Core Annexet

Built as a church. The religious people from the Swedish Pentecostal Movement had a fight. Someone changed the lock. That ended that adventure. Next came a gym. After that, it became a café for six years. Now it is a gym again. Called Core Annexet. Yoga classes. Retreats, whatever that is. Group activities, sounds a bit suspicious. But you can also get married here, or have a party.

Kolonilottsvägen

An evening photo from the same area where I showed you a roundabout a while back. The row-houses at Lillgården in Tungelsta.

This way to the playground

The cold Winter weather continues. It was -10C, with the windchill factor as I took an evening promenade yesterday. The rocklösaån stream winds its way through the park in Tungelsta. There are two bridges and this one leads to a playground.

Pizzeria Caprese

This building in Tungelsta dates back a century. It has housed the local grocery store, post office, cafe, private apartments, restaurants and more. Today there's pizza place here. For the first 100 years the building was white, but now it is red.

08 Burger

Two arson attacks at this fast food joint last Summer. With a new owner. Big police investigation. The owners decided to rebuild and renovate. That took until last week. In the meantime they used a van and sold their burgers and what have you from the van that was parked in front of the renovated building. Originally built by a classmate of mine a few eons ago. Back then it was called Sassas.

Torkladan

The museum in the park in Tungelsta. Operated by the local historical association, Folk & Trädgård. You can learn a lot about the local history in the little museum upstairs. Mostly about the 100 family owned greenhouse nurseries that made Tungelsta a little famous back in the day. My family donated a few photos and items to the museum. At the turn of the last century Södertörn also had numerous family owned laundries. It was the upper class in Stockholm that had their laundry sent to "torklador" south of the Capitol. Oh, and I am without broadband again. Not my fault, but I will probably not post anything until that is sorted.

Jensen School

The new Jensen school at Lillgården in Tungelsta. Designed by Andreas Svensson from Brunnberg & Forshed. Summer photo here.

The old station house

A chilly evening promenade. After walking for maybe five minutes I realized that I only had my thin finger gloves on and not the warm mittens, so I cut the walk short. This is the old station house in Tungelsta. Designed by Ferdinand Boberg. It dates back to when the Nynäsbanan railway line was built. The first steam train rolled by here in 1901. Today you will find Handlaget there.

Roundabout

Evening walk to the "återvinningscentral". These are the row-houses at Lillgården. I started a photo project back in 2014 when they started the construction here. Since then, they have also built a retirement home, school and pre-school.

The old convenience store

The first ever convenience store in Tungelsta was located at my great-grandfathers greenhouse nursery, of all places. Built 120 years ago, give or take. A few years later, a larger Coop store was built across the road, in this building at Södertäljevägen 15. It was run by kooperativa handelsföreningen. It lasted a little longer until a "real" store was built near the train station. In the Gröna Huset building. Since then this has been a private home. I snapped this photo a few evenings ago on my way home from the "återvinningscentral".

The Greenhouse

The greenhouse in the park in Tungelsta. Photographed a few days ago. Built by the members of Folk & Trädgård (the local historical association). Used for markets and what have you. There is a museum just to the left that tells the story about the 120 or so family operated greenhouse nurseries that once made Tungelsta a little famous. My great-grandfather opened the first one. There are maybe six left today.

MoJo at Medborgarplatsen

Two journalists from SVT having some fun at Medborgarplatsen. Behind the woman with the SVT microphone was the big Julbock, so I added two photos of it for good measure. It is an eight-meter-high metal Julbock returning to Medborgarplatsen after 80 years, give or take. The people from Gävle were not impressed.

After dark

I had hoped to photograph the light installation at Stockholm City Hall. And from a distance while photographing another Nobel Light installation I could see a projection on the tower so I headed that way. It was getting really dark and that's when they usually start the light show, but there was some sort of issue and nothing happened so while I waited I took a photo of a ferry arriving at Klara Mälarstrand. More waiting followed and I decided to cross a pedestrian bridge that would take me to Riddarholmen. I stopped halfway over and waited for the light show that never happened. So I took another photo, this time of the Norstedt building at Riddarholmen. A few hours later, at home, a woman that runs a YouTube channel about Stockholm posted a video of the light show so I watched that instead.

Grand Hôtel

Two photos showing Grand Hôtel at Blasieholmen. Well, sort of, in the blurry background. I was out hoping to photograph some of the light installations for the Nobel Lights Week. There's maybe an hour between the two photos. I took the top photo while walking around Strömparterren waiting for the light feature to get under way, but nothing happened, so I started taking photos of all the glowing stars down by the water. I took the second photo one hour earlier at Skeppsbron, across the street from The Royal Palace. It is called Limina. It was made by Victoria Verseau. "For the Nobel Prizes, awarded annually in Stockholm, in the fields of science and literature. Limina reflects on how the Nobel Prize-awarded discoveries have opened doors to what cannot be seen with the naked eye and helped us understand the world". So now you know that.

One Way or Another

Nobel Lights artwork at Norrbro, next to Rosenbad. Through the visual language of everyday objects, a message of hope is displayed to the audience. The artwork consists of a set of reimagined luminous road signs. Together, they form a message to humanity, suggesting a shared direction for the future. Made by Tom Biddulph who was inspired by the Peace Prize laureate Ralph Bunche and a quote from his Nobel Peace Prize lecture. And they reminded both me and a Flickr contact of a couple of great songs with Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel and Blondie.

A glowing blue heart for Christmas

At the Folksam building at Skanstull. The blue heart will be seen there until mid-January, I think. Last year it was a glowing pink heart here.

STHLM City Food Hall

Apparently, so good, they named it twice. A food hall at Klarabergsgatan. Never been inside, but a Flickr contact said that it was well worth a visit just walking through it.

Blue hour photography

A photographer at Södermalmstorg. Aiming her camera at the DN highrise building at Marieberg on Kungsholmen.

The daily grind

November afternoon. Klarabergsgatan, Stockholm.

The Central Bridge

Blue hour photo from the new square, Södermalmstorg. Aiming the Canon towards Centralbron. Behind the bridge we can see the Mälardrottningen ship at Riddarholmen. Once known as Lady Hutton, it was a birthday gift for a teenage girl. Behind it, Stockholm City Hall at Kungsholmen. To the right, the former Government building with the Riddarholmen church rising behind it. Several monarchs are buried there.