25 things you didn’t know about Stockholm

Stockholm is built on fourteen islands joined by 57 bridges, and about a third of the city is water. A few more facts our tour leaders love to share:

• The Vasa warship sank on its maiden voyage in 1628, less than a mile from the quay. It was raised, almost intact, in 1961.
• The Nobel banquet is held every December in the Blue Hall of City Hall — which is not blue.
• The metro is called the world’s longest art gallery: more than 90 of its 100 stations are decorated.
• You can swim in the water in the city centre in summer.
• Fika — coffee and a cinnamon bun — is close to a constitutional right.

The other twenty? You will hear them on the tour.