Kungsholms strandstig

We have had a few amazing days this long weekend. Here are a few photos I took just before that, while walking and cycling along Kungsholms strandstig on the Kungsholmen island. Always fun to look at the boats at the marina here. In the background the Karlberg Palace, a military academy. A relatively new word in Swedish is "kajbalkong". That is what we call the areas with the chairs seen here. Anyone using this one will see many boats and canoes pass by. The walk along the water here is hugely popular, especially with runners and I did see quite a few of them running past me when I sat down at another "kajbalkong", close to the stairs known as Grubbens trappor which you can see in the fourth photo.

Two recent snaps

Two photos from two different days. Taken at two different places. The first photo shows an old boat called Klaralust, moored at Norr Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen, close to City Hall. You can also see a few buildings at Riddarholmen. I took the second photo at Vattentorget at Nya Slussen. In both photos you can see the Riddarholmen church where the tower is being removed for a big renovation. I showed you another photo of it recently, but I do enjoy keeping track of changes, so here it is again. And in the second photo you can also see the ongoing work with the new bicycle bridge over Söderström. It will connect Södermalm with Gamla stan.

BBQ at Morarna

May Day. 25C today. Full Summer. Everyone having a day off. Hasse, one of my BBQ buddies and I decided to drive out to the Gålö peninsula for a BBQ. But there were too many people at the cliffs we tried first. Next stop was Gålö Havsbad, even more people there. So we tried Morarna, and it was nearly deserted. A few people out walking, a couple of campers and quite a few people out on the water. Hasse had made 15 kilo lamb sausages at his sister's place a while back so we tried some of them together with potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage. So good. Finished off with coffee and a cinnamon bun in the sunshine on a nearby pier.

Cherry Blossom Mania Part 2

The Cherry Blossom Mania at The King's Garden is heaven for a street photographer like me.

Along the canal

The newly widened bike path along Riddarholmskanalen. The Old Town to the left, Riddarholmen to the right. It used to very dangerous cycling here. Much better now, and you are no longer allowed to walk here. There is a new pedestrian sidewalk up ahead to the left. But as the stairs are still there I think it is easy for tourists to walk down here and get run over. I shot this from the bike. Oh, and the canoe deck where people also used to fish from is gone.

Kissing on the rocks

I had coffee and cake on a park bench with a view a while back, together with two of my BBQ buddies. At Strandvägen in Nynäshamn. It is a very picturesque walk any time of the year. The one-way ring road follows the coastline and was constructed for the sailing competition held here during the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. There are beaches and rocks everywhere, and during the Summer it can be a very busy place. Not so crowded on this sunny Spring day. Spotted the kissing couple and had to take a photo before we had our fika.

Cherry Blossom Mania Part 1

A first bunch of photos from the Cherry Blossom mania, Hanami, at The King's Garden in central Stockholm. Always a spectacle. The trees were a gift from the Japanese Emperor Akihito, and were planted here in 1998.

BBQ at Käringboda

Maybe 8C, not counting the wind chill factor on this day. Me and two of my BBQ buddies, Jujja and Hasse drove down to the Käringboda nature reserve in Nynäshamn. When we past through there the day before, 20 people were barbecuing down by the water, but on this day it was just us. As per usual we ate way too many grilled sausages, but hey you only live once.