Day 1
With our backpacks, we are ready to explore Arctic Circle! Ironically, we didn’t know the place we’re going is already in Arctic Circle!
After 5 hours from Copenhagen, we reached Stockholm (capital of Sweden) central station.
Our 2nd Burger King meal. Because it’s one of the cheapest in Sweden! But we really felt so unhealthy because we didn’t eat much vege and fruits in Denmark. And now in Sweden we have limited water supply. We cant refill in toilet like in Denmark because the toilets in Sweden are ridiculously expensive! SGD2!
From Stockholm, we boarded a night train to Abisko.
Day 2
Finally reached Abisko! After such a long ride!
Our room. I booked a 6 bed bunk but the owner was nice enough to give us 2 beds room to ourselves while still charging us the 6 bed’s rate.
Kitchen. For this price that we paid, like 30SGD per night, it’s actually very good. Especially in such a far North place!
And we’re back to childhood times!
Abisko, paradise on Earth.
We are 2 proud Singaporeans!
The sky that I saw while lying on the frozen lake.
We suddenly wanted to ski on the frozen lake! So we rushed back to hostel and get our ski equipment!
First time skiing!
And then we caught the Northern Light! So touched! Although it was not as spectacular as the night before which we missed. Our trip was not wasted! But I know I can’t capture it on my lousy camera so I just stored it in my memory =)
Way back home after Northern Light adventure.
It was snowing. Abisko was the place where we last saw snow.
Day 3
We decided to go for dog sled despite the ridiculous high price because so many people kept saying “YOU MUST GO. IT’s SO GOOD”. It’s 200SGD for less than an hour of dog sled session.
We travelled to Björkliden for the dog sled. Our hostel actually offers a dog sled package for only 900SEK but it was fully booked!
You can see the word Narvik on the screen if you zoomed in. Narvik is in Norway and if we just board the train for another like 10-20 min, we’d reach Norway!
Can you see a U-shaped between 2 mountains? That’s the legendary lapp-gate. Apparently, it’s very well-known to the Swedish.
These dogs are big and looked fierce but they are very friendly!
Dog sled tour.
The guides and the dogs brought us to the mountain top and the view was AMAZING.
The sun was fabulous!
We saw some good location to ski in Björkliden and we wanted to come back tomorrow to ski but because we missed the train so we ended up skiing in Abisko, just outside our hostel. It wasn’t bad.
After the ski, we decided since we have some time we shall go find that National park and the legendary frozen waterfall!
Without any map nor people to ask, we embarked on our adventure! We decided to walk along the highway even though the hostel lady advised us never to walk on highway because the cars are very fast. There wasn’t any public transport too.
The highway with cars driving passed us at 300km/h! We feared for our life whenever big trucks drove pass us.
After 40-50 minutes of walk, we finally reached National park!
And this is the legendary frozen waterfall. We were amazed how the cold get freeze the running waterfall at that moment.
And that marks the end of our Arctic Circle trip. Stockholm tomorrow!
Day 4
Stockholm
Stockholm is more vibrant than Copenhagen! I think not many people come to Denmark because
1) Tax is high so things are so so expensive
2) Nothing much in Denmark.
Sunday is a dead town in Copenhagen as nothing is opened except for museums and restaurants. Even supermarkets are closed. But still Copenhagen is a nice place to live in. People are really nice!
Found Asian mini marts.. They’re much better than Denmark’s. More variety, cheaper and I can even find mooncake!
Walked across bridges and witnessed how the frozen lake defroze! Cool!
Day 5
The next day we set off to the largest IKEA! We had a hard time finding the shuttle bus and hence we wasted lots of time.
Only SGD 3.20 for this meal!
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