shabingie Posted March 13, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hello, my husband and I are fans of mid-century architecture. Does anyone know of a tour company that offers tours that focus on the post-WWII designers an architects in Stockholm, Helsinki or Copenhagen? We are sailing the end of May/first week of June on the Celebrity Eclipse. We only have 1 day in each port. There are just 2 of us. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdichado62 Posted March 13, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) I don't know but the post ww2 architecture in Stockholm is doubtfully anything to see. Lots of fantastic buildings were torn down in the 1950 and 1960's and replaces with mostly generic ugly boxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redevelopment_of_Norrmalm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_%28Stockholm%29 Swedish film maker Anders Wahlgren have made several very good documentaries about it. http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=67667&ref=/templates/SwedishFilmSearchResult.aspx?id%3d1225%26epslanguage%3dsv%26searchword%3dAnders+Wahlgren%26type%3dPerson%26match%3dBegin%26page%3d1%26prom%3dFalse I can't help you with Copenhagen or Helsinki. Edited March 13, 2014 by Desdichado62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquilegia Posted March 14, 2014 #3 Share Posted March 14, 2014 That would be a very niche market, I can't imagine any such organised tours being available in the cities you mention. What you could do would be to research on the internet and make a list of the buildings you would like to see, then contact a local tour company and see if they would personalise a tour for you, but it's not going to be cheap. Alternatively, you could ask a taxi driver to take you to these places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdichado62 Posted March 14, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 14, 2014 That would be a very niche market, I can't imagine any such organised tours being available in the cities you mention. What you could do would be to research on the internet and make a list of the buildings you would like to see, then contact a local tour company and see if they would personalise a tour for you, but it's not going to be cheap. Alternatively, you could ask a taxi driver to take you to these places. Stockholm wouldn't be that hard to do a "do it yourself" tour. The areas most affected is the area around Klara kyrka (which is next door to the central station), the area around Sergelstorg, the area around Hötorget and Hamngatan https://www.google.se/maps/dir/59.3284785,18.0618713/S:ta+Clara+kyrka,+Klarabergsgatan+37,+111+38+Stockholm/59.3325703,18.0643384/59.333007,18.0756178/59.3350737,18.073555/59.3346663,18.062605/@59.3323171,18.0651993,1866m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m18!4m17!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x465f9d5e2578611d:0xccba67e92096af87!2m2!1d18.061833!2d59.331019!1m0!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d18.0685477!2d59.3360107!3s0x465f9d5d037aeee3:0x6d174346cd03ffc8!1m0!3e2 From Hötorget either walk along Sveavägen until you reach Odenagatan, where you should walk left onto Odengatan until you reach Upplandsgatan. or go with the subway to Odenplan T-bana. https://www.google.se/maps/dir/H%C3%B6torget,+Norrmalm,+Stockholm/59.3429665,18.0500189/@59.3391662,18.0475346,2028m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x465f9d5d8c184b81:0x6e336cfe5031b064!2m2!1d18.0628119!2d59.3346857!1m0!3e3 From there walk along Upplandsgatan which after a while will change name to Vasagatan. https://www.google.se/maps/dir/59.3429665,18.0500189/Tegelbacken,+111+52+Stockholm/@59.3374364,18.0565708,2016m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m10!4m9!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x465f9d5fec4d7c1f:0x1503d53d40701c66!2m2!1d18.0630042!2d59.329049!3e2!5i1 You could also always take a look at http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1503602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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