Originally Posted by craz
where we would be without you! everyone said theres no C changing of the Guard on Mondays. As we didnt sleep a wink on the flight we had to decide what to do. I told my friend lets see everyone in Stk says Not on Mondays and an FTer says Yes. Im going we walked around the Old City as 2 Zombies and sure enough we got to the Palace and was told to come back in an hour to catch it.
Need I say more. Only no horses. We were inside the Plaza area. Not many people as it was threating Rain which it did about 10 mins before it ended.
A number of younger male Swedes have participated in the changing of the guards at the Royal Palace when doing military service. It's considered the highlight for some of them ... or so a few have said.
There's been a lot of gray days and rain in Sweden as of late. After a few weeks straight of perfect weather, this is what is left (i.e., late-July and early-August weather that is more akin to late September/early October).
Hopefully the rest of your trip will have more sun.
There is a show with horses at the Royal Stables (at least on certain weekends in the summer, even if it's drizzling) but I don't know much about that -- other than it lasted a bit too long and was a little bit boring. There at the Royal Stables you can also check out a wide variety of carriages and see the horses that may or may not be used in the show. Some nice specimens there.