Saturday, March 22, 2008

Svampen, the Water Tower in Örebro

Holding 9 million litres (that's 9,000m3) of water, Svampen is the main water source for Örebro. With the views and the cafe at the top, I had to go and check it out.


It was a lazy 15 second ride up the escalator to the top so I was glad that I didn't have to conquer many flights of stairs to get there. Once on the top, the wind was howling and it was very cold. Wind chill would have brought the outside temperature down from about zero to -5°C easily. It was frosty and it didn't take long for my hands to go numb from taking photos at the top. Sebbe and I bailed to the restaurant instead from some traditional Swedish food.

The view
Lax (salmon) and potato

The weather was average all day so we did some more shopping at the Marieberg Centrum (I bought some Swedish face towels, trackpants and a cool winter headband) then crashed out to watch the Ice Skating Championships on TV which are being held the southwest of Sweden, in Göteborg.

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