Boat life

Many old boats moored along the very posh Strandvägen this Summer. Many of which I have never seen there before. Always fun to look at people working or not working so I took a few such photos

Team Bride

Team Bride at The King's Garden in Stockholm. I took the second photo first and seconds later the two other girls asked if they could join the fun. Which of course they could.

Bicyclemania

Waiting at a stop light at Nybroplan. This is a busy place so usually a long wait. MyBike will equip your bike with a GPS-device, and they will track it down and "steal" it back for you within 24 hours if someone nicks your bicycle. Pinarello guy locking his nice looking bike. More waiting at a stop light. Woman riding at Mosebacke. Cyclist at Birger Jarlsgatan eyeing the photographer. Midsummer bike on Södermalm. Riding a bolt ebike at Nybrokajen. Yellow Giant at Götgatsbacken. Yellow Crescent that I have photographed three times, but I deleted the first two photos because of bad composition. Beer O'Clock. Stockholm 2026. Sounds about right. At Götgatan where there is a lot of work since a year back so cyclists and pedestrians will have to be on the lookout.

Morgan +4

I was walking the steets of Stockholm again. On this warm and sunny day I was mostly focusing on street photography. A famous artist (that I have never listened to), was in town for two concerts. Which added 100 000 people to the city. And while walking up Kungsgatan this guy drove past me in his Morgan and I just had time for a quick shot and this is it.

Penny-farthing

A guy from the National Museum of Science and Technology out on a bike ride near the Djurgården bridge. So, Swedish word of the day is höghjuling.

The sacred sauna

This looks kinda interesting. The Sacred Sauna. Walked by a few times, but now stopping for a few photos. At the MOOD Stockholm shopping mall.

New art exhibition

I do enjoy silly things like this. From a recent walk on Södermalm along Hornsgatan where you will find a few art galleries. This exhibition at Galleri Råttkho, the tiniest art gallery in Stockholm is called ost, cheese.

Street photos from Kungsholmen

A few street scenes from a recent walk at Kungsholmen in Stockholm. People lunching at Bar Schiacciate and Kaffeluckan at Fleminggatan. Next a few eateries at Scheelegatan. A Flickr friend walked in to Vout Vout yesterday for a bite to eat but turned around on the spot because of the heat. In the third photo we peak inside a park called Grubbensparken at Grubbensringen. Then back at Sheelegatan again, where people are waiting at a stop light. I have a thing for taking such photos. Next, two handymen hard at work at Landstingsparken. There's a weekly soup night every Wednesday at Kungsfisk at Norra Agnegatan. Next, two people chatting away at the Trygg-Hansa building. We follow that with a photo of a woman walking down the street listening to music, or maybe a podcast. The people standing on the S:t Eriksbron bridge were discussing where to go next. We finish with a snap of a Spanish place at Fleminggatan where people are enjoying lunch. That same Flickr friend told me that his Spanish/Swedish wife prefer the

Norrmalmstorg

A favorite building. At Norrmalmstorg. So many fun details. Two hundred years ago this very posh square was known as Packartorget. A smelly place with many old sheds where the local fishermen had they fish repacked. A bit different today. This building was designed by the architect Johan Laurentz for the industrialist Johan August Bång. It dates back to 1890. Back then it was an apartment building. Today there are only offices here. Oh, and this is the building that gave us the Stockholm Syndrome back in 1973.

Dancing couple

I like this artwork at Landstingsparken. Dancing couple by Thomas Qvarsebo. There is an old military hospital on this property. Today it houses the local politicians at Region Stockholm. There is terrace here where locals used to sit and eat, chat and what have you, but it closed for the public earlier this Summer because of safety concerns.

The Royal Guard

From earlier this Summer when the Swedish Air force celebrated its 100th anniversary. So on that day the soldiers taking part in the changing of the guards were from Upplands Flygflottilj in Uppsala. That is where I did my training as an air force mechanic back in 1984 btw. I spotted them while I was walking around The King's Garden, well I heard them, so I walked out to the street for a few photos. The marching band was Hemvärnets musikkår of which there are several. There are always a big police presence during these marches, so I snapped a few photos of them as well.

Fancy a game?

Fun tables at a restaurant at Timmermansgatan on Södermalm.

A splashy artwork

Fun sculpture at an apartment building next to the stairs known as Fatburstrappan on Södermalm. Called Nana fontaine. Made by Niki de Saint Phalle.

Watercrafts

I walked over a pedestrian bridge at Klara sjö when I noticed the motorboat. From here they go under another bridge before finding themselves at Riddarfjärden. In the second photo we see the ferry M/S Sandhamn leaving Stockholm for the archipelago. Photographed from the Ersta terrace on Södermalm, in the background, Kastellholmen. I took the last two photos from the Skanstull bridge as the lower Skansbron was opening to let boats through the Hammarby canal.

Artist looking for a sale

Asking for 500SEK. Found on a wall at Urvädersgränd where the aspiring artist lives, and works.