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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Monochrome Art

The old hat factory

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Macromania

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.