March 21, 2010
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The following articles have been tagged with "Central_station":
The animal horror picture show
Lifestyle: 2 Mar 10
If you go down to the woods today, you'll probably encounter nothing more dangerous than a mushroom that's lost it's magic or bombardment from an avian bottom. But the fear of marauding beasts still haunts the Swedish psyche, as Ben Kersley discovers.
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Reinfeldt dismayed by transport freeze
National: 22 Feb 10
Swedish prime minster Fredrik Reinfeldt has expressed disappointment at the inability of the country's infrastructure to cope with snow and cold weather. "Winter is after all one of the four seasons in this country," he said.
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Fire stops traffic on Stockholm metro
National: 5 Sep 09
A fire broke out near the Stockholm subway’s central station late Saturday morning, shutting down large portions of the city’s metro system.
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Madonna aftermath: 'People were vomiting and fights broke out'
Society: 12 Aug 09
Madonna's concert in Copenhagen finished in tumultuous scenes on Tuesday as Swedish fans tried to return home by train.
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Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm
Travel: 11 Aug 09
The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
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Malmö hit by wave of car fires
National: 10 Aug 09
More than ten cars were set alight in a series of arson attacks across Malmö on Sunday night. Police were unable to confirm on Monday whether the attacks were linked.
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Swedes join public King of Pop dance tribute
Society: 9 Jul 09
A large crowd led by the Bounce dance troupe performed a collective dance tribute to deceased pop legend Michael Jackson in Stockholm's city centre on Wednesday.
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Västerås: A walk back in time
Travel: 2 Jul 09
As classic cars assemble for the annual Power Big Meet, Robert La Bua takes in the medieval charm of host town Västerås.
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Elk couple on Sunday morning stroll through Gothenburg
Society: 28 Jun 09
A pair of elks went on a morning walk through central Gothenburg on Sunday morning, passing by a hamburger restaurant before finding their way to the more familiar territory of nearby parkland.
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Stockholm hotel offers free haven for creative souls
Lifestyle: 15 May 09
Anyone planning a trip to the Swedish capital might be a bit aghast at the cost of a place to lay their head at night, but Creators Inn by Elvine might just sport the most shocking price tag of all. Charlotte West reports on the world's first hotel-in-hotel.
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Armless beggar handlers go to jail
National: 31 Jan 09
Four people who forced an armless man from Ukraine to beg in the Stockholm metro were handed prison sentences on Friday.
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The great Swedish taxi rip-off
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 09
With taxi rip-offs on the rise, Doug Lansky takes a look at how this un-Swedish practice started, why it’s allowed to continue, and what you can do to protect yourself from the scam.
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'We woke up screaming in our sleep'
National: 16 Dec 08
Fear, panic, and surprise gripped residents across southern Sweden on Tuesday morning as a rare 4.7 magnitude earthquake rumbled across the region, causing Malmö's signature high rise to sway.
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Armless man forced to beg on Stockholm metro
National: 6 Dec 08
A disabled Ukrainian man, 28, was forced to beg for money on Stockholm's metro by five people now charged for holding him in captivity for several years.
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Destination of the week: Sigtuna
Travel: 4 Dec 08
Just a short journey from the capital, the pretty medieval town of Sigtuna is one of Sweden's historic gems, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Power outage halts main Swedish rail line
National: 17 Jul 08
Trains operating on the main Stockholm-Malmö route were held up on Thursday due to damage to an overhead power line near Linköping. The disruption is set to continue until 8pm.
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Electrocuted rat brings trains to a halt
National: 5 Apr 08
Rail traffic at Stockholm Central Station was seriously disrupted on Saturday morning by the untimely death of a large rat.
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Man arrested for Uppsala wife killing
National: 1 Mar 08
A 36-year-old man was remanded into custody in Uppsala this morning on suspicion of murdering his wife. The man had reported his wife missing in January.
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7-year-old Brit on Arlanda Express joyride
Society: 24 Feb 08
A 7-year-old British boy had been found alive and well in central Stockholm after having run away from his mum at Arlanda Airport.
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Bold new hotel offers rooftop pool and design delights
Lifestyle: 5 Feb 08
Charlotte West has had a snoop around the new Clarion Hotel Sign, which opens its doors to the public this week.
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Travellers' body heat to warm Stockholm office block
Science & Technology: 2 Jan 08
The body heat from hundreds of thousands of hot and bothered people passing through Stockholm's Central Station each day is to be used to heat a new office building.
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Man arrested for stabbing school principal
National: 28 Nov 07
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a school headmaster in Stockholm.
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Knife man entered employment ministry
National: 29 Sep 07
A man carrying a large hunting knife succeeded in entering the Ministry for Employment before being arrested later in central Stockholm, it has been revealed.
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Woman has leg amputated after train accident
National: 30 Aug 07
A woman in Stockholm has had to have part of her leg amputated after she was run over by a train at Central Station on Wednesday. Passengers say they pulled the emergency brake, to no effect.
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Bus driver sacked after Muslim veil incident
Society: 2 May 07
A bus driver in Malmö has been told by his employer that he is no longer welcome after he tried to prevent a young woman in a niqab from boarding his bus. "It feels good," says 'Leonora'.
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Veil woman 'stopped by bus driver'
Society: 25 Apr 07
A bus driver in Malmö has been suspended after allegedly trying to stop a woman from boarding because she was wearing Islamic headgear. "Wearing a burqa doesn't make me a threat," 'Leonora' says.
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Bilbo the lemur takes metro to work
Society: 13 Apr 07
There is a new passenger on the Stockholm metro. Every morning Bilbo the lemur climbs aboard with his surrogate mother on his journey to work at Skansen-Akvariet.
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Passenger sleeps through great train robbery
National: 31 Oct 06
After a seven hour train ride, Günter Lundholm was shocked to find that a man had been hiding under his bed. He then found that all his money had disappeared - apart from a fake 50 kronor note.
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100 arrested in football brawl
National: 8 May 06
Over 100 Djurgården supporters were arrested before an Allsvenskan match against Gais in Gothenburg on Sunday after rioting on Kungsportsavenyn.
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Two held after Stockholm riots
National: 2 May 06
Two people were held overnight by police after a demonstration by the 'Reclaim the City' group descended into rioting in Stockholm on Sunday. In total, 140 people were arrested during the day.
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Stockholm Syndrome: The Waiting Game
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Sep 05
Hopping from one queue to another, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers one good thing about bad service in Sweden: at least it's distributed fairly.
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Swedes demand EU vote as 120,000 sign petition
Politics: 23 Mar 05
In 1994 they said yes to EU membership. In 2003 they said no to the Euro. Now, europhobe Swedes are fighting for their voice on Europe to be heard once again. A referendum on the new EU constitution? Not likely, says the Swedish government.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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