Spökstad

All the way from Malmö, this is Spökstad. They play music with influences from Swedish punk, prog and postpunk. And they sing in Swedish. The members are Jessica Rövardotter Franzén, Philip Åkervall, Christoffer Horvath and Ludvig Jonathan Särnklint. If you want to have a listen to some Swedish rock check out the following links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spokstadband Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BnVVein2I1sdpoxDtiDJI

Sunday Secret

Sunday Secret. An alternative rock-band from Vallentuna, Stockholm, performing at the Trädgårdsrocken festival in Tungelsta on Saturday. All the members in the band wore orange for some reason. The members are Carl-Adam Törnquist: Bassguitar/Flute. Anders Ramdén: Guitar/Vocals. Isabelle Borgkvist: Leadguitar. Josefine Weståker: Vocals. Johan Gustafsson: Drums

Zombie Space Pirates

I had seen five of the bands that played during this years Trädgårdsrock festival in the park in Tungelsta before. These guys are The Zombie Space Pirates. They are fun to watch. They play psychobilly. They do feature a number of different instrument, including the washboard and a home-made guitar of sorts.

MISA

No sunshine today. Dark skies when MISA took to the stage during the annual rock festival in the park in Tungelsta. They sang a cappella and did among other songs a few abba classics. The event is known as Trädgårdsrocken and is a local institution by now this is the 18 year of the festival. So far the rain has stayed away and as I'm typing this the reggae band The Clifftones are performing. More photos in the coming days.

Jobbar

Swedish word of the day. Jobbar. Works, (for a living so I can afford this, okay?). Or something like that. As seen from the pedestrian bridge that crosses the busy Gudöbroleden.

Down by the water

If you want to live close to the water in the port city of Nynäshamn, the tiny islet Trehörningen might be what you are looking for. But you probably need a big wallet, and if you don't have that maybe a visit to the spa that I showed you a while back would be a better alternative.

Yongnuo Model

I recently bought two Chinese made lenses. From Yongnuo. Two prime lenses. The Yongnuo 35mm f/2, and the Yongnuo 100mm f/2.0. Here are two portraits taken with these cheap lenses. The model is Sarah. Profile portrait shot with the 35mm, and the full body portrait with the 100mm.

Blowin' In The Wind

Visited the newly restored, (for the worse), cafe at the Tyresta National Park yesterday. A fine Summer day. Took a few snaps in the old village and then while cycling home I stopped by this wheat-field also belonging to the park for a close-up photo using my new Yongnuo 35mm lens.

Isle of Lime

We had a whisky testing evening a while back. At Norrby, that place with a view. One of the bottles we tried was a Swedish whisky brand from Gotland Whisky. It is called Isle of Lime. Their latest whisky went on sale at Systembolaget just a couple of days ago and people were queuing to get one of the 11000 bottles on sale. The bottle we tried was their second ever whisky and the owner of the bottle is also a shareholder in the brewery. After trying the three brands and enjoying some good food I decided to shoot an abstract of the Gotland whisky bottle and that is the top snap. Skål!

Brutalistic Architecture

Quality Hotel Winn at Rudsjöterrassen in Handen. Believe it or not the entire block has undergone a year long restoration.

Stylish EPA-Tractor

I still call these cars EPA-tractors, although these days it should probably be called an A-tractor. They used to be just old Volvo's that Swedish 16-year-olds would fix up, but this looks like a BMW M3 and would probably cost something like 50 000SEK. If you have no idea what an A-Tractor or an EPA-tractor is, PRESS HERE.

Yachts

A few photos from a recent visit to the guest harbour in Nynäshamn. It was a fine Summer day and had i turned around you would have seen that the harbour and all the eateries were packed with happy people.

Sea Pavilion

The sea pavilion, or Havspaviljongen, was built together with the Nynäs Havsbad Hotel at the turn of the last century on the Trehörningen island in Nynäshamn. Nynäshamn became fashionable with the arrival of the new railway line and many impressive houses were build here around that time. Today it is a very popular spa.

That Old Tree

A fine Summer day on this visit. Taking this photo of the old tree with one of my new Chinese lenses I got an idea for a photo shoot and it looks like that idea will become a reality sometime towards the end of next week, weather permitting.

