Autumn colors at Tyresta

Out riding my bike a while back, not really having a plan, I ended up cycling to Tyresta National Park. It was a fine Autumn day so I had to stop here and there for photos.

Sandsborgskyrkogården

Fine Autumn colors at Sandsborgskyrkogården in Enskede, just across the road from Skogskyrkogården. I often bike through both cemeteries on my way to Stockholm.

Between two cemeteries

The tree lined avenue at Sockenvägen in Enskede. I had just biked through the Woodland Cemetery, and was on my way to the smaller cemetery known as Sandsborgskyrkogården.

Autumn reading

Nice day for a bit of reading in the Autumn sunshine at Stora sjötullen. An old building at Blockhusudden at Royal Djurgården. A place where you paid for import ot export, entering or leaving Stockholm back in the day.

Issues

Stopping for a few photos at the birch forest at Skogskyrkogården. And I was instantly reminded of doing just that back in the Summer, only to have my ebike stolen a few hours later when it was parked outside Stockholm City Hall. No such problems on this day as I continued my ride to Södermalm where I went for a photo promenade around Mariaberget. Parked the bike at Mariatorget for an hour without any problems. But when I tried to import the photos I took during that walk via Lightroom earlier today there was an issue either with the hard drive or the software so I had to copy and paste the photos into the drive. Never much fun.

The Summer House

Täcka Udden. The story is that Carl Gustaf Tessin held a Midsummer party here. With many prominent guests, including a few royals, and it was talked about for a long time, hence the name, Täcka, an old word, no longer in use, but it means beautiful, so it must have been quite a party. Later the property was rebuilt by a "Grosshandlare", or merchant. Today owned by the Wallenberg family. The garage in the second photo today houses the family archive. The third photo shows the boathouse with new and old buildings at Kvarnholmen in Nacka on the other side of Saltsjön.

Naval mine

From my recent visit to Skeppsholmen. An island used by the military for several centuries. Very different today, as there are mostly museums here now. But there are quite a few things around the island that tells you about its history. Like this naval mine, sjömina in Swedish. This one can be found on the hill where I stood while photographing the military ship I showed you earlier in the week.

A few sculptures

While out on my recent bike ride around Royal Djurgården where I photographed the Autumn colors I also stopped for a few photos of artworks. Top photo shows the fifteen-year-old model Signe Larsson posing for the sculptor Per Hasselberg. They later married. Photographed at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde. Not sure who made the naked guy posing on the second photo, you can find it at Tolvöresholmen at Nedre Manilla. If you look closely on the third photo, taken down by the water at Tolvöresholmen you can see that the poor woman is missing an arm and a hand. No clue why, will have to investigate.

HMS Belos

HSwMS Belos (A214). Submarine rescue ship at Skeppsbrokajen for a few days. After a short visit at Skeppsbrokajen where I took the first photo I biked over to the nearby island Skeppsholmen or Ships' Islet. It was used by the navy for 300 years. I then walked up to the highest point of the island for the second photo. In the foreground masts from the Af Chapman ship. In the background buildings along Skeppsbron in the old town. Both photos taken with my Canon 77D, using the 24 mm lens.

Along the canal

A (photo), walk along Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen at Royal Djurgården is a must when visiting Stockholm. It doesn't matter the season, but Autumn, or höst as we like to call it, is a good time for it. It winds it way between two bridges. The trees are oak and maple. The one kilometre long canal opened officially in 1834. The construction was difficult and took a decade to finish. The paths on both sides of the canal are very popular with locals and there are always a lot of people out running, walking and cycling here.

Available seating

On my recent bike ride around Djurgården, photographing all the Autumn colors I also stopped at a little pier with a couple of metal benches. It was just me and this crow. Colorful Autumn scenes from the canal to come tomorrow.

Djurgårdsbrunnsviken

I cycled around Royal Djurgården on a very sunny Autumn day recently. Stopped for photos everywhere. Especially along the Djurgårdsbrunn canal. Photos of that to come. The rowers at Djurgårdsbrunnsviken are members of Stockholms Roddförening. In the background, Nobelgatan with a few embassies. I took the top photo from the Folke Bernadotte bridge, which you can see on the second photo. Always a lot of boats and small ferries here, but on this day I was here for the Autumn colors, so I only took one snap of a passing motorboat.