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Royal wedding – on the streets

Anastasia Pirvu takes Stockholm’s temperature on Royal Wedding Day

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Eric and Engad, Austria<br>"We initially came here for a sailing weekend and didn't know much about the wedding, so we're not actually attending anything."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Tomas and Julia, Slovakia<br>"We came partly because of the wedding, but we're mainly going to watch the football," says Tomas.Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Liselotte, Gothenburg<br>"Today's my own anniversary. My husband and I got married 29 years ago today - exactly five years after the King and Queen. We came all the way from Gothenburg and we're going to celebrate with champagne when Victoria and Daniel leave the church."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Monica and Kjell, Stockholm<br>"It's all really lovely. We're both royalists, and my wife is a long-time member of the Royalist Association," says Kjell. "We hope that this fantastic weather holds for the rest of the day."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Pakistan student association<br>The student group from Pakistan is visiting the UK, Netherlands and Sweden. "We're most excited about Sweden because of the royal wedding, says the group leader."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Mina, Stockholm<br>"It's lovely that they've got each other - I'm really happy for them. Unfortunately I have to work today, but I'll watch the whole ceremony on TV later."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Anna-Maria and Else-Britt, Dalarna, wearing traditional Dalarna folk costumes.<br>"We're really excited, so we wanted to celebrate the wedding wearing our best clothes".

Acem, Stockholm<br>"The wedding is really fun. We are waiting with the whole family to cheer when the princess comes by."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Rikard, Gothenburg<br>"This sort of thing doesn't happen very often, so we came all the way from Gothenburg to celebrate, and we'll be here until Sunday."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Anette, New York and Christian, San Francisco<br>"I've never seen such a big event. It's amazing to see all these people celebrating on the streets."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Anna, Olga and Valentina, St Petersburg, Russia.<br>"We're backpacking through Europe and Sweden is the last stop. We didn't know what was going on, but someone told us about the Royal Wedding. It's really cool that we came on this weekend."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Iun-Young, South Korea<br>"It's beautiful everywhere - everyone looks so happy and peaceful. I really want to see the wedding and follow the cortège."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Daniel, Switzerland<br>"I didn't know about the wedding before I came, so it was a nice surprise. It's a big event, and nice to be here, so I'll stay in town all day to watch it."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Ajay and Richav, India<br>"We think it's splendid. We're here on vacation, but unfortunately have to leave this evening, so won't be able to watch it all."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

Matthias and Ute, Germany<br>"The wedding isn't why we came, we're just here for the weekend, but we'll think about whether we want to follow it or not."Photo: Anastasia Pirvu

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