***Official Stockholm, Sweden 2010 Thread***

[Byggare_Bob]

Originally Posted by CRASHintoNATE

Hey everyone, this is a longshot but I thought it couldn't hurt to look into this. Maybe some of you more local Ants can help me figure out the feasibility of this happening.

So, I'm from the U.S. and am buying a Volvo through the Overseas purchase program, which means Volvo will fly me to Gothenburg round trip, pick up the car at the factory, and I can drive it around Sweden. I was planning to do this around March.... butttt, now that I see DMB is in Stockholm, maybe I could plan the entire trip around that?

The question is, are there trains that go between the 2 cities frequently? I don't want to make the drive between them in my new car in February If I could go from Gothenburg to Stockholm for DMB, spend the night in Stockholm, and return to Gothenburg the next day, that would be ideal.

Anyone think this is doable, and at a reasonable extra cost? Volvo is paying for 3 nights hotel as well in Gothenburg, so I'd be on my own finding a place near the venue/train station in Stockholm.

Anyway, would love to hear what some people with a little more knowledge think about this. Thanks for your help!! And you can email me at erb.nathan @ gmail.com if you wanna help me more directly. Thank you!!

-Nathan

Congrats to purchasing a Volvo

There are trains frequently running between Gothenburg (Göteborg) and Stockholm. Don't know for sure but there are like 6 a day in each direction or something. The train ride with the fastest train, the X2000, takes about 3 hours. If you want cheaper tickets, you could opt for the Intercity trains that takes you there in 3h 30 mins > 5 hours. Hard to give you an estimate on the price but I made reservations myself for Feb 12-14th and I'm paying 1100 SEK (= 155 USD) for a roundtrip.

For more info on the train and tickets, visit http://www.sj.se/sj/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=10&l=en

Where are you staying in Gothenburg - what options does Volvo offer? I'm born and raised here and I'd be glad to give you some insight on places to stay if you're getting different options.

[CRASHintoNATE]

Originally Posted by Byggare_Bob

Congrats to purchasing a Volvo

There are trains frequently running between Gothenburg (Göteborg) and Stockholm. Don't know for sure but there are like 6 a day in each direction or something. The train ride with the fastest train, the X2000, takes about 3 hours. If you want cheaper tickets, you could opt for the Intercity trains that takes you there in 3h 30 mins > 5 hours. Hard to give you an estimate on the price but I made reservations myself for Feb 12-14th and I'm paying 1100 SEK (= 155 USD) for a roundtrip.

For more info on the train and tickets, visit http://www.sj.se/sj/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=10&l=en

Where are you staying in Gothenburg - what options does Volvo offer? I'm born and raised here and I'd be glad to give you some insight on places to stay if you're getting different options.

The hotel they had listed is:

Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel
Sodra Hamngatan 59-65
S-40124 Gothenburg

The train sounds like a great option. From the above hotel, and wanting to go as close as the venue in Stockholm as possible, what stations are the closest to each? Ideally the station/hotel I find/venue are all pretty close in Stockholm.

Thanks again for your help...this should be an amazing trip if I can pull it all off

[Byggare_Bob]

Originally Posted by CRASHintoNATE

The hotel they had listed is:

Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel
Sodra Hamngatan 59-65
S-40124 Gothenburg

The train sounds like a great option. From the above hotel, and wanting to go as close as the venue in Stockholm as possible, what stations are the closest to each? Ideally the station/hotel I find/venue are all pretty close in Stockholm.

Thanks again for your help...this should be an amazing trip if I can pull it all off

The Radisson Hotel (****) is a great one which couldn't be located any better no matter what you're up to in the city. Also, from there you can see the train station from where you'll depart to Stockholm and it's no more than a 2 minute walk to get there.

Not that familiar with Stockholm so that I could give you a fair opinion on what you're asking but if you want to stay close to the venue, either the Quality Globe Hotel (***+) which is located inside the Ericsson Globe Arena - our National arena for hockey. Other than that any hotel on "Södermalm" is pretty close by. Either way, you'd have to ride the subway or grab a taxi from the train station in Stockholm in order to get to the hotel/venue.

Hit me up if you have any more q's. Always glad to help out a fellow ant

[JohnK86]

My tickets arrived today! Get sum!

[psullz]

if anyone has extra tickets please let me know

[marcusdk]

Is it sold out or doesent it work ?

Have you tried ordering from www.eventim.se you can save them as a pdf file & print them at home.

[Byggare_Bob]

How's the hotel reservations coming along for everyone?

I've got mine all set at the Alexandra Hotel (***) on Södermalm.

[marcusdk]

Originally Posted by Byggare_Bob

How's the hotel reservations coming along for everyone?

I've got mine all set at the Alexandra Hotel (***) on Södermalm.

I´ve booked mine today, at Scandic Malmen on Götgatan about 1-2 km from the Arena.

[Byggare_Bob]

Any thoughts on opening acts? I'm clueless but I'm thinking a scandinavian band for the STO/CPH shows

[Niklas K]

I don't care for opening acts. They annoy me. Get on with the show allready, don't tire my legs out.

[JohnK86]

Originally Posted by Byggare_Bob

Any thoughts on opening acts? I'm clueless but I'm thinking a scandinavian band for the STO/CPH shows

ABBA is opening, I believe.

