Stockholm

Sweden

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago.

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Country: Sweden
Population: 1,264,000
Latitude: 59.35° N
Longitude: 18.1° E

Which way is Stockholm from…

From Paris, Stockholm lies at 35° to the north-east, 1,546 km as the crow flies.

Paris	35° north-east	1,546 km
London	46° north-east	1,435 km
New York	37° north-east	6,320 km
Madrid	29° north-east	2,596 km
Rome	9° north	1,978 km
Montreal	40° north-east	5,882 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	342° north	9,549 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Beware of the flat map when aiming at Stockholm from New York: it shows east (72°), the compass says 37°, north-east. The shortest route skirts the south of Greenland and Iceland before crossing Norway. From London it feels more natural: 46°, north-east, 1,435 km away. A landmark: Tallinn is due east of Stockholm, 375 km away, on the same latitude.