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Baltic Cruising 101, First Stop, Stockholm

On November 6, 2010, in Basics, Facts, by Ralph Grizzle

Have you considered taking a Baltic cruise? Along the Baltic’s shores are some of the world’s most fabled cities - Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, to name a few. You’ll typically see all of those when you chart your course in the Baltic. Of course, we recommend that you begin or end your cruise in Stockholm, and that you [...]

Stockholm Ends Successful Cruise Season With 415,000 Passengers: Will You Be One Next Year?

On September 20, 2010, in Basics, Facts, Live From Stockholm, by Ralph Grizzle

Our friends over at the Stockholm Town Blog tells us that more than 400,000 cruise passengers visited Stockholm during the 2010 cruise season. Those cruise passengers contributed an average SEK1200 (US$170) each to the city tourism economy — or SEK500,000,000 (US$71,000,000). Clearly, cruising is big business in Stockholm and the city takes cruising seriously, which [...]

Were You Are One In A Million? Er, Two Million?

On June 22, 2010, in Facts, Just For Fun, by Ralph Grizzle

Our friends over at the Stockholm Town Blog tell us that LOVE Stockholm attracted more than 2 million visitors and that more than 500,000 saw the Royal procession on June 19. For more, click here.

Welcome to Switzerland! Er, Sweden: Lessons In Yodeling And When Seven Minus One Equals Sex

On June 1, 2010, in Facts, by Ralph Grizzle

Some of the things that I love about Sweden: the lovely snow-covered peaks, cows roaming the valleys with bells around their necks, chocolate and yodeling. Wait a minute! This isn’t Sweden. It’s Switzerland! Yes, unfortunately people do confuse Sweden, a nation in Scandinavia, with Switzerland, a nation that yodels. Sweden, in fact, is more than [...]

Stockholm Cruising In The News This Week

On May 28, 2010, in Facts, by Ralph Grizzle

Make a splash without ash. The Sun. It leaves Dover on June 1 for Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. … Superliner AZURA departs on September 21 for a seven-night cruise from Southampton to … Cruise with the Vienna Philharmonic, hellomagazine.com … as part of an unforgettable cruise around the Baltic in the company of the … St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm and Kaliningrad – formerly known as … [...]

Stockholm: New Record for Cruise Passenger Visits

On October 20, 2009, in Basics, Facts, by Ralph Grizzle

The 2009 cruise season in Stockholm set a new record. More than 440,000 cruise passengers visited Stockholm this year, which is an increase of 60,000 compared to 2008.