[Byggare_Bob]

How's everyone doing? I'm thrilled with the news of the new Europe dvd and cd. Gonna be goooood to prep for the show with that!

[SmoothRider[PL]]

Originally Posted by Niklas K

I don't care for opening acts. They annoy me. Get on with the show allready, don't tire my legs out.

[JohnK86]

I think the show has been sold out. Glad I got tix.

[marcusdk]

Originally Posted by JohnK86

I think the show has been sold out. Glad I got tix.

Yes... According to eventim.se there are no tickets left.

[CRASHintoNATE]

That sucks, I really wanted to go to this but planning a trip from the US has taken longer than I thought. I'm still planning a Sweden trip...hopefully I can find 2 tix

[JohnK86]

Originally Posted by CRASHintoNATE

That sucks, I really wanted to go to this but planning a trip from the US has taken longer than I thought. I'm still planning a Sweden trip...hopefully I can find 2 tix

Have you tried Warehouse? Maybe they still have tix.

[CRASHintoNATE]

I tried, they also said they wouldn't be offering Instant Ticketing for any of the Europe shows.

[marcusdk]

I saw on Livenation.se that Alberta Cross was supporting DMB on some of the European dates next year.

It said nothing about supporting band for the Stockholm gig, yet anyway.

[BrettMatthews]

Originally Posted by marcusdk

I saw on Livenation.se that Alberta Cross was supporting DMB on some of the European dates next year.

It said nothing about supporting band for the Stockholm gig, yet anyway.

Oh please, not again Alberta Cross....

[marcusdk]

I really don´t give a shit about who is opening, it would be great if it was all DMB.

[marcusdk]

By the way, i just recived a e-mail from Livenation regarding the Download of Seven as mentioned in another thread here on antsmarching.

[CRASHintoNATE]

Anyone have extra tix (or know where I can get them??)

[Byggare_Bob]

Originally Posted by CRASHintoNATE

Anyone have extra tix (or know where I can get them??)

I have one extra ticket to sell for face value

[tyl-76]

I'd like to know :- does anyone know if there are shuttles from the airport to Stockholm ? I probably will sleep at the Victoria Hotel, in Södermalm.
- how long from the airport to Stockholm ?
- What's the weather like in Stockholm in Feb. ?

thanxs for helping,

[Byggare_Bob]

Originally Posted by tyl-76

I'd like to know :- does anyone know if there are shuttles from the airport to Stockholm ? I probably will sleep at the Victoria Hotel, in Södermalm.
- how long from the airport to Stockholm ?
- What's the weather like in Stockholm in Feb. ?

thanxs for helping,

The weather can be anything from like -5 degrees to +10 degrees. I'm planning for something like +2-4 degrees.

The easistet way to get into Stockholm from Arlanda Airport as I'm assuming you're using that airport is the express train, Arlanda Express, which runs like every 15 mins and takes 20 mins. Costs about 200 SEK one way if I'm not mistaken. Cabs are like 500 sek and the airport buses (I think they take roughly 40 mins) cost around 100 sek one way.

If you're flying Brussels Airlines you'll arrive at Bromma Airport which is the one closest to the city. This airport only offers you airport buses to the city or cabs. Don't know the cost though, sorry

Arlanda Express: http://www.arlandaexpress.com/start.aspx
Airport buses for all airports: http://www.flygbussarna.se/Default.aspx?lang=EN

[tyl-76]

Originally Posted by Byggare_Bob

The weather can be anything from like -5 degrees to +10 degrees. I'm planning for something like +2-4 degrees.

The easistet way to get into Stockholm from Arlanda Airport as I'm assuming you're using that airport is the express train, Arlanda Express, which runs like every 15 mins and takes 20 mins. Costs about 200 SEK one way if I'm not mistaken. Cabs are like 500 sek and the airport buses (I think they take roughly 40 mins) cost around 100 sek one way.

If you're flying Brussels Airlines you'll arrive at Bromma Airport which is the one closest to the city. This airport only offers you airport buses to the city or cabs. Don't know the cost though, sorry

Arlanda Express: http://www.arlandaexpress.com/start.aspx
Airport buses for all airports: http://www.flygbussarna.se/Default.aspx?lang=EN

I'll fly with Ryanair(cheaper), and will land at Skavsta Airport, 100km from Stockholm. I presume there'll be trains or buses to Central Station...
Thanxs for the help anyway, I know what to wear .

[Byggare_Bob]

Originally Posted by tyl-76

I'll fly with Ryanair(cheaper), and will land at Skavsta Airport, 100km from Stockholm. I presume there'll be trains or buses to Central Station...
Thanxs for the help anyway, I know what to wear .

Yeah if you use the link I gave you on Flygbussarna (the airport buses), they have the schedule and costs for the trip from Skavsta to Stockholm as well

[tyl-76]

Originally Posted by Byggare_Bob

Yeah if you use the link I gave you on Flygbussarna (the airport buses), they have the schedule and costs for the trip from Skavsta to Stockholm as well

thanxs for these useful links !

Is there a train from Skavsta Airport to Stockholm ? Or just Flygbussarna ? Again thanxs for caring,

[JohnK86]

So are we getting some beers before the show somewhere?