Reflections at Victoriaslussen

Three photos from the new sluice at Vattentorget located at Kornhamnstorg in the old town. Named after our Crown Princess and future Queen, Victoria. I took these photos just after I took the photos of the people in yesterday's post. The yellow building seen in two of the photos dates back to 1781. Back then known as Forsströmska huset. The architect was Lorentz Kolmodin.

Slussporten

This year several new restaurants will open under The Golden Bridge at Vattentorget, all part of Nya Slussen. I walked by Slussporten the other day while taking a few photos in the area. Any guests using these sofas looking out over the square with the sluice can expect to be photographed as this new square is very popular both with locals, tourists and photographers.

Four street snaps from the old town

Back in Stockholm again, been a while. I parked the bike at Kornhamnstorg in the old town, or Gamla stan as we like to call it, and went for a stroll. Nice day for it. 7C. Quite a few tourists out and about. Here are four street shots from the main street, Västerlånggatan.

Winter white

Theme day. White. Back at my favorite cemetery. Skogskyrkogården at Gamla Enskede. The first photo shows the snow covered Meditation Hill. Known as Almhöjden in Swedish. We can see snow on the ground in the birch forest at the cemetery in my second photo. I use that green bench sometimes. I did so just an hour before someone stole my ebike last year. Closing in on Stockholm I stopped on the Skanstull bridge for another photo of the concrete pier. No one there on this day, but the lunch eaters and sunbathers will soon fill it up once again. We finish with a panorama photo of the circular pier at Lake Drevviken. I walked out looking for ice skaters, noticed two groups, but I only had a 85mm lens with me so the photo I took of them wasn't too good.

Something new

On my tiresome but still great bike ride yesterday I stopped for photos of new, or newish buildings. Top photo shows a new structure outside what for many years was a furniture outlet at the Jordbro industrial park. Next, an apartment building under construction near the commuter station in Handen. The new underground bus depot will be closed during a period from now, so crowds of commuters will be seen queueing at temporary bus stops along Nynäsvägen. In the third photo, snapped from the bike path through Vega you can see three new shops that opened in this new building last year. So if you need car glass, paint or electronics this could be a good place for a visit. We finish with two new apartment buildings next to the Trångsund commuter station.

Hurrah!

I finally took out one of my bikes today. Had not used a bike since two days before Christmas for a number of different reasons. I have not used this bike, the kona, since before I bought the ebike, but it worked fine. Rode maybe 65 km. And boy was it tiring. On my way home there are four uphill climbs, and I had to stop and walk up with the bike on three of them.

Weather update

Looking out a window two days ago this was the scene. More snow. So I took a photo. Then came a few weather warnings. The last such warning giving me hope as it promised several days with warmer weather and hinting that this cold Winter might be giving up! So today I will look over two of my bikes and prepare them for a test ride later today or maybe tomorrow. But as the snow melts, and it gets colder at night there will be a lot of icy roads so if I go out I will be very careful and only ride on the bike paths.

Motvindsrakan

I made up that word. But it means something like the headwind straight. It is the bike path that goes next to the railway line between Krigslida and Västerhaninge. It can be tough riding a bike here. I have an acquaintance that used to ride here almost every day and whenever it was windy he used to scream profanities which made it easier to cope with the strong wind. I haven't used my bike for a couple of months now, so no swearing for me here for a while. Oh, and my acquaintance has moved now and lives closer to Stockholm so he never rides here these days.

The Krigslida barn

The old barn at Krigslida. And a few people out walking.

That Old Tree

The first visit to the old tree this year. -5C. Blue sky, no wind. A nice walk it was.

Beware of the cat

I took another Winter promenade this morning. -5C from a clear blue sky, which was nice. Spotted this warning sign at the corner of Vinkelvägen and Hagavägen in Krigslida. But no sign of the scary cat.

Available seating

Movement for every heartbeat. Well I did go for my morning walk, and I did see a few things normally worth photographing, but I could not be bothered and this was all I could come up with.

Still Winter

The good news is that it was 0C for a couple of hours today. Been a month since i was that warm.The bad news is that the forecast promises more snow. I snapped this shot while walking home from the recycling station a while back. A lamp post by the stream in the park in Tungelsta. I have had zero interest in photography for the last two months. Might force myself to go for a walk tomorrow morning and hopefully find something worth photographing.

Brandstationen

The former fire station in Tungelsta. It opened here in 1952. Before that, it was at another location for 20 years. My dad joined the service here when he was sixteen years old. It was a volunteer fire department, and most of the 20 part-time firefighters were just like him, working at the many family-owned greenhouse nurseries here. Dad was afraid of heights, so climbing the stairs can't have been much fun for him. One of my classmates, Krister also worked here for many years. The station closed in the mid 1990s. Later it became a youth centre, but it closed in 2023 and the property is empty today.

Core Annexet

Built as a church. The religious people from the Swedish Pentecostal Movement had a fight. Someone changed the lock. That ended that adventure. Next came a gym. After that, it became a café for six years. Now it is a gym again. Called Core Annexet. Yoga classes. Retreats, whatever that is. Group activities, sounds a bit suspicious. But you can also get married here, or have a party.