Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Rock climbing

Rock climbing Sea-cliff 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

Vita Bergen Lite på sniskan Ett Using a ruler
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

Autumn Skeppargränd Skeppargränd
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

That time of the year
The Autumn rule is to photograph at least one mushroom. Found this one while walking through the birch forest at Skogskyrkogården.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

The old hat factory

Stråhattsfabriken Rügheimer & Beckers stråhattfabrik
Out walking at Kungsholmen. This is an interesting facade and building. Pagen 14. Dates back to the late 1890s. Designed as a factory by the architect Gustaf Wickman. Today there are 39 really expensive apartments in this building. Made by Oscar Properties.

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Sveavägen

Ölstugan Tullen Crazy Horse Espresso House Autumn Run Dagens Lunch Övergångsställe Yamashiro Sushi Shere Khan Taco Bar
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

Tessinparken Fountain The Egg Tessinparken Roses are red
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

Going the distance Humlegården Brittsommar Humlegården Humlegården Nice day for it Humlegården On the stairs
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

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

Berzelii Park 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

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

Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic Macrotastic
Walking through Kungsträdgården, stopping for a few macro images. It was me and a couple of other photographers making our way around the flowers and the lunch eaters.

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Chinese Festival

Games people play Sångerska Chinese Autumn Festival Greetings Dressed for the Occasion JEN Sichuan Eatery Miss Bubble Look at that NIO She's on the phone A moonment to remember Hair Today
I stumbled upon a Chinese Autumn Festival at Kungsträdgården last week. Early days, so not that crowded during my visit. A band were playing. The singer looked very Swedish. A group of women in traditional costumes greeted people. A car company were informing about an electric car brand. Lots of eateries were opening up. Board games were being played. Miss Bubble was there, your guess is as good as mine.