Trying out new shades

I was walking along Stora Nygatan in the old town when I spotted a few colorful heartshaped sunglasses outside a shop so I stopped for a photo. Just behind me was this girl, waiting for me to finish so that she could try them on.

Norrlands Guld

Norrlands Guld were three people I think when they started with street art a few decades ago. Could be down to one guy now. Snapped this at Farstaväggen a while back. Met him briefly here a year ago. He was with a friend, painting. I took a few quick snaps while chatting. Had my sunglasses on, a big no-no in my book. Three days later, going through the photos, I realized that I had shot with manual focus because I had taken a panorama earlier, so my Norrlands Guld photos from that day were so much out of focus that I deleted them.

The Doc

A very funny moment with The Doc. After stopping the traffic in his unique way, so that the Royal Guards could march to the Palace, a bus driver at Skeppsbron honked his horn. The Segway police officer was not amused. He rolled over and promptly told the driver to shut up which everyone within a mile could hear. Another bus driver, here for the first time, asked in German what was going on. The Doc who clearly does not speak German still answered in some sort of German which was fun. Oh, and he got his nickname 20 years ago when arriving at a crime scene, finding a dead person, he called it in, and of course the guy was not very dead at all. Since a few years he works from the new police station in the old town. He knows everyone and everyone knows him.

It's just a facade

From a recent walk along Hornsgatan on Södermalm where I focused my camera on doors and windows and then ended with this facade photo. Might show you the doors and windows in a later post.

Svartkål

Always a lot of flowers and plants to look at while at the King's park. Here we have Svartkål. Lacinato kale. Cavolo nero.

The man in the window

Watching the world go by in the old town at Brända tomten. I gave him a nod, he smiled and gave me a nod back. He is looking towards a famous square where today you fill find a popular restaurant and big tree as well as two disapperaring alleyways. If you look at the wikipedia photos he is in the building you can see in the black and white photo.

Girl with a pearl earring

And an iPhone. The shopkeeper in Gamla stan tried to lure me in, thinking I was a tourist.

Los Conejos

Bad Bunny was in town recently. For two sold out concerts at the Strawberry Arena in Solna. So Stockholm filled up with 100 000 Los Conejos. Which was fun, of course. I took a walk trying to find them.

Arty

There's often some new temporary artwork to look at while walking down the relatively short Sergelgatan street in Stockholm. Sometimes because a store is closed for renovation and they put something up in the window for me to photograph.

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.