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The Stockholm Subway Map, English version

General Discussion
#1

After spending some time with family in the US in September, Kay and I are heading off to Europe. Aside from a couple of days in London 20 years ago, I’ve never been there, but Kay has.

One of the funniest things we’ve come across while planning the trip is this English translation of Stockholm’s subway map. We don’t speak Swedish, but the blogs that talk about this map reckon it’s a pretty fair translation.

Apparently 90% of the stations have been designed by artists - the Swedes even offer tours. Some of them look like they’re “can’t miss it” material, but I dunno if Kay will let me off the leash!

http://www.thelocal.se/subway/map.html

#2

Holy Moly some of those stop names are absolutly PRICELESS, I especially like “coffin” and “suspender pen”
:smiley:

#3

“Sharp Nude” has a certain je n’ais c’est qua about it. :smiley:

#4

Hey,
I found somewhere I can slip in my subway story :lol:
As a child visiting, at that time, West Berlin, I would sometimes take the U-Bahn. One of the routes would pass through the East German sector. The U-Bahn would slow as you entered the pre WWII East German station. The station would be very dimly lit with heavily armed East German soldiers standing along the track. The scene was so surreal.
Ralph

#5

We’re going to Berlin, Ralph. It will be interesting to see what remains of Cold War history. We are going to try to get out to the Luftwaffe Museum at Gatow - looks really interesting.

My pick on that map is AWFUL VILLAGE HOSPITAL on the T14 line!

#6
Dave Healy said:
We're going to Berlin, Ralph. It will be interesting to see what remains of Cold War history. We are going to try to get out to the Luftwaffe Museum at Gatow - looks really interesting.

My pick on that map is AWFUL VILLAGE HOSPITAL on the T14 line!


I haven’t been since Germany was reunited. However, I know you will see evidence of WWII. The Germans left several blocks of bombed out buildings as a reminder to the evils of war.
Ralph

#7

Supposedly, this is a true story.

It was 1959, and a Pan Am pilot was making his first approach to Templehof. Since the war, he had flown only routes in the Pacific, for Pan Am.

He sounded somewhat hesitant, so the German ground controller, ever precise, started berating him for not knowing procedure, ending with “Haven’t you ever been to Berlin, before?”

After a short, pregnant silence, the pilot answered, “Yes, I have been here many times, but that was in a different, older model of Boeing.”

#8

I would ride a bike to Templehof and hang out at the fence at the end of the runway. The flight path came between two multistory apartment buildings.The flight approach would actually take the plane below the roof level between the buildings. There was not much room between the buildings. Very little room for error. At the fence the plane was so low to the ground the turbulence would almost knock me down.
The number of planes we sent in during the Berlin airlift is that much more amazing if you see what the pilots had to deal with.
Ralph