Child Killer Regime

No words needed, really.

Street Party

Nytorgsfesten is a three-day-long street party at the end of the Summer. From Friday to Sunday. Held around Nytorget on Södermalm. These days regarded as a hipster area. Lots of live music, street food, and more. Artists were selling their work. I stopped by on the Saturday.

The Plank

A series of photos from Planket. The annual two-day photo exhibition at Södermalm in Stockholm. It dates back forty years. Anyone can sign up. This year they had an analog side, which was nice. I recogniced a few photographers, one from Flickr and one from the press.

Vanishing Point

The Path of Seven Wells. One of my favorite places to photograph at Skogskyrkogården. Sju brunnars stig. The 888-meter-long path between Almhöjden and the Chapel of Resurrection. Snapped a few days ago on my way in to the city. Theme day. Vanishing Point.

At the canal

On a sunny Summer day I biked over to Pålsundet. A canal between Södermalm and the Långholmen island. Lots of fine wooden boats to look at here, as well as people enjoying the superb weather, kayaking or sunbathing. Also a view here on another island. Reimersholme.

Tomos

You don't see too many of these out on the roads. A Slovenian Tomos Flexer moped. So I googled it. One was sold at an online auction a while back. For 5000SEK. Chances are that this was the guy with the winning bid. Spotted at Klara Mälarstrand a while back.

Movie set

I walked in on a movie set: the US President (woman in blue), arrives at City Hall with her bodyguards, escorted by the Swedish police. She steps out of her car. Waves to the onlookers and walks into the courtyard, towards the stairs. Protesters from an environmental organization are also there. Suddenly, a few of them break through the safety barriers, and the police try to stop them as the President is ushered up the stairs. Fun to watch. It was me and many international tourists.

Sheet-metal

Out strolling at Hjorthagen. Or Norra Djurgårdsstaden which is the new name of this area. Lots of old industrial architecture to look at here. And new architecture as well, as there are many very modern apartment buildings here. But today I will show you this. Gasverkstorget. A new square near the old gasworks. Behind the sheet-metal artwork thingy, there are hidden electric power wires. Kinda cool. I believe this was designed by Staffan Sundström, an architect working for the city.

Weird story of the Summer

Cleaning the bathroom, I noticed what looked like soil behind the toilet. So I removed it. A week later, there was more of it. So I removed it, thinking there's an issue with the sewage that I should fix, so I did that. A week later, more soil. So I opened the lid on the backside of the Ifö toilet and tried my best to clean out that space using the shower hose that just reached there. A week later, same story. And then like a week or so ago this popped out when I did my now weekly cleaning. A dried out wasp nest, a bit unexpected.

The tattooed juggler

I parked my bike under the gold bridge which is my rule while visiting Slussen, Skeppsbron, vattentorget and the old town, and went for a photo walk. This was the first photo of the day. A very colorful and tattooed guy juggling down by the water. He was pretty good as he did it while chatting away with his girlfriend. Possibly German, and I can easily see them at a café somewhere in Berlin.

Green wall

A very green wall at Storgatan on Östermalm in Stockholm. By Greenworks.

Hjorthagen

Three photos from the old Värtagasverket at Hjorthagen. Back in the day this whole area was designed by one famous architect. Ferdinand Boberg.

The Royal Cemetery

I visited the Royal Cemetery at Hagaparken. Located on the Karlsborg island. This is the grave of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland and his wife Princess Lillian. They lived together without being married for a few decades because, well, some sort of Royal succession thing. But after the death of Gustaf VI Adolf in 1973, the new and current king Carl XVI Gustaf married his Silvia, the current Queen, and he told Bertil to go ahead and marry Lillian, after Bertil asked if he could. The Prince was quite the character. As a teenager, without a driving licence, he was involved in a car accident where one of his friends died. For me and the rest of the people, he was known as the Motor Prince because of his big interests in cars and motorcycles.

Farmers Market

A few more photos from the farmers market on Södermalm. Always packed with people.