What would a Government do when it receives too much taxes, has too many perfect citizens, hasn't the need to spend too much on developemnt, too afraid to steal public money and has relatively less work to do?It decides to blow up money by turning a whole city square into a discotheque just because a date in the calender caught its fancy!!
Yes, Stureplan on friday was closed to traffic after 11am and was turned into one huge night club complete with disco lights, music, DJs, seating arrangements and even bouncers! If I wasn't constantly jostled and pushed about in the humongous crowd, I would have probably stared open-mouthed at what the Govt was upto in Sweden.
I must say i was awed. Especially of its theme. It was called Go08. Besides, a website dedicated to the event (http://www.go08.se/), there was even a logo which was constantly displayed at the 'club'. Yeah,, the large, stately building in Stureplan was used as a projector of sorts!
The crowd was a sight!! I had not seen so many people the Metro station all at once!! The lady behind the ticket counter at the metro station was so darn thrilled at the line of youngsters queing up for tickets! She smiled and answered all their questions and smart ones (Must have been nice to have some work at last!! Salary for nothing sucks!)
To back track, I have to tell you about a small picnic I went to, on the first weekend of my arrival in Stockholm. That would be in the month of May. Most of the people were amused that I was getting a piece of Stockholm so soon after my arrival and one of them quipped 'So, you've become an 08er as well! Welcome to the club!!" And that is what the party is all about. 08 is the area code of Stockholm and for some reason, people in the rest of Sweden refer to Stockhomers as 08ers!! Oh whatever!
If I wasn't shit depressed both at the pre-party and at Stureplan, I would have partied until 5am like everyone else did!!
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