Cruising From Stockholm

The 2009 cruise season in Stockholm set a new record. More than 440,000 cruise passengers visited Stockholm this year, which is an increase of 60,000 compared to 2008.

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Founded in 1891, the worlds oldest open-air museum features 150 historic buildings from all over Sweden and a zoo. Skansen is miniature Sweden all in one place.

A message to cruise passengers, both experienced and aspiring: Do not despair.

Yes, it is true that, like airborne geese, cruise ships are charting courses to southerly climes, fleeing Stockholm and leaving Sweden’s capital city in their wake. It’s a pity, really, because the ships are departing at what just may be Sweden’s most beautiful season — fall, and not far behind it, winter.

In Stockholm this month, the September air is as crisp as Wasa bread; plump apples dangle from the trees as Rosendals Trådgård. The sun, however, ends its holiday in the Northern Hemisphere and begins to sojourn south (or so the illusion fools us into thinking). Soon, the days will become shorter, and, yes, the cold weather will come.

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