On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:59:47 +0100, "tim \(in sweden\)" wrote:
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>"rvfulltime" wrote in message
>news:0nso12t71lejufo40169dqihdvuidk1soe@4ax.com...
>> We'll be on a cruise ship that stops at Nynashamn as a port of call for
>> Stockholm. The information we've been provided by the cruise line
>> say that it's an hour from Nynashamn into Stockholm. For US$74
>> each they will put us on a bus, drop us off in Stockholm, and pick
>> us up in the afternoon. This seems to be extremely expensive for
>> a simple bus trip, not a tour.
>
>Cough, Splutter. That's extortionate.
>
>Pick up in the afternoon(!), not much of a 'day' trip is it?
>Arrive at 9:00, leave at 2:00?
>
>As the other say, there's a train: Every 30 minutes until 9:00
>and then hourly (and half hourly again from 16:00). Takes an
>hour
>
>Buy a day pass for 95Kr (I'm not sure where from as that part
>of the stockholm rail system doesn't have ticket offices but
>presumably the ticket inspector on the train will sell you one) and
>you can use it for all the trains/buses in the centre (not that you
>have time for much).
>
>OK checked, you get them here:
>Nynäshamnskiosken Järnvägsstationen (= railway station)
>
>Are you looking for advice as to how to use your 5-6 hours in
>Stockholm?
>
>tim
>
Thanks.
The ship arrives at 7am and departs at 5:30pm. And they have
to use smaller boats between the ship and the dock. I suspect
the ship is too large for the docks. Getting back late to the ship
would be having a really bad day. At least if the bus is late, the
ship would wait.
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