Jazz and Swing

Three photos from Hagaparken in Solna. Fransk Hotclub Jazzkvartet. That's the Swedish name of this group. With the three guitarists, Tomas Danko, Lasse Söderström and Felipe Robles. And on vocals and Soprano saxophone, Cecilia Wennerström. I listened from a distance, sitting on the circular bench overlooking the big lawn. So for good measure I will show you the copper tent where they were sitting, and also my view over the lawn at the park, it is known as Stora Pelousen.

More Summertime

Four Summer views from Drakenbergsparken and Tantolunden on Södermalm. This is one of the more popular parks in Stockholm. There's also a rocky beach along the Årstaviken bay, usually packed with sunbathers, weather permitting. The walk along Årstaviken is always very busy, and I usually bike around it. There are two big allotment gardens on a hillside overlooking the bay. There are restaurants and food trucks, miniature golf, a legal graffiti wall, and more. I have seen a few concerts here as well as a Greta Thunberg protest, and last Summer a strong man competition. Oh, and boats of course. Many boats.

A place to rest for a bit

Atriumgård by Fredrik Holmqvist. This piece was a project between schoolkids and the artist. Stood outside a school in Jordbro for many years. I was a student there long before that. The school is gone today, replaced with modern apartments. And the Atriumgård can be found in a nearby park. Photographed yesterday when I was out on a (slow), bike ride for the first time since the man flu hit. I managed 40 kilometers. Might try again today with a longer ride.

Bellevueparken II

The second hill I climbed the day that I got the man flu was in the same park as in yesterday's post. Bellevueparken. Just closer to the bay. The park was designed by a landscape architect called Fredrik Magnus Piper back in 1780. He was also the guy who designed Hagaparken. On the first photo, a woman is working on her laptop at Piper's Parasol. There are a lot of benches in the park, all with good views over the bay. Which came in handy for me as I sat down on this bench for a bit. Across the bay at Kräftriket, a part of the Stockholm University, you will find this Villa from the 1880s. On the fourth photo, we can see The Northern Towers that are visible from most hills around Stockholm.

Tessinparken

Five photos from a park at Gärdet in Stockholm. Tessinparken. Named after the Tessin architects. Around 15 years ago all the roses here were replaced with 4000 new ones, as it looked a little down and out at the time. The new roses are red, white, pink and orange. Some of them are Leonardo da Vinci, others Astrid Lindgren and HC Andersen. No water in the fountain this time of the year, which is a shame, of course. The sculpture is called Ägget. The Egg. Made for climbing, it dates back to the 1950s. The fourth photo shows the entrance I used to get there. I really like all the symmetry in the park. It was designed some ninety years ago by Arvid Stille.

Brittsommar

Brittsommar. A favorite word. It means a Summer-like day in Autumn. We have had quite a few of those this Autumn. On this day I parked the bike outside the National Library and went for a promenade in the park Humlegården. People were working out. Sleeping. Eating. Talking. And enjoying the Brittsommar.

Berzelii Park

I parked the bike at Nybroplan and went for an Autumn walk with the Canon. This is a park named after the chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. One of the founders of modern chemistry. Oh, and for good measure, I took the second photo in May when I was out on a Spring walk with the Canon.

The Sultan's Copper Tents

A first bunch of photos from Hagaparken. A park in Solna, just meters from Stockholm and Lake Brunnsviken. These are the three copper tents. Koppartälten. Designed by Louis Jean Desprez in the 1780s. Supposed to look like something from ancient Rome. The idea of the park came from the king, Gustav III. He wanted an English garden. The tents were meant to be barracks for the Royal Guards. The middle tent was destroyed in a fire in the 1950s. It was rebuilt in the mid 1960s. Another renovation took place in the 1980s when a new part was added. Today there's a museum here as well as apartments and a café. There is no entrance fee to the museum. There is also a café at one tent. More photos from the popular park to come.

Flowermania

I jumped off the bike at The King's Garden. Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. Locked it, and went for a combined photo walk/lunch break promenade among the big flowerbeds. It was me, a huge group of busy bees, a few other photographers, and here and there people sitting down for a bite to eat rather than walking and eating!

Korean Culture Festival

I visited the Korean Culture Festival at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. K-Pop. Martial arts. Dance. Food, and more. Oh, and after I got back home I talked to my brother who was back in town for a few days, and he told me, hey, we visited the Korean Culture Festival! So I had to look through my photos to see if I might have a photo of him. But no luck there.