At the flea market

Another visit to my favorite flea market. The weekly "loppis" at Hötorget, or Haymarket in central Stockholm. This time I give you all the photos that I took, which is why one book lover manages to turn up on two different photos. The first photo I took was of the father and daughter checking out a camera. I like the mix of people. Young. A bit older, tourists. Families. Locals with dogs and more.

Gamla Sjökrigsskolan

Impressive looking building at Skeppsholmen where the navy first arrived in 1640, and stayed there until the 1960s. This building dates back to 1878 as it says on the facade. The architect was Axel Fredrik Nyström. This was the Royal Swedish Naval Academy for many years. On the facade you can also read the names of a few old heroes. This is a panorama from nine photos. I would have liked to have more of the building in the photo, but there were a few parked cars and more in the way. I also had to remove a couple of traffic signs.

Taller-than-wide

Six photos from around Stockholm that are taller than wide. Jens Kiil is a former fishing ship built in Norway in 1951. Today based at Skeppsholmen. The guy with the trumpet noticed me as he was playing at Götgatsbacken. Just a day or two earlier, I photographed him playing with a friend at another place in the city. If you have good eyes, you can spot several versions of me in the sunglasses from a store at Sergelgatan. I noticed the surprised woman near Sergels torg. The Mother and Child sculpture can be found at Skeppsholmen. No idea about the artist. On the opposite side of that island, you can jump on the ferry Nya Hjelmare Kanal for a ride around town.

That Old Tree

I had some issues with the eBike, including a flat tire, so I just wanted to see if it was working as it should. And I think it did. So just a short bike ride over to the old tree.

Songs for Soprano and Piano

Love Herrdahl and Junia Sjögren performing at Konserthuset. With Giacomo Puccini, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg and Ture Rangström on the program. The concert hall is on the same square as the weekly flea market that I often visit on Sundays, and these concerts are open for anyone to enjoy. Just before they started, Junia walked out of the concert hall and invited people to come in for a listen, which I of course did.

Bride and Groom

Tying the knot. If you enjoy street photography with a difference, Stockholm City Hall on a Saturday is a good place for a visit, as quite a few couples will get married there, and have their wedding photos taken. It is always fun to look at the big-eyed tourists sneaking a photo or two with their smartphones of the happy couples, just like I did here, although I used my mirrorless Canon. This couple's photographer had set it all up, and her assistant saw to it that no one walked into the scene, and when the photographer told the couple to walk towards her, I snapped a few quick shot's and moved away so not to disturb them.

Järnvägsparken

Down the street from the Centralstation in Stockholm, along Vasagatan, just across the street from the Sheraton hotel, surrounded by traffic, there is a place called Järnvägsparken. Supposedly a park. Well, it was back in 1870 when it was created together with the railway station. Modern traffic have eaten away on the "park" since then, and today it is just a sad place if you ask me. But if you ask the City, they will tell you that it has been fixed up with flowers, places to sit and more. Any who, I stopped there to take a couple of photos and those are the last three in this post. The sculpture is called Mr. Walker, made by Jan Håfström. The facade is the Sheraton Hotel. The other sculpture is a work of art called Paréa, made by Ingemar Svensson fifty years ago. The staircase is, well, it goes up to a busy street, and it was from up there I snapped the hotel facade.

Street performers, but no music

I have seen these two guys a couple of times at Götgatsbacken on Södermalm this Summer. And I believe that they are mates. But I am yet to hear them play anything. Photos taken on different days, but at the same spot, more or less.They both noticed me btw, but couldn't be bothered to act on it. Maybe next time, guys. Oh, and the second guy, the bassist. He looks very much like a former Finnish politician.

A dapper man

Do you have the correct time? Yes, we are currently in the middle of the Industrial revolution. Okay, thank you. You are welcome.
Short but fun encounter at Mariaberget on Södermalm in Stockholm. The dapper man was walking down the steep street with his female partner. There are some repair work here at the moment so when I asked for a photo and he agreed we held up anyone trying to pass us by. And it took some time as he first had to button up his vest and also find the correct pose. But in the end we got there.

Haymarket

A dozen images from the flea market at Hötorget. I am finding it hard to stay away from this weekly event. Such a great place for street photography. People from all over the world visiting. Young, old, couples, loners. I recognized a few people, both buyers and sellers, but most faces were new. My favorite from this is, wait, I am not going to tell you that just yet. Pick your own, why don't you!

The Arborist

Cycling home, I often stop at the new seating area down by the water in the old town. Munkbrokajen. There are a number of benches there, all in the direction of the water, towards Slussen and Södermalm. But if you look the other way towards the square Kornhamnstorg there is often something to aim the camera at. This time it was two arborists hard at work. One of them was working high up in this nifty lift, rented from Skyab. Obviously I should have photographed him with my nifty fifty lens, but I left it at home, so I shot this with the 60mm lens.

The Low Line

The old railway track below Södersjukhuset on Södermalm. It ends at a tunnel at the hospital. Today a green area where people have been growing vegetables for a decade. Inspired by the High Line in New York. There is no official name, but someone suggested Stockholm Low Line. The railtrack is still there and can be used in case of an emergency. Let's hope that will never happen. I have shown you photos from this area before, it is known as Tanto, or Tantolunden. There are several big allotment gardens here. And the most popular Stockholm walk passes by here. And there is a beach here. And a lot of water. And a huge green park. And several marinas. And more.