{"id":425,"date":"2004-11-06T22:59:37","date_gmt":"2004-11-07T05:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2004-11-06T22:59:37","modified_gmt":"2004-11-07T05:59:37","slug":"stockholm-afresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2004\/11\/stockholm-afresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockholm afresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The parents were in town earlier this week, their stay straddling those two crystalline autumn days we had then. Dad, who of course blogs, just posted the photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seeing Stockholm through the eyes of first-time visitors, especially when the weather is so clement, washes away the grime of familiarity that builds up through prolonged dwelling in a place — this is one spectacularly good-looking city. The museums are impressive, the food delicious, the people seemingly obsessed with style, design and shopping — but above all, what sets Stockholm apart is how it embraces its water. Most of the world’s cities see their lakes, rivers and seas as impediments to development, or else polluted embarrassments from which to turn away. But not Stockholm. Here, water is to cityscape what white space is to an impeccably designed pageful of text. It’s this sense of balance and proportion that makes the place so attractive, even to jaded world travelers like my parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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