Waiting for the bus

The bus stop at Hötorget, along Kungsgatan. This bus stop is often used for fun advertising campaigns. Now used by Clas Ohlson. So weird, I recognize both women here, but I can't say where from. Politics and publishing possibly.

Weekend Update

I took this photo two days ago. It was a horrible day. Weather vice. -3C. Not the best weather for a bike ride, but I needed to get out of the house. This is a bus stop at Håga, between Tungelsta and Västerhaninge. There is an industrial park here, a pizzeria and a few houses. And the odd vandals, by the looks of it.

Burned out car

Just another day at Gryt in Haninge. Last time I paid attention to this bus stop was a few months ago when I hid here during a crazy rainfall back in the Summer. This time around, I just stopped for a photo of this stolen, dumped and torched car. Any bus driver that manages to stop here without any difficulties knows how to drive a bus.

Bus Stop Library

I had a look at the books at the bus stop/library at Årsta Havsbad yesterday. This is one of three bookshelves. I have read a couple of these novels, and seen the movie. The Norwegian guy, Nesbö is a great crime writer. I read the Hotakainen novel a few years ago. In the end, I picked the Frantzen novel, The corrections. That should be an interesting read, and a little close to home as it is a family drama involving Parkinson's disease.

Free books!

I like things like this. A bus stop with a little library at Norrskogen on Torö. The normal rule is that if you take a book you should leave one, but I didn't know about it until I saw it earlier in the week. I picked a crime novel by Carolina Neurath, and told the author about it via Twitter and she seemed to like it. I shot this after a longish ride on the eBike on what was probably the warmest day of the Summer so far. And after snapping this I had an equally long ride home. The novel was okay. Two female journalists working together trying to dig up information about a story end up in a very serious situation involving human trafficking, murder and more.

Bad Design

Not sure who designed this, might be Tejbrant. Feel free to sit down and wait for the bus.

Farmer's Field

A farmer's field and the bus stop at Tjursta in Österhaninge.

Rural Bus Stop

If you need to take the bus to and from Dalarö, bus 839 is a good choice. Especially if you find yourself at the bus stop near Tjursta in rural Österhaninge. The design of this "busskur" is pretty straight forward but it is windproof and rainproof and that is all you need.

Rural bus stop

A rural bus stop in Österhaninge with a picturesque setting. I remember seeing it in a TV commercial a few months ago, but I can't remember what they wanted me to buy. The number 869 bus goes between Stockholm (Gullmarsplan), and the seaside resort of Dalarö in Haninge. From here it is around 10 km to Dalarö. The 839 bus will also take you to the resort, but only from Handen. But if you take the commuter from Stockholm you will be in Handen in about 15 minutes.

In the midst of Winter

Book Swapping Bus Stop

What a great idea. Bring a book with you when you walk down to the bus stop. Leave it on a bookshelf there for anyone to take. Book swappping bus stop at Runda plan in Årsta Havsbad (my favotire beach).

Haninge Bus Stop

If you are interested in art, the gallery behind the Medieval church in Österhaninge might be a place worth a visit. I usually take the bike on my visits, but if you want to use public transport this fine bus stop with the Hesslingby estate in the background is your stop. For your sake I really hope you are not planning a visit if it rains. Or if it is windy. Or if it is snowing, Or just cold. But what's with all the complaining I hear you say? There's a fine bench to rest on so what's the trouble here really? Well if you sat on it chances are you would fall over backwards.

Bikini Season - Are You Ready?

Summer arrived to Haninge a couple of days ago. A few people seem to be unaware about that.

Winter Bus Stop

It's -14 Celsius as I'm typing this. Kinda cold even for us Vikings. Today's winter photos shows a bus stop in Tungelsta. Not a place where you would want to wait more than a couple of minutes in this type of weather. Second photo shows the retirement home Ros-Anders Gård. (you can see part of it on the bus stop photo). Named after one of Tungelsta's first gardeners who started a plant nursery on this land 100 years ago. The retirement home was designed by ANOVA architects. It has 40 modern apartments. It was mentioned in a book called Design For Assisted Living written by an American architect called Victor Reigner, who listed this as one of the most interesting retirement homes in the world. To the right on the top photo you can see the pentecostal church. And as most people around here aren't very religious any more (if ever), the building will soon be turned into the new headquarters for the Music Central, so you can expect to hear a lot of rock, punk and reggae music from there in the future. The Music Central is the people behind the Garden Rock Festival.

Urban Poetry

"I had to wait two hours for the fucking bus to arrive. Luckily some loser had left this pen in the forest. I found it as I was taking a piss. I'm telling you that so you don't think I'm some nature lover".

Love and Kisses Sinater.

P.S

"I'm fucking mad at SL, assholes. I can't figure out if the pen writes in silver or in white".

D.S
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Translated and interpretated by Steffe (who normally doesn't like vandalism, but had to give this guy some credit!)

The Ad Man

Looks like he has trimmed his beard, had a haircut and gone a bit grey since the ad campaign. The glasses was probably just a prop.

The Blood Bus

Once every month the blood bus can be seen at the mall in Handen. To become a blood donor you must speak the local lingo, have a Swedish identity number and be a healthy person between the ages of 18-60. You can donate three times per year if you are a woman, and four if you are a man. You will get a cup of coffee after the donation so all in all it will take 30 minutes..

Colorful Bus Stop (Ironic Sunday)

Bus stops normally doesn't make me happy. Bigger photo. So imagine my delight when I happened upon this newly painted bus-stop at Håga. More photos of bus-stops in my flickr set called The Bus Stops Here.

Commuter Heaven

It's been cold for a few weeks now. For all commuters in the Stockholm area winter means waiting for buses and trains that never come. Every winter it's the same story. This photo is from a ice cold bus stop at Lida in Haninge.

Don't feel like paying for public transport?

The idea is very simple. You pay 100 SEK per month to the p-kassa. If you get caught riding a bus, train or subway without a ticket they will pay your fine. The people behind this movement comes from the Tradeunionism. It's a great deal considering that a one month pass will put you back 800 SEK.