The Pier in February

The pier in February. The ice on the Lower Lake at the Rudan nature reserve in Handen is thick enough to walk on, and I spotted a few people doing just that. The pier lay in shadow because of the low Winter sun.

The Beach

The beach and the pier in November. Gray skies, not very cold,around 10C but it did rain a little.

The Frozen Bay

I took the bike down to my favorite beach the other day. This is Hårsfjärden, part of the Baltic Sea, where the Swedish military chased those subs back in the 1980's. In a few months time people will be jumping into the sea from this dive tower which is hard to believe looking at it now. It's also hard to tell the icy and snowy pier from the frozen bay. On my visit I was hoping to find a few ice fishers, like on my visit three years ago, but there was no one around. If you want to, you can walk across the bay, there was a cool photo in my morning paper yesterday, taken a bit south from here where a man was biking across the bay!

Winter Pier

It will be a while before anyone will run out on this pier for a swim at Lake Rudan.

Icy Pier at Lake Rudan

I took a few steps on the icy pier but quickly turned around as it was very slippery. Ice forming at Lower Lake Rudan in Handen. Probably still some time before the Ice fishers return.

Stepping back in time

Shot this one year ago. A man sunbathing on a pier at Östnora. We call it sensommarsol or late summer sun when the summer makes a late return! Expecting summer temperatures now. Starting tomorrow! So I may have to go down to this pier and have another look. Did I mention that summer is my favorite season?

Waxholm II

Waxholm II ready to depart from Årsta Brygga in Haninge. Next stop the island of Utö. There is a small beach here as you can see, but all the sunbathers are at Årsta Havsbad which is a 400
meters to the right from here. I came here after some sunbathing over at the beach. Follow the link below for a short video www.vimeo.com/clip:91564

. Press here for more info in english about Utö.

Lazy ducks on a pier

Four mallards resting on a pier at Lake Rudan. A recreational area in Handen. I visit almost every week. I took the bike around the lake. Warm and sunny. PRESS HERE for a winter version.

View from a pier

This is a Composite, or a Hockney Style Photo. Just take 10-15 photos and then put them together with gimpshop or another software. From Årsta Brygga in Haninge. A small ferry port. There are thousands of islands in the Stockholm and Haninge archipelago. Very popular with tourists from around the world. We had summer temperatures today, 20 C and a blue sky. PRESS HERE for a bigger version. Or HERE for the original size.

missing lifebuoy

Back at östnora for the first time this year. Took my usual promenade around the beach, marina, barbeque hill and more. And then testing all the piers. Here the lifebuoy was missing. But it is still a few month before anyone will go for a swim here so no need to worry!

Soon...

This is where I go for a swim or a tan or just a relaxing couple of hours in the summer time, weather permitting. It's an open beach a 15 minute bike ride from home. Called Östnora. I used to come here every day during the summers when I was a kid. These days I always go for a photo promenade and I always shoot this view. Standing on one of the wooden piers looking back at the beach. There's a camping site here and a Marina. That's about it, oh there is one kiosk and also a place where people often have a barbeque in the evenings. In other words It's a great place!