Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Weather Update

Weather Update
We had April Weather in Tungelsta yesterday. It snowed. Like you can see here. Ten minutes later we had a blue sky. Then it got colder. And then it snowed again. And then the sun was back. Great fun.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Skåpbil

Skåpbil
Spotted this truck in Brandbergen. Got me thinking about all the urban legends about the white van.

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Brandbergens Centrum

Brandbergen Brandbergens Centrum
Around 11 000 people live in Brandbergen. A suburb in Haninge that was part of the Million Programme. Half a century later it is time to renovate the mall and build new apartments. This was the big parking deck at the mall up until a few weeks ago. I was last there last Summer shopping for a BBQ at Villa Blåmes. I remember discussing how badly the place needed some renovation while we were driving up the uneven ramp, and now it is finally happening. The architects are Koen Kragting & Louise Jalilian at Urban Couture Arkitekter.

Friday, March 27, 2020

New Apartment Building

New Apartment Building
Sixty new apartments under construction at Vendelsömalmsvägen. The builder is Danator. In the background the new retirement home Villa Tjädern that will open up next month.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

The passage

The passage
The passage between the commuter station in Handen and Poseidons Square at the mall is no more. At least for a while. It was a dark tunnel for many years, later it was lit up both by lights and artwork. This is how it looks today.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Haningeterrassen

Haningeterrassen Empty Balconies
To the left the Handenterminalen, a monstrosity that dates back to 1979. To the right the newly renovated Najaden building. In the middle, a brand new apartment building, part of the Haningeterrassen project in central Handen. From there you would have a good view over the Upper Lake at Rudan. I snapped the photo from the hill overlooking the lake. The area in front of the building is a bit of a mess at the moment but a few years from now it is supposed to be a new meeting place called Tritons plats.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Övre Rudasjön

Övre Rudasjön
The first swim of the year will have to wait. This was the scene at the Upper Lake yesterday.

Monday, March 23, 2020

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Enjoying the day

Enjoying the day
That is my favorite spot at the Lower Lake. At least on a sunny day.

Friday, March 20, 2020

New Apartments

New Apartments
A new apartment building at Vegastaden. Panorama made from nine images shot with the 18-135mm lens. Tricky to stitch together as the crane kept moving. The nerve of some crane operators! You obviously need to shut everything down when a photographer arrives! The location is pretty good, you can see the commuter station to the right. Jump on the train and be in Stockholm 20 minutes later.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

USA-Bilar (US-Cars)

USA-Bilar (US-Cars)
That is what a sign used to say at this building at Kvarntorp in Handen for a very long time. Back in the 1970s Palle Eriksson & Mayer imported cars from the US, and sold them here. It was also a repair shop run by a man called Boström. Later it became Auto Team, owned by a guy nicknamed Dimman. Today Haninge Bil Mek and AC Service. This area has undergone a big change in recent years and is now part of the new Vegastaden.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Accident

Accident
Ammonia leak at the industrial park in Jordbro today, at a cold storage warehouse. I passed by twice, police and rescue personnel everywhere. Long queys along the roads with a hundred or so trucks that were headed to the industrial park. People were told to stay indoors in part of Haninge but the police I saw just gave me the heads up to bike through the area.

Monday, March 16, 2020

That Old Tree

That Old Tree
Sunny, but cold and windy as I made my way to the old tree on Saturday afternoon.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Lekplats

Lekplats
Swedish word of the day. Lekplats. New playground under construction at the park in Tungelsta. Looks like an old Volvo "rundnos" truck from the 1930s in there! A century ago, (give or take a few years), a man known locally as Cykel-Pelle lived in a house here. The old truck represents his business. You can also see a "torklada", representing the many laundry firms that operated here a century ago. And when it is all ready for the kids there will also be a building representing all the greenhouse nurseries from way back when.

Friday, March 13, 2020

Free Tuna!

Free Tuna!
People are panic-shopping in my area. Supermarkets are all out of toilet paper, pasta and other necessities. All thanks to the Coronavirus, of course. I often shop from home and got a delivery from Mathem yesterday evening. Quite a few items were missing from my order, and I also got a number of things that I hadn't ordered, including some tuna. One email later and it was sorted. I could keep everything and they gave 800SEK to shop for next time. Oh, and the cat will enjoy the tuna.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Bronze Age Grave

Bronze Age Grave
A cairn at the burial ground in Jordbro. Supposedly the oldest grave here is said to date back to the Bronze Age. I have heard from several people that there is some sort of shaman lurking around here sometimes, singing and dancing and what have you, but I haven't seen him or her yet.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Rätblock

Rätblock
Driftwood at my favorite beach, Årsta Havsbad. My first visit this month. Nice day, sunny and 10C when I arrived. Then the clouds moved in and the temperature dropped a bit. Rätblock is the Swedish name of the shape. Cuboid in English I guess.

Sunday, March 08, 2020

Blåsippor

Blåsippa Blåsippa Anemone Hepatica nobilis
The ultimate sign of Spring. Anemones, or blåsippor as we like to call them. I found them while crawling around on all four at the burial ground in Jordbro earlier in the week.

Saturday, March 07, 2020

Vegastaden

Vegastaden
The plan was to show you quite a few photos from all the construction going on at Vegastaden (Vega City), so I decided to use a wide-angle lens for once. But as I figured the distortion might be too much for my liking and that is precisely what happened so those photos will probably never see the light of day! The good news is that I will go back next week with a 50mm lens and my trusted 70-300mm lens and shoot a number of panoramic images and they will look much better. Anywho, this photo shows three of those new buildings, here blocked by part of the commuter station.

Friday, March 06, 2020

The jury's still out

The jury's still out
It's all a bit arty-farty if you ask me. New artwork at the commuter station at Vegastaden in Haninge.

Thursday, March 05, 2020

Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Ikano

Ikano
Ikano building new apartments at Vega Allé at the big project Vegastaden. Last I looked nearly all sold out. Facts and photos here. The location is pretty good. The new commuter station is 100 hundred meters away and the commuter train will take you to Stockholm in 20 minutes.

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Gone Shopping

Gone Shopping
As seen at the tiny beach at the Upper Lake at Rudan yesterday. From Willy:s Supermarket.

Monday, March 02, 2020

Sunday, March 01, 2020

A Temporary Sculpture

A Temporary Sculpture
Most likely gone today as 95 percent of the recent snow has melted away. Spotted at Ribby in Västerhaninge two days ago.