Night Bus
Since O'Leary's on-again off-again affair with staying open to 1am was on again tonight, I stayed until (nearly) the end of the late game, which was a fairly exciting matchup between New England and St. Louis. I left the bar at 1.30 (they were still open) and hauled ass up from Slussen to Sergelstorg to catch the 198 night bus home.
It was my first time doing this, so I didn't quite know what to expect. What I learned:
It was my first time doing this, so I didn't quite know what to expect. What I learned:
- It takes about 20 minutes to walk at a very brisk rate from Slussen to Sergelstorg. Figuring out exactly which way to go from Slussen to Gamla Stan took up the better part of the first five minutes.
- Riksdaget looks really pretty at night. I'll have to go back with my camera one night.
- The Sergelstorg bus stop for the 198 is really in front of Åhléns City.
- A svarttaxi (black market taxi) from downtown to Vällingby costs 200 kr normally, but the driver will discount it to 150, and possibly lower, if you tell him that you are awaiting a bus and you already have a bus pass.
- The ride from downtown out to the 'burbs goes really quickly at 2am. It took just about twenty minutes to get from downtown to Vällingby, including time for stops and random passenger-driver conversations.
- Strange people ride the night buses. There was a drunk guy with his face and hair painted red passed out on the lap of another drunk guy behind me.