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Stockholm - Sweden

By Sjöberg

March 26^th, 2020

A pedestrian walks through an empty square in the Gamla Stan square in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A pedestrian wears disposable gloves as he carries his mobile phone in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A taxi is disinfected at the city terminal in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020

Posters for cancelled shows at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A man, wearing a protective mask and disposable gloves, rides an electric scooter in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Toilet paper sits for sale at a store in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Anders Tegnell, state epidemiologist at The Public Health Agency of Sweden, right, speaks during a news conference as a cameraman, wearing a protective mask, adjusts his camera in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A digital advertisement advises people to wash their hands in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A guard stands at the Royal Palace, an area usually crowded with tourists, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A pedestrian passes the closed Schweizer Cafe, which has a sign in the window saying the will be closed until herd immunity is reached, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A sign in the window of the closed Schweizer Cafe reads they will be closed until herd immunity is reached, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Swedish flags fly from a tourist souvenir shop in Gamla Stan in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

People sit on terrace tables at cafe in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Sweden is starting to look like a global outlier in its response to the coronavirus.

Protective masks and alcohol gel sit for sale in a pharmacists in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

A pedestrian takes pictures of cherry blossoms in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Footnotes

Images from a very different Stockholm during the novel coronavirus crisis. Commissioned by Bloomberg.

FootNotes

Images from a very different Stockholm during the novel coronavirus crisis. Commissioned by Bloomberg.

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