Young At Heart

Local legend Tompa Eken getting his first skateboard lesson from young David. There's 57 years between teacher and student. The lesson continued for a few minutes, no real injuries to report. Theme Day. Young At Heart.

The Nostalgia Museum

As promised in yesterdays post here is the slideshow with my photos from the nostalgia museum, Mopedum in Nynäshamn. If you have trouble seeing the slideshow Press Here to see the photos at flickr.

Nils Skogmyr

This is Nisse Skogmyr. He is a man with a dream. And he made that dream come true! Together with his wife Lotta he has opened a nostalgia museum in the port city of Nynäshamn. It is called Mopedum. The museum part is very special. You walk in and turn to the left and are suddenly back in 1952. The Mopedum museum focuses on the years between 1952 and 1979. There are lots of info about all the products, fashion items, mopeds and what have you that were popular during that era. And you can follow the life of Clas-Göran and Barbro through that time. After spending a long time in the museum recognising more and more as I headed into the 70s, I walked over to the cafe. It is called Kafé Radiokakan, named after a popular cake from way back when. The cafe is also very very vintage, they even serve pastries that were popular between the 1950s and the 1970s. There's also a jukebox at the cafe and we listened to a couple of tunes from the 1970s, including Airport with The Motors. Nisse started the cafe back in 2012. If you visit during an evening you will find yourself in a popular pub with live music! I have to say that I was very impressed with everything I saw during my visit and I will probably go back again. I will show you the museum snaps tomorrow.

Motor Boat

While waiting for my friends to show up at the cafe we had picked for the day, I took a short bike ride down to the port at Årsta Brygga for a few snaps.

The Art of Waiting

I'm not very good at waiting, but it is something we all have to do every now and then. So while I waited for my friends to show up at the place that we had chosen for coffee today, at my favorite beach, Årsta Havsbad, I jumped on the bike again and headed down to the port that will take visitors to the archipelago. No ferry there when I arrived, but I noticed a few people that were waiting for the ferry, and I like to think that the people that stacked these stones and that bone so nicely did that while waiting for the ferry.

Girly Impala

So I can't just cross the bridge at Gudöbroleden. I have to stop and take at least a couple of photos.

Cat Crossing

I have a feeling that this sign have been placed here by a certain cat lover and cultural icon that lives around the corner.

2 € of Cool

Micke Vinsa looking cool in his new shades. He bought them for 20SEK at a market in Kiruna (way up North). Michael is a real musician, a multi instrumentalist. Plays in the cult band that is Chesty Morgan. Music is more or less his life. Also heavily involved in Jordbro Världsorkester, a musical project where the idea is to get people from different cultures and ages to play together. He has lived in Haninge for the last forty years or so.

It's A Wrap

That time of the year again. But the view is new here as last year there were no houses in the background, this is the new housing area at Lillgården in Tungelsta.

Norrby

BBQ at a friends place on Friday evening. He lives in an old yellow house, (second photo), at Norrby, with a tiny view down over Drevviken,(first photo).

At The Filling Station

A 1962 Ford Thunderbird. Not a bad Summer drive.

Liggist

That is what they call themselves. Liggister. A funny word in Swedish as it is pronounced the same way as the similarly spelled word ligist, which means hooligan, and not someone that uses a recumbent bicycle which is the meaning here. As seen in Handen a few days ago.

The cafe squirrel

If I don't move they won't see me. As seen at my favorite cafe.

Volvo Laplander

Spotted this old Volvo Laplander at a filling station in Handen recently. I asked the owner, who comes from Sorunda if it was his Summer ride. Nope, I drive this year round was the answer. Perfectly understandable of course. And he told me that he would take part in an event at TerrängCamp Ekeby next weekend, that's near me so maybe I should go there for a few fun shots.

