We quickly climbed to 1,100 ft again and I expected the right turn direct to VST soon. To my surprise that turn didn't come even as we approached the outskirt suburbs of Northern Stockholm (Arlanda is pretty far from the city, almost a 50km drive) and looking at GPS we were making a slight left turn. I figured this was because ATC gave a long upwind as we were low and slow and most certainly a bit of headache in peak departure times.



But boy was I wrong! When globen (the globe-shaped stadium) which is located in the south of Stockholm appeared under the left wing, the captain came on the mic announcing that we were now overflying center Stockholm at a whopping 1,000 feet! The sun came out and the clouds were gone and the colorful drawing that is the historic Stockholm neighborhoods unrolled in front of my eyes.



We made an S turn just above Västerbron that connects Kungsholmen and Hornstull on Södermalm, passing over beach-goers heads in the whole archipalego.




Circling back to Vasastan with Stockholm central station and the vast railway yard in Solna in sight...




And finished our waltz right above the old town and the ever bustling waterfront of nybroplan. The magic just refused to stop like the ending movement of a Mahler symphony or a Rachmaninoff concerto, and I am certain that it was not only a treat for us in the sky, but everyone enjoying the weekend down there.