April 5: Stadshuset morning 1

I wanted to see Stadshuset again as well, and luckily we were going there for a tour anyway.

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Construction trailers near the central railway station along the way there.

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A slightly less picturesque emergence than the previous time.

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Right in the midst.

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Vaults inside.

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The courtyard (Borgargården) from inside.

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The upper balcony in Blå Hallen (the Blue Hall), where the Nobel Prize banquet happens.

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Clerestory windows ring Blå Hallen.

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The magnificent ceiling of, I think, the council hall, in the east wing.

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A fuller view of the hall.

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The almost Moorish-looking ceiling in the tower.

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Tower window.

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Another hall, on the south side, with a mirror-image mural of the scene right outside the windows.

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Another view into Borgargården.

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More mural.

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First glimpse into Gyllene Salen (the Golden Hall).