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June 9, 2022
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Who’s getting invited to the party? The year was 1952 and, for the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, a national capital would host the Games. As is often the case, there was some political controversy leading …
June 8, 2022
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I’ll open this post with a reminder and a somewhat self-congratulatory comment. I want to remind you that the reason this section is called Nordic Cities and Me rather than Scandinavian Cities and Me is that Finland while Nordic is not …
June 7, 2022
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In terms of area, Stockholm isn’t a very large city. At about 188 square kilometers, it’s just a tad larger than Washington, DC which measures 177 square kilometers. (For those who prefer imperial measurements, that would be about 72.5 to …