Super-post-Panamax

The two Super-post-Panamax cranes at the new Norvik port in Nynäshamn. They are 120 meters high and 130 meters wide. They weigh 2000 tonnes and can lift 80 tonnes. The port will open for business in May. Driving towards the port on Friday I read out some of the crane statistics to my friends in the car, and they responded, no no no, we were here last week for a quick look and the cranes aren't really all that big. Turns out they really are that big. My friends had been there before the cranes were operational.

Easter Egg

Glittering Easter egg in Västerhaninge. Super weather yesterday. I headed south to Nynäshamn with two friends. We checked out a couple of big construction sites before going for a longish walk that took us to coffee and a waffle at Lövhagen. Quite a few people out and about but most people followed the new guidelines. I will show you photos in the next few days. Enjoy Easter anyway you can.

Focus On Living

A happy cyclist enjoying the Spring weather, in the background the Västerhaninge cemetery. Photo snapped earlier in the week when it was a bit warmer.

The Lakes

Övre Rudasjön, the upper lake at Rudan, and Nedre Rudasjön, the lower lake at the same nature reserve. Photos were taken earlier in the week. A few people out and about as it was a nice day, but most people follow the new guidelines about social distancing.

Boxercise

Sure was a nice day for it. These four guys were working out at the outdoor gym at the lakes at Rudan on Tuesday afternoon.

Picnic

No quarantine order in Sweden just yet. Yesterday was a good day for a bike ride to Rudan and a picnic or a BBQ down by the water.

No traffic

No quarantine in Sweden, but most people that can work from home are doing just that so it is not too much traffic anywhere. This was Vallavägen in Handen earlier today. Normally a busy road but not today. The building here might look familiar to you as I have photographed it a few times already this year. It is a new apartment complex called Sjögläntan.

Self-quarantine

Been doing a lot of that lately. The most exciting thing that happened today was nothing at all, but I did take a photo of this coffee mug.

Quote of the day

Edward Blom quote of the day. "Nothing more meaningless than a carbohydrate that is not beer". I follow Edward on twitter and he mentioned the other day that he had designed a series of beer glasses, so I ordered a couple. Skål!

Vitsippa

Biking through Gullringskärret yesterday I figured it was time to look for some "Vitsippor". And I found a few. Two weeks from now millions of wood anemones will turn this whole area white. There's also a guided tour here on April 20 if it hasn't been canceled because of the Corona crisis.

Olydig

Swedish word of the day. Olydig. Disobedient. Kinda funny me thinks. As seen on the Bridge to nowhere earlier today.

Lunch Guest

The photogenic squirrel dropped by just as it stopped snowing the other day. Before posing for a few photos it decided to eat some bird seeds.

Weather Update

We had April Weather in Tungelsta yesterday. It snowed. Like you can see here. Ten minutes later we had a blue sky. Then it got colder. And then it snowed again. And then the sun was back. Great fun.

Skåpbil

Spotted this truck in Brandbergen. Got me thinking about all the urban legends about the white van.

Brandbergens Centrum

Around 11 000 people live in Brandbergen. A suburb in Haninge that was part of the Million Programme. Half a century later it is time to renovate the mall and build new apartments. This was the big parking deck at the mall up until a few weeks ago. I was last there last Summer shopping for a BBQ at Villa Blåmes. I remember discussing how badly the place needed some renovation while we were driving up the uneven ramp, and now it is finally happening. The architects are Koen Kragting & Louise Jalilian at Urban Couture Arkitekter.

Croci

New Apartment Building

Sixty new apartments under construction at Vendelsömalmsvägen. The builder is Danator. In the background the new retirement home Villa Tjädern that will open up next month.

The passage

The passage between the commuter station in Handen and Poseidons Square at the mall is no more. At least for a while. It was a dark tunnel for many years, later it was lit up both by lights and artwork. This is how it looks today.

Haningeterrassen

To the left the Handenterminalen, a monstrosity that dates back to 1979. To the right the newly renovated Najaden building. In the middle, a brand new apartment building, part of the Haningeterrassen project in central Handen. From there you would have a good view over the Upper Lake at Rudan. I snapped the photo from the hill overlooking the lake. The area in front of the building is a bit of a mess at the moment but a few years from now it is supposed to be a new meeting place called Tritons plats.

Övre Rudasjön

The first swim of the year will have to wait. This was the scene at the Upper Lake yesterday.

