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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (9 children)
  • [–] [S] 14 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    While my Lumix S5 is only semi working, I do have my iPhone 12 mini:

    Please enjoy this photo of my backpack on the seat in front of me

    Here is a photo of my Lumix S5 on it's tripod.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    What about a photo from the outside?

    Tuff tuff säger tåget!

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Talk about good timing!

    I just had the chance to take some photos and my Lumix AF decided to work!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Aah a Spårvagn Rälsbuss!

    I lived beside the oldest Swedish combined post and railway station when I was a kid, we took the rälsbuss to the city from time to time. Once I went to the back end of it, as they had like a locomotive at both ends, and started playing with things (I was like 7). Got told to stop. Good memory.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Woooah, what a beauty, I love old vehicles.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Have you ever done, like.....you know...butt stuff?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Are you listening to Opeth’s classic concept album My Arms, Your Hearse while you navigate through their homeland?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I do believe that MYYH is not a concept album. Still life and The last will and testament is. But Opeth is never a bad thing to listen to

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is it for fun, or is this train in actual service?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What products do you shave with?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What is the heritage railroad environment like in Sweden? Are these being run by the actual railroad owners, or by private groups over the railroads' tracks?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Most herritage railroads has their own tracks, but there are herritage train societies that own spaces for locomotives and cars, but no track, and they arrange trips on the public tracks, this has allowed us to even have preserved electrical trains and locomotives, several of which are fitted with ATC to allow them to run all over Sweden.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Very neat, thank you! I wish we had more like that in the US.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I had a quick look on Wikipedia and there seems to be about 300 heritage railroads and railway museums in the US.

    Check out the list and see if you have access to one nearby:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_railroads_in_the_United_States

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Oh, I'm aware of them. Sorry, I should have been more clear!

    What I was more speaking about is running historic equipment over long distances on main-line tracks. It's startlingly rare in the US; most of the railroads (even shorter ones) don't like historic equipment on them, so with a very few exceptions historic trains are limited to short excursions along tracks owned by the museums.

    In fairness, we are now seeing a huge surge in steam locomotive restorations in the US. But I think there is only a single museum in which can even run main-line electric equipment at all.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are you sure it isn't an old pirate ship from the 1800s?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Thinking of going to Sweden, anything I should know, do, learn, bring etc before I come?

    Edit: I'm American and don't know Swedish. I am also a fan of food, so any swedish cuisine or multicultural stuff is nice.

    Edit: related question, how is public transport like in Sweden and going across surrounding countries nearby?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Do before coming to Sweden?

    Make sure you have spoken with you bank to make sure your debit/credit card works.

    Learn?

    Knowing basic local geography is always good. If you are planning on driving, study the road signs and rules

    Bring?

    Depends on the season, I have been in the same exact spot both in summer and in winter, in the summer it can be up to 34-35C, in the winter it can go down to -32-34C

    Public transport is excellent, trains can easily take you to Norway or Denmark, we have regular ferries all over the Baltic sea, so you can easily get around.

    Everyone will speak good english, though if you already know some german that will help you in the supermarkets.

    Feel free to ask more specific questions

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Where in sweden can I find good food?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do you mean, "good food"?

    You mean like restaurants?

    Yelp, I have probably never used it, I mostly rely on friends and coworkers for tips or Google maps....

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Places one would go to eat good food. Could be a guy at a stand or a restaurant

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    Ok so restaurants.

    As far as I know the fanciest restaurant in Stockholm is Frantzén, it has three Michelin stars and a normal price for a meal is a few thousand euros if I understand properly.


    For a more budget friendly option you could look into these places:

    Stockholm Fisk - an excellent fish restaurant in the center of Stockholm.

    East - a nice asian restaurant.

    Meatballs for the people - a restaurant specializing in meatballs.


    Too be perfectly honest, I hardly ever go out and eat on restaurants, so I am not super quallified to answer your question, but I will share my best restaurant experience.

    It was a dinner cruise on the classic steam boat S/S Norrskär in a beautiful summers evening back in 2016.

    The boat is lovely, the views are fantastic, the atmosphere is amazing and the food was great.

    Just sitting in a restaurant on a classic steamboat cruising the smooth waters of the Stockholm archipelago as the sun shines brightly from a low angle while you are eating a classic steamboat steak is awesome.

    I will never forget that evening, just perfect.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    How much was your ticket to ride?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    How warm is it? (Ig it’s summer if it were winter would it be cold?)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you often ride on trains?

    Also, how would you describe the sound it makes on the tracks?

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)
    1. There's !askmeanything@lemmy.ca
    2. Watch the railroad, not your electronic worldwide web communication device.
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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago
    1. Excellent, I'll use that next time!
    2. The lights are on in the train, I can't really see out the windows, my field communications device is all I have, oh and my Lumix S5 camera with 24-105mm f/4 lens that may have a broken AF
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