Gröna Lund

 
Yesterday was Martin's Birthday and we decided to celebrate by going to our local amusement park, Gröna Lund, here in Stockholm.


Martin and Wille went hard core and got wrist bands so they could go on as many of the attractions as often as they wanted while I carried the bag and enjoyed the sun from benches below. I did go on a few of the rides and offered to go on the free fall which Martin declined. But so did Wille :)


Here Martin and Wille are on the Extreme. Yikes. I so didn't want to go on that one and apparently Martin wished it would stop about half way through.


There was a little bit of waiting in line but even though the weather was gorgeous it wasn't too bad. Wille went with his friends the day after school ended and that day the lines were crazy!


And here Wille and Martin are riding the Broom. This one was great, very Harry Potter, very smooth and really enjoyable. I went once as well. Too short a ride though.


This is a favorite, the Jetline! I didn't count how many times Martin and Wille went ( I went once) but it's a fun ride. Check out the boot leg video below that Wille shot (cameras were not allowed out...my junior delinquent...) Not for the faint hearted though. It makes me a little queasy watching it... The view that you can catch glimpses of is pretty amazing. Stockholm really is a beautiful city!

Join us for a ride if you dare! That's Martin going "yahoo!" there at the beginning :)


That's Martin and Wille there in the top left corner. Haha. After so many gos Wille knew exactly where the camera was.

Fun family day!

Comments

[ibabe]

Happy Birthday to Martin. And it looks a great family time. Enjoy these long days.

[Eva]

I love that park! I've been there several times, and I have lots of souvenirs when I was a child. But close to it, my fab place: Skanen! Do you often go there?

[Tina]

Happy birthday to him - I´m a bit scared of hights so I would NOT get up in those... :-)

[jja]

Amazing for Junior to be able to take a video during the drive!

[Ayse]

whooo... that's queasy. I've always thought that the train will go off track and we'll fall with those rides. I ride them anyway.

[Lymaris]

Happy Birthday to Martin! Glad you had a beautiful day with your family. The day I went the park was closed, but thanks for letting me in this time! :) I couldn't stop smiling through the whole video... What a ride!

[Anna @ D16]

Wonderful! Happy birthday to Martin. Looks like a fabulous day. :)

(And thanks to Wille for shooting the video, seeing as that's as close as I'll ever get to going on a ride like that!!)

[Goneril]

Whoa, that made me ill. Wille has a steady hand--ah, youth. Looks like beautiful weather for a happy birthday!

[Iiris]

Happy Birthday!

I've been on Jetline many moons ago when I still lived in Finland. We took a ferry from Helsinki to Stckholm with my then-boyfriend, now hubby. I don't know what possessed me to go on it as I SO do not like heights! One of those 'once in a lifetime' things - at least for me, thank you very much:)

[Carlos]

I can't say we go often anymore but we used to go now and then when Wille was younger. I was just telling Martin and Wille that my mom and dad took me on a day out once a year with Skansen in the morning and Gröna Lund in the afternoon with a balloon at he end of the day :).

[Martin]

Deal with your deamons! I´m very sceared of hights...

[Lori in OR]

Oooh, as one who loves roller coasters, that was a treat! Just another reason to convince my husband to go to Stockholm when we take our long-awaited European sabbatical!

[Maureen]

Willie, you're a good man, even if you are delinquent! We got a glimpse of those rides when we were in Stockholm, and I told me dh...Never!

Many more Happy Birthdays to you Martin!