Six Windows

Detail from a new apartment building at Haningeterrassen.

Enjoying the day

That is my favorite spot at the Lower Lake. At least on a sunny day.

What's For Dinner?

New Apartments

A new apartment building at Vegastaden. Panorama made from nine images shot with the 18-135mm lens. Tricky to stitch together as the crane kept moving. The nerve of some crane operators! You obviously need to shut everything down when a photographer arrives! The location is pretty good, you can see the commuter station to the right. Jump on the train and be in Stockholm 20 minutes later.

The new normal

Rumors have it that they have toilet paper at the Supermarket today.

USA-Bilar (US-Cars)

That is what a sign used to say at this building at Kvarntorp in Handen for a very long time. Back in the 1970s Palle Eriksson & Mayer imported cars from the US, and sold them here. It was also a repair shop run by a man called Boström. Later it became Auto Team, owned by a guy nicknamed Dimman. Today Haninge Bil Mek and AC Service. This area has undergone a big change in recent years and is now part of the new Vegastaden.

Accident

Ammonia leak at the industrial park in Jordbro today, at a cold storage warehouse. I passed by twice, police and rescue personnel everywhere. Long queys along the roads with a hundred or so trucks that were headed to the industrial park. People were told to stay indoors in part of Haninge but the police I saw just gave me the heads up to bike through the area.

That Old Tree

Sunny, but cold and windy as I made my way to the old tree on Saturday afternoon.

Kolonilottsvägen

New row-houses at Kolonilottsvägen in Tungelsta under construction.

Lekplats

Swedish word of the day. Lekplats. New playground under construction at the park in Tungelsta. Looks like an old Volvo "rundnos" truck from the 1930s in there! A century ago, (give or take a few years), a man known locally as Cykel-Pelle lived in a house here. The old truck represents his business. You can also see a "torklada", representing the many laundry firms that operated here a century ago. And when it is all ready for the kids there will also be a building representing all the greenhouse nurseries from way back when.

Free Tuna!

People are panic-shopping in my area. Supermarkets are all out of toilet paper, pasta and other necessities. All thanks to the Coronavirus, of course. I often shop from home and got a delivery from Mathem yesterday evening. Quite a few items were missing from my order, and I also got a number of things that I hadn't ordered, including some tuna. One email later and it was sorted. I could keep everything and they gave 800SEK to shop for next time. Oh, and the cat will enjoy the tuna.

Weather Update

Bronze Age Grave

A cairn at the burial ground in Jordbro. Supposedly the oldest grave here is said to date back to the Bronze Age. I have heard from several people that there is some sort of shaman lurking around here sometimes, singing and dancing and what have you, but I haven't seen him or her yet.

Rätblock

Driftwood at my favorite beach, Årsta Havsbad. My first visit this month. Nice day, sunny and 10C when I arrived. Then the clouds moved in and the temperature dropped a bit. Rätblock is the Swedish name of the shape. Cuboid in English I guess.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Blåsippor

The ultimate sign of Spring. Anemones, or blåsippor as we like to call them. I found them while crawling around on all four at the burial ground in Jordbro earlier in the week.

Vegastaden

The plan was to show you quite a few photos from all the construction going on at Vegastaden (Vega City), so I decided to use a wide-angle lens for once. But as I figured the distortion might be too much for my liking and that is precisely what happened so those photos will probably never see the light of day! The good news is that I will go back next week with a 50mm lens and my trusted 70-300mm lens and shoot a number of panoramic images and they will look much better. Anywho, this photo shows three of those new buildings, here blocked by part of the commuter station.

The jury's still out

It's all a bit arty-farty if you ask me. New artwork at the commuter station at Vegastaden in Haninge.

That Old Tree

Overcast and 2C today as I made my way to the old tree.

Ikano

Ikano building new apartments at Vega Allé at the big project Vegastaden. Last I looked nearly all sold out. Facts and photos here. The location is pretty good. The new commuter station is 100 hundred meters away and the commuter train will take you to Stockholm in 20 minutes.

Gone Shopping

As seen at the tiny beach at the Upper Lake at Rudan yesterday. From Willy:s Supermarket.

Rullskidåkare

Swedish word of the day. Rullskidåkare. Rollerskier.

A Temporary Sculpture

Most likely gone today as 95 percent of the recent snow has melted away. Spotted at Ribby in Västerhaninge two days ago.