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Landfall Stockholm

Posted by Scott

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Another city, another cliche aerial shot from the wing. Flew into Stockholm this evening, haven’t seen much of the city yet but it seems like a very interesting place.  It’s rather cold for what I am used to, I think it’s nearly freezing outside; about 0°C. This place really drives home the weakness of the US Dollar: I walked by a McDonalds tonight and noticed that a Big Mac will run you 60 SEK, the equivalent of about $10 USD. Yes, $10 Big Macs. Will be posting some shots from Amsterdam soon, they had the most beautiful clouds there.

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Casper says:

January 23, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Don’t want to spoil your appalling discovery, but I think you mean 60 SEK :) Unless Stockholm have sudden run out of Big Mac supplies…

Beautiful shot!

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max says:

January 23, 2008 at 2:39 pm

what the heck, a big mac will cost you 60 swedish kronors. i had to post this to show my disappointment. hag

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Simon Jakobsson says:

January 23, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Nice, I’ll be going there tomorrow (yes, because of the workshop on Friday) :)
As people pointed out, a little typo there, 600 SEK for a Big Mac would be insane. You can at least count one sold print for Friday, guaranteed, and that would give you almost two expensive Big Mac’s ;)

Anyway, hope you enjoy your visit, I’ll be sure to enjoy the workshop. And that’s a beautiful cliche aerial shot from the wing by the way, love how the window frame creates a high contrast fade at the top, and love the toning.

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Christian says:

January 23, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Haha, that’s kinda funny man.

Like the two guys before me said, a Big Mac is 60 SEK rather than 600. But, I think you’ve possibly misunderstood the value of our currency, or you slipped writing this post, because $10 USD is kinda right, 60 SEK (kronor we call them) equals about $9 USD. Naturally, then, 600 SEK equals a little over $90 USD.

Hope you’ll have a nice visit to Sweden man! By the way, how much is a Big Mac in San Francisco anyhow?

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Paddy says:

January 23, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Stockholm is a beautiful place. I’ve only been there for a few weeks during the summer, but I intend to visit again. I plan to live there for at least some of my life.

If the sea hasn’t frozen over, try and take a trip around the islands while you are there. They are wonderful. Transholmen on a warm, sunny day really is like paradise.

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Scott says:

January 23, 2008 at 11:59 pm

good eyes everyone, it was supposed to be 60sek not 600….. but yeah, that still evens out to about $9….. $9 big macs :)
just getting up to head out and see some more of this place today, can’t wait.

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Paddy says:

January 24, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Marcus Evans: “The gradient on the top left looks odd though.”

I believe that is the edge of the window. Lovely photo though. It breathes a bit of new life into a old cliché.

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Markos says:

January 25, 2008 at 3:56 am

Welcome to Sthlm! don’t forget to feed the polarbears :)
oh and for some nice kodak spots try walking from subw.stn “slussen” to “marietorget”, those old blocks above the waterline/road has a really nice feel to them, as has “gamla stan/old town” aswell.