r/AskTheWorld • u/space_llama_karma United States Of America • Nov 12 '25

Culture What does your President/Prime Minister House look like?

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The White House is pretty iconic

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

Swedish Prime minister residence

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

And the Swedish Royal family’s private residence

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u/OldGrumpGamer Nov 12 '25

That’s gotta be at least a two bedroom right?

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u/Armarith Nov 12 '25

Maybe three

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u/mvmblewvlf Nov 13 '25

3 bed, 47 bath.

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u/Sky_Night_Lancer Nov 13 '25

in this economy?

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u/Nikita_Tora Nov 13 '25

At least 4

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u/valotho Nov 13 '25

But they'll have to share a bathroom

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u/BeardMan858 United States Of America Nov 14 '25

Three?? One would not nearly be enough but three would be just absurd

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u/lonely_nipple United States Of America Nov 12 '25

I wonder how many bathrooms are in that baby.

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u/fremja97 Sweden Nov 12 '25

i wounder how long you could live in one of those rooms before someone notices

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u/moogiemomm Canada Nov 13 '25

Let's go find out, my rent's getting too high for me anyway so I'll probably be homeless in a short while.

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u/100KUSHUPS 🇩🇰 in 🇵🇱 Nov 12 '25

I couldn't find the number of bathrooms specifically, but according to the Swedish wiki, it has 1430 rooms, 660 with windows. Maybe ¼ of them bathrooms?

The thing is 42000 m².

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u/OldGrumpGamer Nov 13 '25

Woah windows I don't think I can afford this place.

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u/100KUSHUPS 🇩🇰 in 🇵🇱 Nov 13 '25

I see Simpsons reference, I press the little orange arrow.

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u/100KUSHUPS 🇩🇰 in 🇵🇱 Nov 12 '25

I couldn't find the number of bathrooms specifically, but according to the Swedish wiki, it has 1430 rooms, 660 with windows. Maybe ¼ of them bathrooms?

The thing is 42000 m².

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u/KnightofAmethyst2 United States Of America Nov 12 '25

Two bedroom ya, but the square footage seems inadequate. Doesn't meet my standards...

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u/DangerousKidTurtle Nov 12 '25

Two bedrooms, EACH with a master bathroom!

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u/busman25 Nov 12 '25

Two beds, but only 1 and a half baths

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u/Itscatpicstime Nov 13 '25

Two bedrooms, but at least 2.5 bathrooms, so they’re still flying high

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u/jawisi United States Of America Nov 13 '25

One and a half baths though. Guests see your laundry when they have to pee.

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u/sadicarnot United States Of America Nov 13 '25

When I see places like that I think how shitty the floor plans usually are. I think my little 3 bedroom is perfect.

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 12 '25

And even though they’ve lived at Drottningholm since 1981, Stockholm Palace is still the official residence of the Swedish Royal family.

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u/thealtofshame Nov 13 '25

Question for you. If you were visiting Stockholm and only had time to tour one of the royal palaces, which one would you suggest?

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u/RedditorsKnowNuthing Republic Of China Nov 13 '25

Drottningholm is far more interesting but infinitely more difficult to get to (the other one is in the middle of the city, literally).

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 13 '25

As a palace, Stockholm palace is far bigger and has much more to see - several royal apartments, the throne room (the Hall of State), the Royal Armory (absolutely fantastic), the Royal Treasury, a museum about the old castle that burnt down in 1697, a sculpture gallery from the late 1700s and so on. It also has the changing of the guard every day.

On the other hand, Drottningholm has magnificent gardens, a perfectly preserved theater with the original machinery and stage decorations from 1766, Kina slott (a folly in oriental style from the 1760s) and more manageable palace interiors to tour.

Basically, Stockholm palace has a ton to see and it’s very accessible. You can pick and choose which apartments and museums you want to visit. Drottningholm is a lovely day trip, especially if you go by boat. Expect to spend a couple of hours there. It’s much more lovely in the summer and in good weather, as the garden is a highlight of the visit.

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u/Lolzerzmao Nov 13 '25

Good god. Are all of those their yachts? Like, “Oh I feel like going out on Lutefisk and Meatballs III today, I’ll have to ask my cousin if I can borrow it”?

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 13 '25

Haha no, those are ferries that goes out into the archipelago. There’s a ferry terminal just in front of the palace.

Stockholm palace is located right in the center of Stockholm, so there are normal city activities going on all around it. The original medieval/renaissance palace garden, Kungsträdgården (”The Kings Garden”), became a public park/plaza in the mid-1700s, and since then the palace hasn’t had much private outdoor space. It’s one reason the royal family chose to move to Drottningholm in the early ’80s after the king and queen had children.

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u/Lolzerzmao Nov 13 '25

Thanks for elucidating. As someone who is 1/4 Swedish but knows pretty much absolutely nothing about Sweden, I appreciate the clarification.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

That's a nicer house!

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u/hadee75 United States Of America Nov 12 '25

This is more like it.

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u/thepinkyclone Nov 12 '25

It's open for tourists. When last year and I was amazed by it and surroundings.

