Graffiti Murals

Five more graffiti murals from Snösätra.

All We Have ☆ Is Each Other

Hop Louie mural at the Snösätra Graffiti Wall of Fame, for the Spring Beast 2020. Hop Louie is an anonymous street artist. I guess you could call him Sweden's own Banksy.

Snösätra spring beast 2020

The Snösätra spring beast 2020 usually takes place during the spring, but not this very unusual year of course. I visited the forgotten industrial area at Rågsved earlier this week. No sign of the official Snösätra spring beast 2020 festival but I counted around 20 street artists working on their murals as well as a bunch of photographers and onlookers. More photos from the Snösätra Graffiti Wall of Fame to come.

Graffiti Wall of Fame

Together with three friends, I visited the forgotten industrial area Snösätra in Rågsved yesterday. It was abandoned because of a lack of accessibility. The owner then gave the okay for graffiti artists to use the area. Since then this place is known as Snösätra Graffiti Wall of Fame and it attracts graffiti artists from all over the world. I will show you more photos in the coming days.

1963 Corvette Sting Ray

I tried my luck with a couple of bokeh panorama photos a few warm days ago. I spotted Robert Hoffman from Speed Pro in his 1963 Corvette in Handen and decided to take a few shots. The top photo consists of nine photos stitched together. Shot with my Sigma 50mm 1.4 using the Canon 6D. The second photo is twelve photos stitched together using the same settings. I emailed the photos to Robert who showed them to his own photographer and they both liked them. www.speedpro.se/

When one is not enough

Abstract suprematism

Another photo used in a Facebook quiz. The top photo that is. I figured it would be tricky, but someone figured it out. A gable at the new retirement home,(second photo), in Brandbergen. It is called Villa Tjädern,(wood grouse). In the foreground, you can see the miniature golf course at Haninge Bangolf.

Left or right?

If you turn left there's a castle up ahead. Turn right and you are at a farm in no time at all. From a recent visit to the Häringe nature reserve. Another photo used for a Facebook quiz and this one was way too easy as the nature reserve is very popular.

Wired

Nya Carnegiebryggeriet opening a beer-tapping facility at the Jordbro industrial park. The beer will still be brewed at the LUMA building at Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. I took this photo mainly for a Facebook group that sometimes uses my photos as a quiz. I thought that it would be tricky to identify this brand new building, but I was wrong. The second person to leave a comment knew exactly what it was. I will show you a few more quiz photos in the coming days.

Next stop the archipelago

Well, maybe not for me, but for the people waiting at the ferry port Årsta brygga. M/S Waxholm from Waxholmsbolaget in traffic since 1983, and M/S Vindöga, in traffic since 1978, from Utö rederi.

Beteby Runestone

At first glance, this looks like a genuine runestone from the Viking Age. You can find it at Beteby in Österhaninge. But the inscription is just jibberish so chances are that the then owner of the nearby farm had it made to look more important. Must have been one insecure Viking...

Sixteen recent summer photos

Sixteen leftover Summer photos from Haninge and Nynäshamn. New apartment building Fyren with a great view over the archipelago in Nynäshamn under construction in the first photo, shot from the observation tower at Trehörningen. Six photos from a BBQ at Villa Blåmes in Norrby. The chef of the day, Jujja,(second photo), made some tasty grilled trout and a rhubarb pie for dessert. Two cyclists out riding on their Canadian bikes at Lövhagen in Nynäshamn. A family of three coming back after some kayaking around Lövhagen. I snapped the photo of the beetle from the pedestrian bridge crossing Gudöbroleden in Handen as I made my way to Villa Blåmes at Norrby. Also, a photo of the new water tower in Nynäshamn shot from the old water tower in Nynäshamn. The sunset at Norrby. Four people having some fun on a raft at Lake Drevviken. Oh, and Hasse smoking a cigar just to piss me off.

A summer promenade

I took an early morning promenade with a friend a few days ago. We had coffee first in an old water tower turned an observation tower, (you can see the tower in the second last photo) where you have a decent view over Nynäshamn, (the last photo). Here are a few photos from that morning. The picturesque ring road walk is a favorite of pretty much everyone who lives in Nynäshamn.

Campingsemester

Swedish word of the day. Campingsemester. Camping holiday. They could be on their way to Lapland for all I know in the Volvo Laplander. As spotted from the pedestrian bridge that crosses Gudöbroleden a day or two ago.

The ambulance squad

Enjoying a well-deserved break. As seen at the Lower Lake yesterday. It must have been a very tough year for anyone working in emergency medical services. Amazing weather on Friday so I'm sure they enjoyed every second sitting on that jetty eating their lunch.

Get your motor runnin'

M/S Visborg

M/S Visborg arriving at the port in Nynäshamn. Usually, the ferries going between Nynäshamn and Gotland would be packed to capacity with tourists this time of the year. But not this Summer, although people are now traveling again I don't have any numbers to give you. OH, and if you want to travel from home try the Gotland website.

Lo(w)tus

You don't have to wait long before an interesting vehicle will drive by the bridge where I sometimes shoot panning images. Snapped these two cars on Saturday before cycling on to a BBQ at Norrby.

Bulldozer&Excavator

Looks like the bulldozer and the excavator are here to stay. They have been parked on the field opposite the new row houses at Lillgården in Tungelsta for quite a while now. It looks a bit like an installation I think.

Legend has it...

The hillside Fruberget at the Hammersta nature reserve in Nynäshamn. There's a cave here called Frubergsgrottan. It's not the easiest cave to find. You need to climb up to the top of the hill and locate the opening there. Legend has it that a rich woman from the Hammersta estate hid in the cave with her belongings when the Russians attacked the area back in 1719. Unfortunately, she had taken her rooster with her and that gave her away in the early morning hours when the rooster started crowing. The soldiers found her, brought her out, and executed her. But they didn't find her treasures so they might still be in there somewhere...

Moon Mania

The 12 km bike ride home from the BBQ at Villa Blåmes at Norrby yesterday evening took 63 minutes. That is 20 minutes longer than usual. All thanks to the moon as I stopped at four or five places along the way snapping away at the said moon. The first photo shows the electrical substation near the Nedersta farm and is my favorite of the tree moon snaps in this post. Tricky to spot the moon with the old tree, but it is there to the right.

Female cyclists

We have seen a few fine Summer days lately. Whenever I'm out on my bike I always have an eye open for other cyclists. I snapped the first photo at a roundabout in Västerhaninge. There were three girls, but they were a bit too quick for me so I only got two of them in the photo. I shot the second one a few days later while standing by the side of the road, along Stavsvägen in Tunelsta, shooting a photo of a sunflower.