Infinite Road
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Narrated by The Chronicler 72 km · about 58 min · 12 stories

North past Haga Palace and the Nobel Assembly's locked deliberations, following Estrid's runestones toward the mounds of the old kings. Also: the Vasa dynasty's rise, Linnaeus's private life at Hammarby, and the Disting market, held on the same ground for a thousand years.

The stories

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  1. 1
    Stockholm, Stockholm

    The Grand Hôtel Origins

  2. 2
    Solna, Stockholm

    Gustav III and Haga Palace

  3. 3
    Sollentuna, Stockholm

    The Nobel Assembly's Private Deliberations

  4. 4
    Sollentuna, Stockholm

    The Runestones of Estrid

  5. 5
    Upplands Väsby, Stockholm

    The 1970 Spantax Convair Crash

  6. 6
    Rosersberg, Stockholm

    The Rise of the Vasa Dynasty Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  7. 7
    Arlandastad, Stockholm

    The Rise of the Vasa Dynasty Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  8. 8
    Märsta, Stockholm

    The Rise of the Vasa Dynasty Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  9. 9
    Knivsta, Uppsala

    The Viking Roots of Märsta

  10. 10
    Knivsta, Uppsala

    Uppsala University Intellectual Foundations

  11. 11
    Uppsala, Uppsala

    Linnaeus's Private Life at Hammarby

  12. 12
    Uppsala, Uppsala

    The Ancient Disting Market

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.