WATCH: Stockholm, Sweden


Here is my video on my short trip to Stockholm.


For more blogposts on Stockholm, click the links below.

Stockholm, Sweden Part 1
Stockholm, Sweden Part 2

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1.Theodor Heuss Platz

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Prague, Czechia: The Glorious Past Part 2

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This church is named after Adolf Frederick, who was controversial for failing to reacquire the Baltic provinces in favor of Sweden. The cemetery surrounding the church is where Rene Descartes, the mathematician who introduced the Cartesian coordinate system was buried.
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