (rather than cars and buses), you can walk from Slussen across
Gamla Stan,all thewaytothegoodship
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stretch is along waterfront Strandvägen street (from Nybroplan past weather-
beaten old boats and fancy facades to Djurgården). As you stroll, keep in
mind that there's free fishing in central Stockholm, and the harbor waters are
restocked every spring with thousands of new fish. Locals tell of one lucky
lad who pulled in an 80-pound salmon.
▲▲City Hall (Stadshuset)
—The Stadshuset is an impressive mix of eight
million red bricks, 19 million chips of gilt mosaic, and lots of Stockholm
pride. While churches dominate cities in southern Europe, in Scandinavian
capitals, city halls seem to be the most impressive buildings, celebrating hu-
manism and the ideal of people working together in community. Built in
