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More than meatballs - Stockholm (Apr 2016)

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Beautiful Stockholm Archipel Last month I drove to the airport for my 7am flight to Jersey as the valet parking fee was preferable to £110 round trip taxi. This time - a taxi for the 6.30am flight and boy was I glad! It was my first time flying Norwegian Air. Nice new plane, comfy seats, free on board wifi and 50kg of luggage (2 checked bags at 20kg each and hand luggage at 10kg). My return flight was with BA, less generous, so I opted for just the one bag. Besides, how much shopping could a girl do in four days? Arlanda Express Arlanda express ticket prices I had secured a window seat to ensure a great view of the archipelago as we came in for landing. I didn’t account for the severe cloud coverage though so saw nothing until we were much closer to land. What I saw looked like a miniature forest of Christmas trees and I later came to learn that more than 54% of Sweden is covered by pine trees.  The Arlanda Express gets you from the airport to the centre of Stoc...