Stockholm City Hall, The Oval, Sweden
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The Oval is a vaulted antechamber whose name is derived from its oval shape. The walls of The Oval are covered with a series of five, 300 year-old tapestries. These tapestries were made in Beauvais in France. Every Saturday civil wedding services and partnership registrations are conducted in the Oval.
The Prince’s Gallery which runs along City Hall’s southern long side is primarily used for the recept...
The City Hall of Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world and the...
The City Hall of Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world and the...
The City Hall of Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world and the...
Stockholm City Hall or "Stadshuset" in Swedish. Probably Stockholm's most prominent landmark. Designe...
Directly across the Civic Court lies the Council Chamber where Stockholm’s City Council assembles eve...
Stockholm view from the height of the City Hall Tower
Stockholm City Hall or "Stadshuset" in Swedish. Probably Stockholm's most prominent landmark. Designe...
More than 8 million bricks were used in the building of City Hall. The City Hall Tower, topped by thr...
Taken in front of Stockholm City Hall in Sweden. The Nobel Banquet is held in the Blue Hall inside...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