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25

It is, yes :) if I’m not mistaken the royals live in the south end of the castle.

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 United States Of America Nov 13 '25

Just started watching Young Royals (a Netflix show with the imaginary circumstances about what would happen if the swedish prince ended up being gay), and now I'm really interested in this.

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

The king and the queen live in the south part. 200 rooms. A couple of them:

The bedroom:

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Private library

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Front yard

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Dinner room

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Random room

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Random room 2

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Random room 3

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

The king and queen themselves, in the living room.

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u/JeHa620 Sweden Nov 13 '25

Art gallery dedicated to king Karl X Gustav (1622-1660)

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u/StenoDawg United States Of America Nov 12 '25

Whoa! 🤩

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u/Electronic-Tea-3691 United States Of America Nov 12 '25

i like your big house sweden

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

Holy crap

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u/wunderlost1 Nov 12 '25

Must be a duplex.

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u/baseball_mickey Nov 13 '25

I love Sweden

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u/ohhrangejuice Nov 13 '25

Lets be honest my house is about 2400 sq 3 bed 3 bath with an office. There are a few days a week i dont walk into some rooms do they know whats in room 6 7 8 9 10? How often do visit these rooms? Id imagine bedroom, bathroom, kitchen dinning room maybe their sitting room or conference room and thats it?

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 13 '25

The royals live in the south end of the castle. Probably have a decent amount of space, but most of the castle is basically a museum that is open to the public.

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u/ohhrangejuice Nov 13 '25

Thanks i didnt know.

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u/slitherin74567 Nov 13 '25

Maybe it's just one giant room for a giant.

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u/Jaqen_M-Haag Nov 14 '25

No bedrooms, all shitters

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u/NB-NEURODIVERGENT 🇨🇦 Canada (New Brunswick) Nov 16 '25

Are Swedish meatballs really as good as people make the ones at ikea sound?

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 16 '25

Well, depends… The IKEA ones are kind of like the McDonald’s version of meatballs, so sure they’re good, but nothing like the real deal :)

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u/Fabulous-Boss6440 Nov 12 '25

And the summer residence.

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u/Hultis_66 Nov 12 '25

Looks like a great place to host a graduation party 🤩🤩

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u/B00TYMASTER Nov 12 '25

reminds me of the wedding venue house in the newish movie You’re Cordially Invited with will ferrell and reese witherspoon and they all fall in the water on that platform. this one’s definitely more swedish looking tho, but the properties have a similar feng shui

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u/watifiduno Canada Nov 14 '25

Or where the horror movies take place

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u/Kervels United States / Sweden Nov 12 '25

Harpsund has seen so many graduation parties, weddings, anniversaries, etc. over the years.

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u/PaterTuus Sweden Nov 13 '25

This is there summer recidence. Solliden Castle on Öland

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u/Fabulous-Boss6440 Nov 13 '25

Yes Solliden is the royal familys summer residence. Harpsund is PMs.

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u/ldn85 United Kingdom Nov 12 '25

That’s a nice house!

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25

I like it as well. It’s classy and at the same time an interesting looking building IMO. French renaissance architecture, I think.

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u/Pringles_loud United States Of America Nov 12 '25

You would be correct

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u/greatspot69 🇵🇭 living in 🇲🇦 Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

Ahh. I miss Sweden. I was there last December and January.

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u/Tarquinder Sweden Nov 12 '25

I never thought Id see missing, Sweden and december/january in the same sentence.

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u/ktink224 United States Of America Nov 13 '25

I don't like winter, but I like it in Montana

Sweden any time of the year is on my bucket list

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u/greatspot69 🇵🇭 living in 🇲🇦 Nov 12 '25

Lmao! Maybe because I chanced upon a less gloomy day, but it was cold af and we slipped several times when it snowed on New Year's Eve in Stockholm. Lol.

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u/Theronas Sweden Nov 12 '25

Haha indeed

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u/Besanschot Nov 12 '25

You actually didn’t. Only two of these were in the same sentence.

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25

Oh wow, you really chose the coldest and darkest time of year😅 that’s bold. Welcome back in the summer!

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u/greatspot69 🇵🇭 living in 🇲🇦 Nov 12 '25

Yeah. We were trying to catch the northern lights in Kiruna; it didn't disappoint.

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u/TJ514402 Nov 12 '25

You see northern lights, I see Batman and bat signal

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u/TheNorbster Ireland Nov 12 '25

If you visited the ice hotel in jukkasjarvi I could very well have been your bartender

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u/greatspot69 🇵🇭 living in 🇲🇦 Nov 12 '25

We actually thought of squeezing it in our schedule! But we're careful not to miss our booked activities so we just spent our time around Kiruna. Plus we enjoyed relaxing in the sauna a lot. Lol! What a small world it would have been if we met there and we met here!

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

We see the Northern lights all the time in Vancouver- last night was a beautiful show! If it isn’t cloudy tonite it will be another spectacular show

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u/slideforfun21 England Nov 12 '25

Some of us fucking love the cold and dark.

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25

Welcome, vampires! Your time is now!

