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Stockholm: airport and connection to city

Ilya Birman — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:22:57 +0500

Ilya Birman:

I’ve shown you the Stockholm metro in detail.

But I’ve got a lot more from Stockholm. Today it’s the airport and the connection to the city.

Arrivals:

It’s a great idea to point to the next restroom in the narrow hallway:

In the baggage claim area there is a nice advertisement for the express buses to the city:

Swedish is white, English is yellow. Customs has two spaces:

Passage to another terminal:

Stairs to the boarding gates. Curiously, the arrows and exit numbers are yellow, not white:

But I had to go to the city, and the express bus didn’t appeal to me. It turned out to be cheaper and more interesting to get there by regular transportation, not a dedicated airport service. I took a bus to a place called Märsta, then a commuter train from there.

Outside the airport:

The bus stop:

Bus 583 to Märsta:

An almost-selfie from the bus:

A bus stop in Märsta:

The commuter train station next to it:

The trains await at the platform:

A sign:

The door doesn’t open automatically. A funny character points to the button from above:

Inside the train:

There’s an ad in the transportation system style here, too, like I’ve shown on metro trains before. Nice:

The “don’t sit with your feet on the other seat” icon:

I got off at Stockholm’s Central Station and some people went further on. Now the character points to the button from below:

After three days in Stockholm, I went back to the airport — this time, on the very bus from the ad. It runs from the Central Station as well. The boarding gate has automatic doors:

Departures:

The map of terminal 5:

The pictures are from the trip in June 2016.

Novosibirsk

Ilya Birman — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:09:36 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Let’s start with the overall impression. There are buildings with fancy signage. “House of Culture of the October Revolution”:

Dimensional signage:

You might assume this is a view of the same building from the other side, but no, this is a different building:

Love the old Aeroflot logo very much:

Oblpotrebsoyuz:

Kukol (apparently, from “Teatr kukol”, meaning “Puppet Theater”):

Kassy (box office):

A nice arrangement of ул. (street) and им. (named after) on the sign:

Sometimes buildings from different eras make good neighbors:

A house with a huge canopy or whatever it is:

Another nice house, but with a terrible fence:

The coolest house:

The coziest house:

The bluest house:

Courtyard as if you were in London:

Underpass:

Looks bad, but on the other hand, it’s about Mayakovsky, so there is something to it:

A more typical view of Novosibirsk is like this:

The pictures are from the trip in April 2021.

Kungsträdgården Stockholm metro station

Ilya Birman — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 12:52:43 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Previously: Tekniska högskolan and Universitetet.

The last station I wanted to show is Kungsträdgården. This is the end of the blue line in the center:

Nice:

Stone walls with high reliefs:

The walls are wet and in some places you can directly see the water flowing:

There is moss:

The floor end is slightly away from the walls so the water has somewhere to go:

Ribbons with stripes are everywhere:

Benches:

A compass:

Things on the track wall:

Exit to city:

I also forgot to tell you that Stockholm metro sells an unlimited pass for 72 hours. Perfect for a tourist!

The pictures are from the trip in June 2016. There will be more about Stockholm, but I’m finally done with the metro.

More Stockholm metro:

Tekniska högskolan and Universitetet Stockholm metro stations

Ilya Birman — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:28:32 +0500

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Previously: T-Centralen and Stadion.

The next station after Stadion is Tekniska högskolan:

An apple:

A crater:

Layers of something:

The next station is Universitetet:

Where the doors lead is unknown:

Letters on tiles:

More colors:

Escalators:

On the way:

The pictures are from the trip in June 2016.

Continued

More Stockholm metro:

T-Centralen and Stadion Stockholm metro stations

Ilya Birman — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 03:05:31 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Previously: Rådhuset.

The next station is T-Centralen. It’s the blue line:

Transfer:

Escalator:

Platform:

Compass:

Diverge point:

Now, to the red line. Stadion station:

You’ve already seen this photo in the post about the trains:

Beautiful:

Things:

Things on walls. М:

Left arrow:

Right arrow:

The most beautiful thing:

The pictures are from the trip in June 2016.

Continued

More Stockholm metro:

Europe 2010 and Palermo

Ilya Birman — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:38:56 +0500

Ilya Birman:

I’ve updated the “World” section with photos and stories from a trip to Europe in 2010. Here is a couple of them:

See and read the stories in this order:

Zurich, where road and sidewalk surfaces are level,
Milan, where street name plates are gorgeous and trams are adorable,
Nice, with a surprising diversity of hatches,
Cannes, where you watch fireworks,
Monte Carlo, where a street you walk turns out to be a roof of a building,
Paris, with transparent plastic bags instead of recycle bins,
Roads, signs and tunnels.

And then check out the new one, from a recent trip to Palermo:

Edinburgh and Samara

Ilya Birman — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:07:54 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Here is another update to the travel section:

Check out Edinburgh in July and Samara in October.

Samara in October, 2013

Ilya Birman — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:00:36 +0500

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There are many beautiful old buildings in the city center:

They have fantastic signs:

And gorgeous balconies:

Many buildings have arches:

For some reason, when I was here for the first time, I did not have any curiosity to what was inside. But I should have:

The true Samara yards are behihd those arches. With shoes being dried on a little fence:

With wonderful stairs:

With colorful doors:

Without any doors:

With impossible brickwork:

With numbers written on a wall:

With numbers written on a fence:

And, of course, with mailboxes:

Look at those mailboxes!

Samara

Ilya Birman — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:42:15 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Samara is a city on the Volga river in Russia.

There are reversible lanes here. Also, notice the sign on the very right:

Street name plates have two names:

One is historical, the other one is current:

Trolleybus route plate utilises a beautiful font:

Tram and trolleybus authority:

An anchor:

Entrances to a bath-house and a laundry:

The artists’ society:

The house is barely standing:

The pictures are from the trip in October, 2010.

Milan

Ilya Birman — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:09:50 +0500

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Can’t help but envy those who see this beauty on their way to work:

The buildings with these plaques are also gorgeous:

A ceiling in a shopping mall:

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Suits ride motorcycles here:

Local police drive Alfa-Romeos:

The trams are adorable:

Or skewed:

Or just have six bellows:

People sew in Milan. Even a fountain is stitched to a square:

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Italian is easy to understand:

Bank:

Patriotism:

The pictures are from the trip in July, 2010.