A walk around a lake

I decided to go for a walk around a lake recently. In the neighboring municipality Huddinge. The lake is called Lissmasjön. There are a couple of farms nearby. It is in a nature reserve these days. It's a short walk, around 3km. I started my walk at an abandoned cottage known as Sumpen, back in the day it was home to the farmworkers. From there walked down to the lake via the boardwalk. You have a great view of the lake from there. If you enjoy miniature golf, flea markets or classic car meets Lissma park would normally be a good place for you to visit. I then continued to one of the old farm buildings where I got an interesting history lesson. Many Soviet soldiers fleeing from prison camps in Europe during WWII fled to Sweden. Some of them ended up in internment camps like this one at the Lissma farm. It was all very hush-hush. In reality, the camp was run by the NKVD that later became the KGB. The camp closed in 1946. Many of the soldiers that were sent back to the Soviet Union ended up in the Gulag. During their stay here the prisoners that included opera singers and Kosack dancers set up dances and concerts. I should point out that this building at the farm was not used by the prisoners. My walk continued on duckboards over to the bird tower from where you had another view over the little lake. Following the path, I walked into a cow pasture where I snapped the tree photo, before walking past the farm with the unusual name Nybygget.

Threat of Rain

If you walk through the palace garden at Tyresö you will end up at a little bridge. If you walk over it you will be at Notholmen, a tiny island at the Kalvfjärden bay with a popular cafe, a marina, and a picturesque hostel. Here are six photos from my recent visit. Luckily the rain stayed away.

Far away from Tuscany

The Tyresö Palace park. Designed by Fredrik Magnus Piper back in 1770. A century later the park got an Italian touch. This building is a memorial chapel for Caroline Lagergren.

That Old Tree

It was a fun time with the monthly Theme Day at CDP. I didn't always partake, but it was still fun to see what other bloggers would come up with for the many different themes over the years. For this last one, the idea was to pick one favorite photo so I really had no choice in the matter, it had to be the old tree. If you want to step back in time and see more photos of the Swedish Whitebeam check out my flickr album with all the 606 photos of the old tree at Välsta in Tungelsta.

Övergångsställe

Swedish word of the day. Övergångsställe. As seen at the Tyresö mall a while back.

Hay bale

That time of the year again.

Tyresö Palace

Situated at the beautiful Kalvfjärden Bay, this is Tyresö Palace. Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna inherited the land here in 1620 and had the palace built. The castle has changed owners a few times during the centuries. The last private owner was Claes Lagergren and his American wife Caroline, born Russell. The owner today is the Nordiska Museet.

Vissvass

I took a bike ride to Tyresö last Sunday, the third that week. This time via Åva and Vissvass. The Falu-red buildings along Sjöviksvägen are part of the old village Vissvass by. The second photo shows a cottage called Lillmyra. The third and fourth photo shows a property at Mörkdalen. This area is very popular with hikers, there are trails everywhere and it is very close to the Tyresta national park.

Tyresta National Park

A couple of photos from a recent visit to the Tyresta National Park. The bird tower is newish, built maybe a decade ago. From up there you have a good view of the wetland. If you look to your left you can see the working farm at the old Tyresta village. The house on the hill is another old farmhouse, Erikssongården, today the headquarter for the caretaker at the National Park. The cows were in a pasture on that hill.

The lake sauna

You can fit 12 people into this moving sauna at Lake Drevviken at Gudö in Tyresö. The price for three hours of rent is 4000SEK. The good thing is that you don't have to pay extra for the wood.

Lakefront Steps

It is tricky to see this house at Gudö because of all the greenery this time of the year. This is the view from the busy Vendelsövägen road. The lake is Drevviken. I snapped it while cycling to Tyresö a couple of warm days ago.

Tyresö-View

This is a newish highrise called Tyresö-View. Up until last week, I had never photographed it, but after three visits to the neighboring municipality in the last week, I now have a few different photos to show you. The building is 82 meters high. It is a 23-story building with 125 apartments that sits next to the Tyresö mall. The first photo was a bit tricky. It is a panorama made from fifteen photos, taken with my Canon 6D using a Sigma 50mm lens. The second and third photos are also panoramas but not from as many photos. The last one took only four shots. I often use this technique because I can't stand the distortion I get from the wide-angle lenses.

Sit down and have a look at all the graffiti photos

I have made an album with my photos from Snösätra, so if you have nothing better to do feel free to check them out here.

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/

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