Under the Bridges of Stockholm

I was halfway down the steep slope here on Royal Djurgården when I spotted the ferry in the canal, so I stopped and took a few quick shots because it is in fact two photos stitched together. The bridge is named after Folke Bernadotte.

Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen

Another long Swedish name. This is the canal at Royal Djurgården. There are roads on each side of the canal, named after two Princes. Very popular with the locals, and visiting tourists. Top photo shows the bridge, Lilla Sjötullen where I took the portrait in yesterdays post. The people in the RIB where keeping an eye on two duck families just ahead.The third photo shows a classic "Grosshandlarvilla" at Royal Djurgården. The man who had it built back in 1851, Johan Bäckström, named it after himself.

A coffee stop at a canal

Here are a few photos from a very brief thermos coffee stop in Södertälje while on my way home from a limestone quarry at Mörkö. Södertälje is a city famous for a few things, including Björn Borg. Hopefully I will make a longer stop in the near future and show you some of the the sights. The top photo here shows the railway bridge crossing the canal. It is a lift bridge built a decade ago. Photographed from Igelsta strand, which used to be a very dull industrial part of the city. At the moment JM is building a lot of new homes, Kanalhusen here, just meters from the canal, and as you can see there were one or two locals down by the water enjoying the sunshine.