Tramping around an island city: Stockholm
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke, Glens Falls Post-Star travel page

Date: September 18, 2005 Publication: Glens Falls Post-Star travel page Placement: newspaper Viewership: 34,580 Photographer: Patricia & Robert Foulke

On Aug. 10, 1628, Swedish King Gustavus Adolfus' new royal ship, named Vasa to honor Sweden's founding royal family, set sail from the quay below the Royal Palace on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor. A warship 225 feet long with masts 165 feet high and heavily armed with 64
large guns, on that day she was also magnificent with more than 700 gilded and painted sculptures and ornaments.


Caption: Ferries line up along the Stockholm waterfront, providing service to the archipelago.