{"id":23541,"date":"2017-10-05T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T07:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=23541"},"modified":"2017-10-14T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T14:55:24","slug":"kapstaden-till-kiruna-11-days-in-sweden-day-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/kapstaden-till-kiruna-11-days-in-sweden-day-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapstaden till Kiruna – 11 days in Sweden: day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’d originally planned to go straight from Stockholm to Kiruna, but thought better play it safe and fly the next day rather than risk missing the flight. So I stayed a night near Arlanda airport, (at the coolest hostel: STF Jumbo Stay – a decommissioned 747<\/a>) and\u00a0took a bus to nearby Uppsala\u00a0for a daytrip.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0long flight and the travel nerves all started catching up with me when I arrived at Arlanda. My initial impression was of space – everything felt really big and oddly quiet at international arrivals. The air was crisp and even though the low teen temperatures would probably be considered mild by locals I definitely felt the pinch of the cold.<\/p>\n

I took one of the free shuttle busses (took me ages to figure out where to be and how it worked, there were plenty of signs it just was all a bit overwhelming for me!) to the hostel to drop off my bags before heading back to Arlanda for my bus to Uppsala.<\/p>\n

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Hej Sverige! So excited to be here :D Barely arrived and already I doubt I’ll find a more awesomely Swedish bumper sticker than this one (and it’s on a SAAB too, double Swedish! ) #sweden #sverige\u00e4rfantastiskt #bumpersticker #saab #moose #\u00e4lg #seesweden #totalrourist #kapstadentillkiruna #travel #snapshot<\/a><\/p>\n

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