Piotr Ksiazek

He came walking towards me in Västerhaninge. So I really didn't have a choice. I had to stop and ask him for a photo. Hard not to with that big red hair and beard. But there was one problem. The language barrier. We couldn't communicate properly. He spoke,(only),Polish and although I know a few Poles, the only words I know are not meant for print. But I managed to get a few facts. This is Piotr Ksiazek. He is from Poland, obviously. I asked him if he was here working, many Poles are these days, but not Piotr. He was here for medical reasons as I understood it. Waiting for an operation. But he seemed to have a favorite soccer team here, AIK, so he must have been here for a while.

Custom Trike

Nice touch with the oak barrel. As seen and photographed from the pedestrian bridge crossing the Gudöbroleden in Handen.

Plymouth Valiant

Impromptu photo shoot of a 1966 Plymouth Valiant at a filling station in Jordbro. The owner, Mats had bought the car just three days earlier. From another "raggare", but their taste were a bit different so Mats had already changed a few things. And I'm sad to say that the "Hillbillys" hood will be gone soon as well as the Persian rug inside! I believe that there's a cruiser gang called Hillbillys and chances are that the previous owner was a member. Shot with my new Chinese 35mm lens. A few more snaps of the Plymouth in my flickr set.

Tibor Hajnal

I noticed this recumbent bicycle in Västerhaninge. Didn't think it was that special until I noticed the electric battery. So I stopped the guy and asked for a few photos. This is Tibor Hajnal. Works as a teacher at Ågesta folkhögskola in Farsta. Lives in Västerhaninge. Born in Yugoslavia, moved to Sweden as a kid. Grew up in Enköping. Later he moved to Handen. He bought the unusual bike from the guy who built it. Tibor has beaten cancer, and is slowly getting his strength back. He hopes to be able to ride to and from work in a not too distant future. He asked me where I was going after I had snapped a few photos and as we were heading the same way we continued to talk while cycling. That turned out to be a bit tricky because Tibor cheated and used his batter power and, boy his bike can fly! He then asked more specifically were I was headed and I told him that it was time for lunch at Malmens konditori, my favorite cafe. He then asked me, who do you know at the cafe? Everyone I answered. Do you know Tompa Eken ? I see him every day was my response. How about Gunnar Borg? On a weekly basis I said. Turns out Tibor used to hang with the Ultrahuset crowd back in the day. Years ago Tibor was a member of a photography club but that was back in the analogue day. This far come in the conversation we said our goodbyes and I turned right as he continued straight ahead as he was on his way to his daughters place. I have a feeling Tibor might drop in at the cafe any day now.

That Old Tree

My second photo of the old tree with the Yongnuo 35mm lens and the full frame Canon. I also had the old Canon 550 with me, and could probably have stayed here all day, shooting macro images, because there was butterflies and all sorts of fun insects everywhere in the fields that surround the old tree.

Me fifth element - supreme being. Me protect you

Haninge Fantasy Games took place recently. By chance I noticed a photographer taking photos of a very colorful model outside the cultural centre in Handen so in my usual style I interrupted the proceedings and asked if I could join the fun. The photographer was Ice of Tin and the model Grimalcin Cosplay. Real name Elvina Ejstes. Elvina comes from Hara in Jämtland but is today based in Stockholm. She's in to Science Fiction and today she was dressed as Leeloo from The Fifth Element, one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time, starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich as Leeloo, the perfect being. I told Elvina that I was planning to watch Ghost in the Shell that night, and she told me that she was at the premier of that movie in Copenhagen, dressed then of course as Major Motoko Kusanagi, the role that Scarlett Johansson plays in that flick. I took a few quick photos with Elvina posing up against the wall at the cultural centre and then thanked both of them for letting me interrupt their photo session. Always great when you find someone like this by chance, the only reason I turned this way was that I spotted a friend at the Grillmaster, and when I turned around there was Elvina being photographed.

No sign of the ferry operator

This is one of the shorter ferry rides anywhere. It goes to an islet in the Nynäshamn archipelago called Malhuvud, you can see the farm house on the second photo. The tiny islet, (53 hectare), is surrounded by the Norviken bay and the Svartfjärden bay, and you can see the whole ferry ride here. All that is missing is the ferry. It takes one (1), car and runs on batteries. The man that usually operates it is the former baker, turned farmer, Erik Jarvin who was born on the island and still lives there today with his wife. His family have lived here for more than a century.