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'Dragon Tattoo' tours lure visitors to Stockholm

"I told them it didn't exist," says Stockholm tour guide Carin Christensen. But they headed to the train station anyway.

Then there's London banker Tom Laybourn, 27, who flew to Stockholm for only a day to take one of the walking tours that retrace Larsson's storylines through the city. And Phoebe Hollins, 22, a student from Melbourne, Australia, who chose Sweden for her semester abroad just because of the book.

Such is the pull of Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — which has sold nearly 60 million copies in 44 languages.

Ever since the publication of the first book in 2005, followed by the three Swedish movies, fans have flocked to Stockholm to see the locations where the story unfolds. And with a big Hollywood remake of Dragon Tattoo underway, starring Daniel Craig and directed by Oscar-nominee David Fincher ( The Social Network ), this waterside capital of 850,000 is bracing for a new onslaught.

"The Fincher film will increase tourism here, no doubt about it," says Soren Staermose, producer of the Swedish films and co-producer of the Hollywood version. "We were very happy that Fincher picked Sweden as the backdrop, that he would do a new interpretation of the story with a strong cultural identity."

Indeed, what Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in Provence did for their respective locales, the dark, mysterious Millennium saga is doing for Stockholm.

Enterprise « DC 360 Photos

Enterprise , the Space Shuttle that is on display at the @airandspace Museum at the Steve U. Haze Center was the first space shuttle that I saw in my life. After that first visit, few years ago, I’ve been to the Museum many many times, bringing family and friends to see all the airplanes and there’s a special moment of awe when they see the gigantic Space Shuttle. During my last visit, for #PilotDay11, I had a different view. After being in Cape Canaveral and seeing Endeavour, docked, ready to take off and then lifting off, you almost become attached to these Space Shuttles. It is like seeing an old friend. I know, it is crazy, but I think a bunch of my Tweetup friends will agree. I took a bunch of shots and I am really enjoying playing with some of them, giving it a more “sci-fi” look. My 3 years old, that is totally in love with Space Shuttles was sitting in my lap during some of these experiments. While I played with the colors and settings, he would be more excited or not about the picture and I stopped and he said “I love it!”. The picture below is it..

And although I’m very much looking forward to Discovery that will replace Enterprise here at the Air and Space Museum, I must confess, I will miss Enterprise, that will be moving to New York. So if you are in DC the next few months, take the opportunity to go there and visit the Museum and say goodbye to Enterprise.If you can’t, the picture below is a 360o immersive panorama. Yes, those that you can feel like you were there… So click here, or in the image to see it, the image was taken during our tour.

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