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The Tall Ships' Races fleet were in Stockholm between Friday the 27th of July and Monday the 30th of July.
ARM Cuauhtémoc BE-01 is a Sail Training vessel, designed to train officers and cadets of the Mexican Navy. She is the last of 4 sisterships built by the Naval Shipyards of Bilbao, Spain in 1982 and named for the last Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc. Here at Stadsgardshamnen in Stockholm.
Length: 90.5 m (296.9 ft), Officer & Crew: 186, Trainees: 90
Every year since 1930, with few exceptions, the Nobel Prize Banquet has been held in the City Hall. Following the prize ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, some 1,300 people, including 250 students, sit down to eat in the Blue Hall (Blå hallen), in one of the world's most exclusive banquets. The Nobel Laureates, their families, the Swedish Royal Family, representatives of the Swedish Government and distinguished foreign guests all participate.
Directly across the Civic Court lies the Council Chamber (Rådsalen) where Stockholm's City Council assembles every third Monday. The interior of the Council Chamber is absolutely majestic and its 19 meter-high ceiling takes its inspiration from the Swedish Viking Age. The public gallery has room for about 200 spectators to attend the council meetings.
The Prince's Gallery (Prinsens galleri or Stora galleriet) which runs along City Hall's southern long side is primarily used for the reception of honoured guests. The French windows running the length of the Gallery's south side offer a wonderful view of Lake Mälaren and Södermalm. This panorama is reflected on the Gallery's opposite wall in the form of an al fresco called "Stockholm's Shores" created by Prince Eugen, artist and brother of the Swedish King Gustav V.
The small park between the building and Lake Mälaren's shore is adorned with several sculptures, among them Carl Eldh's ensemble representing the three artists August Strindberg, Gustaf Fröding and Ernst Josephson, as well as Eldh's bronze sculptures "Sången" and "Dansen" ("The Song" and "The Dance"). To the south-east of the City Hall, facing Riddarholmen, is a pillar roughly 20 meters tall with a statue of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson on top
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.
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