Summer in Stockholm

Norr Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. A new sun deck opened here earlier this Summer. It is a permanent fixture with a great view over the Riddarfjärden bay. Lots of differents chairs for the sunbathers.

Invader was here

The famous, but anonymous street artist Invader visited Stockholm this week. So now I have nineteen of his mosaics to track down. Well, make that eighteen because I spotted this one today.

The dogwalkers

Six dog walkers. All photographed on the same afternoon, in the same neighbourhood, during the recent street party Nytorgsfestivalen on Södermalm in Stockholm.

Festa Major a Catalunya

A last bunch of photos from the cultural festival in Stockholm. Fun to see all these costumed processional giants from Catalonia in Spain during the cultural festival in Stockholm. Known as Gegants and Cabezudos. No idea who they are, though.

At the flea market

A Summer visit to the weekly flea market at Hötorget. This was during the Cultural Festival weekend and I will show a last bunch of photos from that event tomorrow. Oh, and in the third photo a well-known politician, Beatrice Ask is discussing the upcoming election with a possible voter.

Castells

There was a Spanish theme at the recent Cultural Festival in Stockholm. I watched these two Castell groups from Catalonia build human towers at Kornhamnstorg in the Old Town.

Scenes from the cultural festival part III

A brass band performing for a grown-up crowd at Vattentorget. And K-POP non-stop for a somewhat younger crowd at Sergels torg. All part of the cultural festival in Stockholm.

Scenes from the cultural festival part II

A second batch of photos from Kulturfestivalen. The girls in the second photo did what only teenage girls can do. Show up early for the best seats in the house. Or in this case close to the stage at Gustav Adolfs torg in front of the opera house where the band they were waiting to see did a soundcheck. In the third photo you can see Riksdagshuset. The Parliament building at Helgeansholmen. The Norrbro bridge and the area close to the water slowly filled up with people enjoying food and drinks. And that is where I took the rest of the photos.

Scenes from the cultural festival part I

A few street snaps from the recent cultural festival in Stockholm. Food & Music.

Nostalgia

I'm sure my mother read this to me and my brother when we were a bit younger than we are today. Hattstugan by Elsa Beskow. As seen at the combined Farmers market/ flea market at Katarina Bangata on Södermalm in Stockholm earlier this Summer.

Commuting

Commuting should count as travelling I think. I took this photo in the Stockholm Metro system on Saturday. At some point I will start a photo project here as the underground is known as the longest art gallery in the world. On this day my commute was short, just the one station from T-Centralen to the Rådhuset station for an appointment. And then back one hour later.

Glass facade

Panorama from nine photos, shot with my Canon mirrorless, with the 85mm lens. I first tried to stitch them together with Lightroom. Fail. Flaws everywhere. Then I tried Photoshop. Fail. Flaws all over the place. Then I tried both Gemini and ChatGTP. Fail. Flaws non-stop. And then I tried the 2015 version of the long since cancelled software Microsoft ICE, and it stitched the photos together without any big mistakes in under 30 seconds. Go figure.