During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note in my car, "Sir, we welcome you to our city."

有一次在瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条：“先生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。”

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That it works. That you can pay 5.50 [Swedish] kronor [about 70 cents], put it in a mailbox, and the next day the letter arrives in Kiruna [the northernmost city in Sweden].

它是这样的一个工作：你可以支付5.50瑞典克朗(大约相当于70美分)，把信放在邮筒里，第二天这封信就已经到达了基律纳(瑞典最北端的城市)。

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Stockholm 2010: designer Jonas Wagell of Sweden created an installation representing the forest and the city for the design Bar at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week.

斯德哥尔摩2010：瑞典设计师Jonas Wagell为上周的斯德哥尔摩家具展的设计吧创造了一个象征森林和城市的空间艺术装置。

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Those cities and others around the world,he says, can learn from the top-ranked city on the list: Stockholm,Sweden.

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"While the load of its ageing population is weighing down Sweden, our city has a young population that is in itself an investment in future welfare, " he says.

BBC: Islamic Centre, Malmo

Masdar City reps are currently on a roadshow most recently in Sweden trying to woo international corporations and investment to this eco-city in the sun.

BBC: The Futurist: Masdar City

But the city is the power centre of Sweden, from politics to technology to design.

BBC: Living in: Stockholm