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♫ Thursday, February 25th, 2010

For help with booking hotel rooms, please contact our travel agency Resia at +46 16 15 00 30 or e-mail: eskilstuna.affars@resia.se

Please note that due to the royal wedding in June, hotels need to be booked early!

We have reserved a set of rooms in the following rooms in the lower price range:

To book from our reservations, please contact Resia (See above).

♫ Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Power: The electric system is 220-240 volts. >> Electrical outlets
Time zone: We’re on GMT+1
Currency: Sweden is part of the European Union, but not part of the Euro community. We still have our own currency, the Swedish Krona – SEK. One Euro is roughly 10 kronas.
Cell phones: There are many GSM and 3G carriers in Sweden, running on 900 and 1800 MHz frequency. The main carriers are Telia, Tele2, 3 and Telenor.
4G: Kista is in the area that is also covered by a 4G network (Ericsson offices are in this part of Stockholm).
Electronics stores: In the Kista Galleria, close to the event, there are two stores: Kjell & CO and Clas Ohlsson, that has a good range of cables, gadgets and hard disk drives…
Commuting: Stockholm has a very good public transportation system. Unless there’s a lot of snow and minus degrees (celsius) most trains, subways and buses run on schedule. There should be no need for a rental car. Please visit the SL site for more information. You can buy travel cards for 260 SEK for 7 days.

From the Arlanda airport we have an airport train to downtown Stockholm, buses directly to the Kista area and taxi.