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This is super cool! I’ve lived in Stockholm for almost 15 years and I had no idea about this.

Just for fun I plotted the route on google maps. I have my doubts I’ll be able to convince my wife this is a worth-while road trip...

https://goo.gl/maps/TYTSnCVA9Vi8s4MMA

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Yeah this is great right! We stumbled on Halley's Comet at the local science museum here in Skövde and it'll really spice up travel around Sweden for the kids a bit.

Do they move Halley's Comet? Its period is short enough that a decade makes a real noticeable difference in its distance from the sun, and its total period is shorter than some science museums have been open.

You should definitely be able to convince her this is a road trip to take! On the way you will pass the lovely Virgin coast archipelago as well as be able to visit the UNESCO world heritage sites Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland and the High Coast. Go for the road trip!

Feels like part of the "hidden gems" tour. I live in Sweden for 8 years. I've been to an observatory and planetarium. I regularly visited Stockholm. I asked friends in arts. Nobody seems to know about this.

Kind of embarrassing to find out about the SSS from HN.

Unrelated, but what do you think of Stockholm after 15 years? What part of the world were you coming from before you moved there?

I only spent a few months there, but I usually tell people it's a hard city to hate.

Been here 20 years. Like Stockholm, hate Stockholm_ers_

Knew about the solar system model though.

16 years, also knew about it. Although didn't know it went past Arlanda. I'm married to a Stockholmer. They are not as fun as us anglo-saxons, but have different qualities.

> hate Stockholm_ers_

I hear good things about Gothenburg

Stockholm was my first love at first sight. I moved here in 2006 after a particularly long and cold winter. The day I arrived, it was a bright blue sunny sky, with a temperature just around freezing. I walked around these incredibly beautiful snow covered islands and over the frozen lake mälaren. I almost crossed over the ice between the islands of södermalm to kungsholmen, about 300 meters or so, but I chickened-out about half way through and turned back. I could have made it. There were fresh tracks from other people who had made it across that I was following. I’ve never seen the lake in kind condition since - Just one of the small regrets in life.

I work in IT and Stockholm has been fantastic for my career. The Scandinavian countries are well-known for their advanced digitalization. Being a foreigner with a particularly non-Swedish approach to problem solving has helped me a great deal.

I grew up in Australia but I’ve also lived and worked in London, Copenhagen and Singapore. One of the things I learned after living in as many places as I have, is that it’s as personal as your taste in music, or food, or anything else.

Stockholm and Sweden is not without it’s problems though. Immigration is screwed up, taxes are high, and there are parts of the city I avoid. But no where is perfect. I know the problems here and I prefer them to the problems I’ve had living in other places.

Poetic anecdote, really enjoyed it.

Immigration is screwed in what way ?

....asking the immigrant?

What's a non-Swedish approach to problem solving, and perhaps even more curiously, what's a Swedish approach to problem solving?

One of the things I was most surprised with when I visited there was that it seemed like it was a vastly lower percentage of cigarette smokers, I kept walking around wondering somethings different, and then I realized, people weren’t smoking! I later looked up the statistics online just to see if I was just imagining it, it appears that I was not.

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