Stockholm

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