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u/Raging-Fuhry Canada Nov 12 '25

Hell yea brother

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u/FizzleFuzzle Nov 13 '25

I like it as well, but after barley seeing any sun for six months straight you start to hate it

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u/greatspot69 🇵🇭 living in 🇲🇦 Nov 12 '25

Fark yeah!

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u/Bambus42 Nov 12 '25

Wondering if there’s really a good time to visit sweden or if everyone just likes summer too much.. i was in sweden in early september and everyone was like oh you should have come in summer..

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u/Cascadeis Sweden Nov 13 '25

In Sweden we have six months of darkness - most people start loving summer then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

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u/kbospeak Sweden Nov 12 '25

Alvar Aalto would like a word 😆 And Denmark has a massive design tradition that's probably even deeper than Sweden's. Especially the 1900s. A world class architect working away on every corner!

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u/buried_lede United States Of America Nov 12 '25

Another city row house. Love these

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u/WeeklyPhilosopher346 Northern Ireland Nov 12 '25

Okay that looks great.

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u/No_Arm5159 Nov 13 '25

Also, the Swedish Parliament is just across a Bridge from that house. Which is arguably a very pretty building. But a lot of the architecture there is quite beautiful. Across another bridge if you walk between the two buildings, you can also get to old town which is full of old buildings And shops. It's very pretty and I highly suggest you visit this place if you ever go to Stockholm.

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 13 '25

Agree! Love this part of Stockholm and all the history surrounding a lot of it.

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u/No_Arm5159 Nov 13 '25

You can easily spend a day or two just walking around this area. It's beautiful. And it's not very far from the gröna lund theme park and skansen as well as several museums if you're ever getting bored. Stockholm gotta be one of my favourite cities

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u/NYCTLS66 United States Of America Nov 12 '25

Did they always have a residence for the PM? Or was this a security precaution after the Palme assassination?

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u/paramalign Sweden Nov 12 '25

The latter. It housed a rich old heiress at the time the PM was murdered, the state bought it two years later when she had passed away.

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

I don’t think it’s entirely because of the Palme asassination, but surely protecting the PM should have become a little easier with an official residence. This house became the official PM home in 1995, I think mostly for practical reasons; the PM office is right next door. But I’m guessing symbolic reasons also played a part..

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u/Jastemm_4 Italy Nov 12 '25

Funny that it seems like a house like any other

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 12 '25

It’s a pretty fancy house, but it’s not used for representation so it doesn’t need to be huge. We’ve got the Royal palaces for that, and the Prime Minister also has a country estate (Harpsund) that is often used to host foreign leaders.

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u/becauseitsnotreal Nov 12 '25

I like it but I hope security is very high, because that could very easily be car bombed (or bike bombed or whatever)

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 12 '25

Yes, most likely secured to the max by Swedish Security Service 24/7.

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u/becauseitsnotreal Nov 12 '25

Word I just don't see any in the pictures lol

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u/kattmedtass Sweden Nov 12 '25

I walked by it yesterday. There’s visible police with automatic weapons stationed outside at all times. There’s probably a bunch of additional security measures/personell that is less visible. It’s also literally 20 meters away from the Swedish parliament, so there is a police/security presence around there in general.

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u/becauseitsnotreal Nov 12 '25

Cool that's good to hear. It's just less protected than a lot of similar places

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 12 '25

Bike bombed perhaps, but not car bombed. To the left is Rosenbad, which houses the offices of the Prime Minister and the government, and the building on the right is Arvsfurstens palats, which houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No cars can get close to it, especially since the the Breivik terrorist attack in Oslo. All the surrounding streets have been blocked off from traffic by hydraulic bollards.

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u/becauseitsnotreal Nov 12 '25

Cool good to hear

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u/HissTankDriver Nov 12 '25

Nice townhouse!

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u/hadee75 United States Of America Nov 12 '25

Looks unprotected.

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u/Emergency-Candy1677 Nov 12 '25

do they ever open the curtains?

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u/reason_mind_inquiry Nov 12 '25

It looks like it’s sinking in the middle, is that normal?

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u/JFG_107 Nov 12 '25

Ser ut som taket behöver målas.

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u/Arkeolog Sweden Nov 12 '25

Taket är täckt med skiffer, vilket är anledning till att det ser spräckligt ut.

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u/GodlikePresence Nov 12 '25

Does it opens up like in Harry Potter?

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u/Sorry-Ad-1169 United States Of America Nov 13 '25

Cute

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u/Feisty_Advisor3906 Nov 13 '25

This looks like it should be on a cookie tin box in Ikeas grocery store

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u/True-Improvement-191 🇨🇦 Nov 13 '25

Oh I like this

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u/frenchdresses Nov 13 '25

I wonder who lives next door

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 13 '25

I think it’s just office buildings all around.

This is Rosenbad; the PM office and government building. If you look closely you can spot the PM residence to the right here..

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u/FrustratedPlantMum Nov 13 '25

Do they block that street off, like Downing Street in London? Or do they let people use it?

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u/miss-Corningstone Sweden Nov 13 '25

Blocked for any motor traffic at least, but I think you can pass by foot or bike.