Royal Walls
Exterior of Stockholm’s Royal Palace with rows of identical windows and a stone-lion balustrade in front.
Spire Peek
The slender green spire of the German Church (Tyska Kyrkan) rises above tight, pastel alleyways in Gamla Stan.
Rustic Wheel
A weathered cargo bicycle rests against a stucco wall on a cobblestone lane in Stockholm’s Old Town.
Swedish Waves
A Swedish flag billows from a boat marked “Riddarholmen Stockholm” moored along the city waterfront.
Quayside Cargo
An old yellow Volvo truck loaded with crates stands beside a heritage steamboat on a cobbled quay under brooding skies.
Tunnelbana Rise
A long, lit escalator tunnel in Stockholm’s metro converges to a vanishing point deep underground.
Stone Gateway
The granite arch of Sweden’s Parliament (Riksdagshuset) frames a sunlit city street beyond.
Storkyrkan Facade
Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan) glows peach and white in low morning light against a cloudless sky.
Color Row
Iconic colored gabled houses line Stortorget square in Gamla Stan, sharply lit against a deep-blue morning sky.
Color Cavern
A blur of a passing train slides beneath the rainbow-painted cave ceiling of Stockholm’s Stadion metro station.
Maritime Majesty
A detailed scale model of the 1628 Vasa warship stands before the preserved original hull inside Stockholm’s Vasa Museum.
Nautical Texture
Close-up of thick rigging ropes and wooden blocks on the preserved Vasa warship in Stockholm’s Vasa Museum.