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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: June 11, 2017
Caption: Blå hallen / Blue Hall
Additional Description: "The Blue Hall (Swedish: Blå hallen) is the main hall of the Stockholm City Hall best known as the banquet hall for the annual Nobel Banquet, and also used for state visits, student balls, jubilees and other large events....The Hall is 50 meters (160 ft) long, 30 meters (98 ft) wide and 22 meters (72 ft) high and has a floor space of 1,500 square metres (16,000 sq ft). It contains a monumental staircase, balcony, and loggia....The Blue Hall contains a pipe organ known as the Stadshusorgeln (Town Hall pipe organ). The organ was dedicated in 1925. It has around 10,000 pipes and is Scandinavia's 2nd largest musical instrument...." - Wikipedia
Submitted: December 11, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p504985
File Size: 2.812 Megabytes

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