Wikimania 2010/Bids/Copenhagen

Stockholm is the largest city and capital of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the official residence of the Swedish monarch. Stockholm has been the political and economic centre of Sweden since the 13th century. Today Stockholm Municipality is the largest of the municipalities of Sweden, with a population of 795,163 (December 2007), and Stockholm urban area with a population of 1,252,020 (2005) is Sweden's largest continuously built-up area.

Over the past few years, host cities have been proposed for locations all over the world. However, none of the Nordic countries have ever put forth any sort of bid of their own. For 2010, people from all of the Nordic Wiki-communities are interested in putting forth "a bid for the Nordic countries," to be held in Stockholm.

Read about Stockholm at a wiki near you: af, am, ar, arc, bat-smg, be, be-x-old, bg, bo, br, bs, ca, cs, csb, cv, cy, da, de, diq, el, en, eo, es, et, eu, fa, fi, fo, fr, fy, ga, gl, gv, he, hr, ht, hu, hy, ia, id, io, is, it, ja, ka, ko, ku, kw, la, lb, lij, lt, lv, mk, ml, mr, myv, na, nah, nds, nl, nn, no, nov, nrm, oc, pl, pms, pt, qu, ro, ru, sc, sco, se, sg, sh, simple, sk, sl, sq, sr, su, sw, ta, th, tr, uk, vec, vi, vo, yi, zh, zh-min-nan, zh-yue

• The main campus of the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan or KTH for short) is located in the city center (some two kilometers from the Stockholm Central Station) and should be able to offer lecture halls, meeting rooms etcetera. There is (of course) an extensive wireless network, and also a building with a cafeteria-style lunch restaurant. The main KTH campus is served by Roslagsbanan and the Mörby branch of the red metro line, making it very convenient to travel to and from a large number of locations outside the city center, which ought to make it easier to find inexpensive lodging. / Kristo 11:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

Sweden is a part of the Schengen Agreement, which means that the nations in blue or green on the right do not need a visa. For a list of those who do, see this pdf. For more information, see http://www.swedenabroad.com/.

There are several airports in the vicinity of Stockholm, the main international airport is Arlanda, there are two other airports on an conveniant distance of Stockholm, that are offering budget flights (i.e. RyanAir and Wizz Air), these are Skavsta and Västerås.

From all airports there are airport coaches available:

• From Arlanda
  • Destination: Stockholm centre
  • Time: about 40 minutes
  • Fare: roughly 19 € go and return.

• From Skavsta
  • Destination: Stockholm Central Railway Station
  • Time: about 80 minutes
  • Fare: roughly 26 € go and return

• From Västerås
  • Destination: Västerås Airport - Stockholm City Terminal
  • Time: about 75 minutes
  • Fare: roughly 27 € go and return

More info about the airport coaches here.

There are also an express train from Arlanda (http://www.arlandaexpress.com/) and local trains operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik and Upplands Lokaltrafik (via Upplands Väsby), see more info here (only in Swedish).

The mentioned priceindicator is for one way only.

Tallink/Silja line [1]

• Helsinki (from ~30€)
• Mariehamn and Turku (from ~15€)
• Tallinn (from ~35€)
• Riga (from ~26€)

Viking line [2]

• Helsinki (~50€)
• Mariehamn and Turku (~19€)
• Åland (~11€)

Birka line [3]

• Åland (from ~20€)

To Stockholm from Oslo (~48€) and Copenhagen (~75€) with Swebuss Express.

To Stockholm from Oslo (from ~38€) and Copenhagen (from ~45€) with Säfflebussen.

There are also good train services to Norway and Denmark, see SJ.

Public transport in Stockholm is operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik AB. Information about tickets is available here.

You can also borrow a bike (see http://www.stockholmcitybikes.se for more information).

We are looking for people interested in the idea of holding Wikimania in Stockholm, with all the Nordic countries working together to make sure this happens. Signing your name doesn't mean you have to do work, but is simply a way to gauge interest from each of the Nordic Wikipedias. If you would like to help write the bid, however, that would be appreciated too.

Names are ordered alphabetically by language and then by name

1. da:User:Jan Friberg
2. da:User:Kaare
3. da:User:Lhademmor
4. da:User:Rasmusbyg
5. da:User:Wegge
6. en:User:Mike Halterman
7. fi:User:Joonasl
8. fi:User:Nikerabbit
9. fr:User:Clem23
10. is:User:Jóna Þórunn
11. is:User:Tmalmjursson
12. m:User:Cbrown1023
13. m:User:Majorly
14. nn:User:Trondtr
15. no/en:User:Aqwis
16. no:User:Atluxity
17. no/en:User:Bjelleklang
18. no:User:Bombadil
19. no:User:H92
20. no:User:Harrywad
21. no:User:Laaknor
22. no/en:User:Toresbe
23. ru/sv:User:Flrn
24. sv:User:Ainali
25. sv:User:Caesar
26. sv:User:El Maco
27. sv:User:Fluff
28. sv:User:Hannibal
29. sv/en:User:Henrik
30. sv:User:Jopparn
31. sv:User:Moralist
32. sv:User:MoRsE
33. sv:User:Natox
34. sv:User:Osram
35. sv:User:Plrk
36. sv:User:StefanB

• Wikimania 2010