Thursday, October 17, 2024
Tyra Kleen
Tyra Kleen. Born in 1894. Painter. Author. Spiritualist. Adventurer. A century ago, she travelled to Bali to study dance. She stayed there for quite a long time. These are a few of her gouaches from that trip.They can be seen in the park at the Etnografiska museet in Stockholm.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
St Peter and St Sigfrid
The English church at Diplomat City in Stockholm. It has an interesting history. The first design was abandoned, and a new architect took over and redesigned the church. It was built at Wallingatan in Stockholm. Construction finished in 1866. And then in 1913 it was moved, stone by stone, to where it stands today at Diplomatstaden on Östermalm. One reason for the move was an initiative from the British-born Princess Margaret of Connaught.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Rock climbing
On my way to a hill called Fåfängan I decided to check out the rock climbers at Danviksklippan. It is a very popular spot for climbing in Stockholm. Known as kanalklippan. Between twenty and thirty meters high. It was a fine day for that sort of thing. I might do some climbing on my own here soon. But just up the steps to the apartment building you can see on the top of the hill.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Vita Bergen
High up on a hill next to the Sofia church at Vita Bergen on Södermalm in Stockholm. If you would like to live here, be ready to wait for a few decades. Anyone getting a rental agreement here are not likely to give it up anytime soon. The address on the apartment on the top photo is Bergsprängargränd 1. The lucky person living there today is Petra Nielsen. Singer, and actress. Don't know who lives in the other apartments here, but to me, they all look very inviting. I like the tilted window in the second photo, the third photo shows the entrance to that garden. The painter with the ruler is sitting in the garden at an apartment on Mäster Pers gränd, he was busy painting the facade on another old building up here.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Åsöberget
Three Autumn photos from a hill on Södermalm in Stockholm. Åsöberget. The streets are Skeppargränd and Lotsgatan. All the old houses that you can find in this area are today owned by the City, through a company called Stadsholmen. This was a very poor part of Stockholm three hundred years ago. The people that lived here back then often worked in the shipping industry, or tar industry. Both streets have been used in very famous novels about Stockholm, by Albert Engström and Per-Anders Fogelström, to name a few.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
That time of the year
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
The old hat factory
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Sveavägen
Photos from a recent "Brittsommar" walk along Sveavägen in Stockholm. All photos taken with my 24mm lens on the Canon 77D body, so in reality aroud 38mm, which makes it perfect for street photography. It was one of the last warm days, and I had to stop and remove my windbreaker jacket, and continue in just my t-shirt, which was nice. As I am typing this, it is raining non-stop from a very gray sky.
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Tessinparken
Five photos from a park at Gärdet in Stockholm. Tessinparken. Named after the Tessin architects. Around 15 years ago all the roses here were replaced with 4000 new ones, as it looked a little down and out at the time. The new roses are red, white, pink and orange. Some of them are Leonardo da Vinci, others Astrid Lindgren and HC Andersen. No water in the fountain this time of the year, which is a shame, of course. The sculpture is called Ägget. The Egg. Made for climbing, it dates back to the 1950s. The fourth photo shows the entrance I used to get there. I really like all the symmetry in the park. It was designed some ninety years ago by Arvid Stille.
Monday, October 07, 2024
Brittsommar
Brittsommar. A favorite word. It means a Summer-like day in Autumn. We have had quite a few of those this Autumn. On this day I parked the bike outside the National Library and went for a promenade in the park Humlegården. People were working out. Sleeping. Eating. Talking. And enjoying the Brittsommar.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Here we go again
Last year, construction of the new bicycle bridge at Slussen was stopped just days before it was supposed to start. It will connect Södermalm to the Old Town. The plans for the new bridge dates back more than ten years, so everyone knew it was going to happen. But then the objections came, saying that it would not be safe to run the metro trains, (in the photo here), here during the construction work. So the planned work stopped. And in just one year's time a new bridge, way worse, was designed. Corners were cut and next week work on the new bridge will begin.
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Berzelii Park
I parked the bike at Nybroplan and went for an Autumn walk with the Canon. This is a park named after the chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. One of the founders of modern chemistry. Oh, and for good measure, I took the second photo in May when I was out on a Spring walk with the Canon.
Friday, October 04, 2024
100% electric power
The brand-new hydrofoil Nova ferry at Norr Mälarstrand. It will reduce the energy needed by 80%, compared to the diesel ferries. It will travel from City Hall to Trappström on Ekerö. It is a pilot project between Region Stockholm, Trafikverket and Candela. The ferry takes thirty passengers. It has a top speed of 30 knots, and a reach of around 60 Nautical miles.
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Macromania
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