Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, is lovingly called ‘beauty on water’ by its inhabitants. And rightly so, since it is not only spread across 14 islands in the region where the freshwater Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea but also overlooks the Stockholm archipelago, an island chain, stretching along the coast of this Sea.
Rich history
This area had been inhabited since the Stone Age, but it was only in the year 1252 that Stockholm came into existence, having been founded by a Swedish statesman named Birger Jarl. By the 17th Century, Stockholm rose to become a major European power.
Despite the deadly plague of 1710 which killed over 20,000 residents, it rebounded to play a leading economic role by the 19th Century. By the latter half of the 20th Century, the city took to modernization. Since then the city has evolved, turning into a modern and dynamic metropolis.
A perfect tourist destination
