A day at the market

Been a while since my last visit to the weekly flea market at Hötorget. A bit chilly. Maybe 5C. But quite busy, still.

STHLM City Food Hall

Apparently, so good, they named it twice. A food hall at Klarabergsgatan. Never been inside, but a Flickr contact said that it was well worth a visit just walking through it.

Blue hour photography

A photographer at Södermalmstorg. Aiming her camera at the DN highrise building at Marieberg on Kungsholmen.

The Grinch

I spotted The Grinch in the Buttericks Christmas display window yesterday. At the busiest pedestrian street in the country. Drottninggatan. Packed with people on a Sunday, well any day really, so I was lucky to get a clean shot without waiting too long.

A Winter photo

It started to snow a few days ago. Never much fun. Chaos in the traffic everywhere. Many people stuck out on the roads for many hours and through the night. Mostly because big trucks got stuck. Everyone blaming each other for it. As in the norm these days. Not so bad in and around Stockholm, though. And today, this Sunday morning all the snow is gone and as I am getting ready to go for a snow free bike ride it is maybe 3C. I took this snow photo yesterday when it was still a bit chilly.

Feeling Violated

Biking into the city I spotted two guys painting at the legal wall Farstaväggen, so a few hours later on my way home I stopped for a closer look. After uploading the photo to Flickr my Dutch contact Steef informed me that this was a character from a show called Dexter's Lab, and that this is Doug McPherson. Yet to see that programme.

The daily grind

November afternoon. Klarabergsgatan, Stockholm.

The Central Bridge

Blue hour photo from the new square, Södermalmstorg. Aiming the Canon towards Centralbron. Behind the bridge we can see the Mälardrottningen ship at Riddarholmen. Once known as Lady Hutton, it was a birthday gift for a teenage girl. Behind it, Stockholm City Hall at Kungsholmen. To the right, the former Government building with the Riddarholmen church rising behind it. Several monarchs are buried there.

Spot the worker

A photo of the Globe Arena at Johanneshov. Although the new name is Avicii Arena, it will always be known as Globen to me. I still remember my first visit, just a few weeks after it opened. I watched Sweden beat Canada in the Ice Hockey World Championships. This was my second photo of it on this day while at Hammarbybacken because after taking my first photo I noticed the worker who probably was fixing something on the gondola. Fun fact, the nearby highrise known as Skrapan would fit inside the huge sphere, which for many years was the biggest such building in the world.

Office Hours

November afternoon. A recently renovated office building in central Stockholm.

Monochrome Monday

The forecast promised rain in the early afternoon, and they were right. I biked home in the rain, but before that I managed to walk up the Hammarbybacken ski hill again. This bench on the top of the hill is a favorite and I like all the gray tones here. If I had a say I would place another similar bench here facing the forest that you can see here.

Kristallvertikalaccent

This large sculpture from the 1970s, placed in a fountain at Sergels Torg is hard to miss. The official name was to tricky to remember so it was nicknamed pinnen, the stick.

Sju brunnars stig

A late Autumn walk at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Skogskyrkogården in Enskede.The Path of Seven Wells, looking towards the Meditation Hill, Almhöjden.

The kings garden

Walking through Kungsträdgården. Stopping for photos at Non Solo bar, along Birgit Nilsson allé. And at John Scotts that looks out onto the big fountain in the park. Looks very warm and inviting.

Hotel Kungsträdgården

All very logical. It is a hotel. You can find it at Kungsträdgården. They offer 94 unique rooms. If you are a Francophile, this is the place for you. The building dates back to 1764 and was built for the countess and painter Eva Bielke. Just a few years later, the noble Piper family bought it. They kept it for two hundred years and added a few stories during that time. The hotel dates back a decade.