Celebrate a year of royal engagements and weddings with city break to Sweden
We all cherish a royal wedding. They provide a chance for national celebration like no other, and in most countries they are marked by a public holiday. After recently announcing their engagement, Prince William and Kate Middleton have set a date for the wedding – the grand affair will take place on Friday 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey, which has hosted the weddings of the Queen and Queen Mother, and was the venue for Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997. As a result of this chosen date, the extra holiday in the UK will fall in the same week as Easter Monday, giving millions of workers a three-day week. Prime Minister David Cameron has said, “We want to mark the day as one of national celebration, a public holiday will ensure the most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day ”. Make the most of these extra days off with city breaks to Sweden – a country that has already enjoyed a royal wedding this year.
The popularity of the Swedish Princess Victoria is huge, in both her native country and across Europe. Victoria’s much anticipated wedding with Mr. Daniel Westling took place on 19 June 2010 in the magnificent cathedral in Stockholm’s Old Town. The entire country celebrated this occasion with numerous events and festivities. There are many attractions in Stockholm that can provide the perfect city breaks setting for Britons looking to celebrate the treasured Royal Wedding in style. For the historically, culturally and aesthetically interested, Stockholm is an inexhaustible gold mine. Haga Palace was built in the early 19th Century and is located in Stockholm’s Urban National Park. The Palace was chosen by Princess Victoria and her husband as their place of residence after their wedding. Ekoparken is a vast urban park without parallel anywhere in the world, and the only one with national park status. It is many times larger than similar parks in other cities, and features innumerable sights and attractions, including no less than three royal palaces and many of Swedish history’s most celebrated places. The Urban National Park incorporates museums, cheap five fingers , monuments, restaurants, cafés, jordan heels , amusement parks, air jordan heels , recreation areas and beautiful, pristine nature.
Stockholm’s Royal Palace in the Old Town is one of the world’s largest palaces. The palace construction began in the early 18th Century after the fortress burnt down in 1697. The new palace became the starting point for the remarkable development of Swedish art and handicrafts in the 18th Century and is a fascinating place to visit. The royal treasury is stored in the dark vaults underneath the royal palace and contains the most sacred items of the Swedish monarchy. Visitors on city breaks to Stockholm can admire valuables like Gustav Vasa’s sword, many crowns, jewellery and works of art.
With 2010 seeing a royal engagement in the UK and a royal wedding in Sweden, it is the perfect time to embark on city breaks to the royal capital of Stockholm and interact with a wealth of royal splendour – enough to satisfy the appetite of even the most ardent monarchist.