| No other city in Sweden comes close to | | | | the mind has always been important to the Nordic |
| Stockholm in terms of importance and grandeur, | | | | people and Stockholm is that sentiment |
| and it isn't just because a syndrome is named | | | | personified. Ever since the 1800s, when |
| after the city having to do with hot nurses. | | | | distinguished academies like Stockholm University |
| Stockholm is both the capital and the most | | | | and the Royal Institute of Technology were |
| populous city in Sweden. In addition, Stockholm is | | | | formed, Stockholm has been known for producing |
| considered the cultural, economic, and political | | | | brilliant, efficient, forward-thinking minds. The Royal |
| center of the country and the two million-plus | | | | Institute of Technology can be seen as the shining |
| people living within Stockholm's reach are all to | | | | beacon of the city, as its thirteen thousand strong |
| happy to be a part of one of the most | | | | student body makes it the largest school of its |
| industrious and cleanest cities on the face of the | | | | kind of Scandinavia. It isn't just academia that |
| Earth. | | | | Stockholm can boast, though. The city has also |
| Let us not forget how beautiful Stockholm is, | | | | had a longstanding reputation for cultivating the |
| though. Curiously situated on fourteen different | | | | creative and artistic side of the mind as well. The |
| islands at the edge of Lake Malaren and the Baltic | | | | Royal Swedish Academy of Music, for instance, |
| Sea, Stockholm is seen as a Nordic Venice of | | | | has been considered one of the most prestigious |
| sorts, and its beautiful waterways and pristine | | | | music schools in the world since its inception in |
| architecture attracts over a million visitors a year, | | | | 1771! Similarly, the Royal University of Fine Arts |
| making it the most popular tourist spot in all of | | | | goes as far back as 1735 and has been the |
| Scandinavia. The reason that Stockholm is so | | | | stepping stone for many a great European |
| clean has a lot to do with the fact that there is | | | | dramatist. |
| nearly no heavy industry in the city at all. Almost | | | | Stockholm has earned its rightful place as one of |
| ninety percent of the workforce in the city has | | | | the most impressive and most beautiful cities in all |
| to do with service, so there is little to no pollution | | | | of Scandinavia but it wouldn't be a stretch to |
| or unsightly factories and foundries. The city has | | | | place Stockholm on the running for the most |
| always been on the pioneering edge of technology | | | | impressive city worldwide. From its gorgeous |
| and international giants like IBM and Ericsson use | | | | waterways to its enviably clean and efficient cities |
| Stockholm as their European headquarters. This | | | | to its dedication to education, Stockholm is a |
| pure, beautiful city must be the picture of | | | | shining example of what a city can become with |
| perfection when one looks out their office | | | | proper leadership and national pride. If we can't |
| windows and sees the many inlets and channels | | | | afford to visit Stockholm, we should at least try |
| glistening against the cool, gentle Scandinavian sun. | | | | to take some of its virtues and implement them |
| If cleanliness is a virtue in Stockholm, education | | | | into our daily lives, wherever we are. |
| would be seen as a top priority. Advancement of | | | | |