Karolinska University Hospital

I parked the bike and went for a photo walk around the Solna Campus, focusing on Aula Medica. A fun building to photograph and to clean, no doubt. Aula Medica. Campus Solna. Nya Karolinska. The two old buildings are known as Gammelgården and Stenbrottet and are today used by the University.

Autumn at Hagaparken

A recent visit to Hagaparken in Solna. Top photo shows the bench I always use while at the park. From it, you have a good view over Stora Pelousen, the big green lawn. It is maybe a 35 km bike ride from my home to here, so it is a good spot to rest for a while. I usually enjoy my home-made smoothie and something to eat. The rest of the photos show the Brunnsviken bay in the park that connects Solna and Stockholm. The leaning birch tree is a favorite. Shot as a panorama and then turned into a black and white photo, because why not. The fourth photo shows Gustav III's pavilion. From 1787, designed by the architect Olof Tempelman. Then as we close in on Stockholm we see a building across the bay at Frescati, followed by a look at Wenner-Gren Center, an old highrise building at Norrtull, currently undergoing a lengthy renovation. The next photo also shows Norrtull. We finish off with a nearly empty marina and a look back at the Autumn colors in the park.

Norra Begravningsplatsen

One of my newer rules, if I am going to visit Hagaparken, I always ride through Norra Begravningsplatsen to get there. And I will usually stop for a few photo while at the cemetery.

Carl Helge Julius Palmcrantz

The inventor of the Swedish machine gun. He also came up with the idea of an energy saving bicycle back in the day. No money from the bike, sadly, but the machine gun made him a wealthy man. He died young at the age of 38. From a recent walk at the Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery in Solna.

The Royal Cemetery

I visited the Royal Cemetery at Hagaparken. Located on the Karlsborg island. This is the grave of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland and his wife Princess Lillian. They lived together without being married for a few decades because, well, some sort of Royal succession thing. But after the death of Gustaf VI Adolf in 1973, the new and current king Carl XVI Gustaf married his Silvia, the current Queen, and he told Bertil to go ahead and marry Lillian, after Bertil asked if he could. The Prince was quite the character. As a teenager, without a driving licence, he was involved in a car accident where one of his friends died. For me and the rest of the people, he was known as the Motor Prince because of his big interests in cars and motorcycles.

Father&Son

Another visit to the cemetery in Solna. Norra Begravningsplatsen. To the left, Heinrich Berns. He had Berns Salong built back in the 1860s. Thirty years later, his son, Hugo, to the right here, changed the name to Berns Salonger as he owned two venues at that time. Berns Salonger is still there today at Berzelii park in Stockholm. I have spent many nights there, although that was a few decades ago now. So for good measure here is a photo of said establishment photographed a while back.

The bubbly hotel

The hotel next to the national football arena in Solna. Designed by the architects at Wingårdhs. The idea for the circular windows came from Karolina Keyzer, who today is the City Architect in Stockholm. You have probably seen it here on the blog before, but it looks like they are cleaning the facade at the moment, and that's why I took another photo.

Architectural abstract

A visit to Arenastaden in Solna. An area with a lot of interesting architecture.

Bellevueparken

On the day that I got the man flu I walked up three different hills for a look at the views over the Brunnsviken bay, and more. The bay connects Stockholm with Solna. On the first photo from the hill near Carl Eldhs museum you can see the busy construction site that is Hagastaden, with thousands of new homes, hotels, and university hospital buildings. A new Metro station is also under construction there. A train is heading through the 800-meter-long tunnel over which the new city is being constructed. The railway line is called Värtabanan. Turning the Canon to the left we look back at a church high up on another hill. It is called Engelbrektskyrkan. Continuing the left turn we now see the bay itself with Hagaparken to the left, and the Bergshamra water tower.

Alfa

Two photos from the Karolinska Institutet Science Park in Solna, showing the Alfa building. There are a few more buildings in this complex. All designed by the architects at SWECO. The second photo was a tricky panorama, shot with the 60mm lens. I stood up against a brick wall, snapping away.

Haga Palett

The three km long Solnavägen used to be a road with heavy traffic. Those days are soon history. In a near future the focus will be on pedestrians, cyclists and public transport by buses and the new Metro line. Currently, a number of new apartment buildings are under construction here. Haga Palett.

Solna Roundchurch

This was where I was heading after taking the snowdrop photo in yesterday's post. To church! Which is kinda funny as I am the biggest atheist in the history. But I do like history. And my Flickr friend Paul's parents got married here many years ago, so I promised him I would swing by for a few photos. More facts about the church on it's Wikipedia page

Ager Medicinare

From a walk at the Unversity Hospital and Nya Karolinska a few days ago. Mosaics made by Kristoffer Zetterstrand. I had some contact with him fifteen years ago. I took a few photos of a bookmobile that he designed. Later he asked if he could use some of the photos, which of course he could. This work is newer, if you look closely you can see the snake figure associated with Asclepios.

Smoke Break

Not what I was expecting to see on my promenade around Nya Karolinska, walking down a set of stairs. The huge University Hospital in Solna. Two construction workers chatting away while smoking a cigarette.

Pink fixie

Parking my ebike At Nya Karolinska a while back, I noticed the pink fixie, and the light was so good that I had to take a photo.

Autumn at Hagaparken

Update. My "new' router is down again. An Autumn visit to Hagaparken at Lake Brunnsviken in Solna. A beautiful area year round. In two of the photos, you can see Gustav III:s pavilion. The panorama shows the nearly empty marina at Stallmästaregården. This is a very popular park. Designed by King Gustav III, with a lot of help from a few architects, 250 years ag

Andréemonumentet

From one of my many visits this past Summer to the cemetery Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna. This is a monument to a balloon expedition that ended in tragedy. You can read up on it here. Oh, and I spotted Bea Uusma out shopping at Götgatsbacken just two days ago. She is a doctor, and author, who wrote the book about this expedition.