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Virtual walk in Swedish town. Crisp autumn colors, some locals out and about, the river running through. #sweden #nyköping #swedentravel

About Nyköping from Wiki:

Nyköping directly translates to Newmarket into English. The prefix Ny is translated as New and köping is an old Swedish word for a market place and a commonly used suffix for cities in the south central region of the country (see Köping). The city is located near the open Baltic Sea on the Stadsfjärden inlet, and is regarded as a coastal location. Rivers Nyköpingsån and Kilaån reach the Baltic Sea through the southern end of downtown. The former river splits the town down the middle into an eastern and western part. There are multiple other inlets in the municipality, which has an extensive shoreline.

Typical of the region, the landscape is influenced by post-glacial rebound after the latest ice age. For thousands of years, the land of downtown Nyköping was an archipelago where the hills in town today formed many islands, while the flatter parts of the town were the seafloor.

In 1317 the Nyköping Banquet took place, a renowned episode in Sweden's history, when King Birger of Sweden captured his two brothers as revenge for earlier sufferings and had them imprisoned without food until they starved to death. (See Nyköpings gästabud.)

In the 16th century Nyköping became the seat of Duke Charles, who later became Charles IX of Sweden. With the status of a Royal residential seat, Nyköping was at its peak of development.
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In 1665 large parts of the city including the fortress were damaged in a fire. The same thing happened again in 1719 when Russian troops invaded the city. It was then rebuilt with its current street plan.

Nyköping was industrialized relatively early compared to the rest of Sweden. In the early 19th century, textile industry was established, and the population soon rose as Nyköping's industry grew. In 1879, C.A. Wedholms mejerikärlsfabrik was founded, starting to produce milk churns. Wedholms still has activity in Nyköping and is a milk cooling tank manufacturer.

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Balder - by Johan Egerkrans

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Sommarnattsstämning. Studie. (Summer Night. Study) by Otto Hesselbom (1848-1813)

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The East India House at Norra Hamngatan in Gothenburg, Sweden, built by Det svenske Ostindiska kompaniet in 1750. The inscription on the frieze states: "This Building was erected in the year of 1750 by the East India Comp. The Gothenburg museum remodelled it for its collections in the year of 1895".

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One evening in Stockholm last July, I took a night train exactly 1,000 kilometers up north. I stepped off the train in a small village the next morning, and was greeted by probably the biggest dog I have ever seen: Louie the Leonberger, one of the animals I would be looking after during the next month.

Together, we wandered for hours through Swedish wilderness every day.

Smelling blueberries at my feet, hearing crane birds fly over, being sure that just for a second the sunset gave this flower a colour no one has ever seen before.