to readers, guest photographers and co-authors, thanks for five exciting years of pixels !
For the year ending.For those no longer among us.For a new year with hopes and fears.
This is what it looked like in the Högalid Church when they lit 300 candles on All Saints' Day (see more?).
Högalidskyrkan från 1923 har ett magnifikt läge och dubbla torn
The old mail center at Klara (built in the early 80's) is presently being torn down (it started on Dec 11th). In 2010 the new building will be ready, almost 75000 squaremeters big (hotel 20500, conference 20000 and office-space 34000). Right now it looks as if war has come to Stockholm, but I guess it always will when old buildings have to go. The machines used to tear it down are awesome. They chew the concrete like it was a sandwich. Have a look at
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Det är inte utan att man kommer att tänka på Gamla 34:an eller Esplanadsystemet när man ser att gamla postterminalen vid Klara är på väg att bli ett minne blott. Det är bara drygt ett halvår sedan jag själv var på fest på "Matlusten", längst upp i högerkanten på bilden. Idag skulle jag nog sätta på mig varmare kläder.....
Södra Klarabergskopplet (map) 27 Dec 2007
Another look at the Kinnevik Christmas tree kit at Skeppsbron. More about the tree here and here..
The ticket office of our Concert Hall is properly decorated for the season. Tickets, recordings, all sorts of musical items are on sale..
This is part of the mill Tre Kronor (Three Crowns). It was built during April 1897 - August 1898 and was in different shapes used until 1992 when it finally came to rest, due to bad profitability. You will pass it on your way out of Stockholm by boat.
Läs mer om kvarnen Tre Kronor här Hästholmen (map) 15 May 2007
Every Christmas the estate agent Erik Olsson gives away hundreds and hundreds of Christmas trees for free. This year the annual chaos took place on the 12th on a parking lot outside their main office. The green/white in the middle and on the lorry are trees and the people in red are staff..
Most of us would have preferred something like this but no amount of playing Bing Crosby helped. Here's a view from Odenplan this afternoon. A mild, hazy Christmas Day in Stockholm..
...men tänk så många lårbensbrott vi undviker
Candied almonds from the island of Gotland on sale outside the Parliament building. Here's a recipe for all of you with a sweet tooth out there..
Rushing to and from various stores carrying bags and parcels is an important part of the Christmas pleasures for many people. This was shot outside the PUB department store but - except for the familiar buildings in the background: the Concert Hall, the movie complex Filmstaden and the Hötorget skyscrapers (here dressed in red) - it could have been almost anywhere these days..
Jag vill ha rymligare säck, segare knäck,
fetare fläsk från grisen,
krimsigare krams, längre långdans
och raskare räv på isen
(Text: Anders Falk)
Cirkus Wictoria has once again come to town or - more exactly - to Tantolunden (Aunty O's Grove). They put their tents up, stay for a few days, then move on. And the kids love it!.
Yep, it's back again. One of the "famous" skyscrapers of Hötorget. This time it's the middle one (of 5, you do the rest of the counting) and it's all blue, captured from Sergelgatan.
En för kvällen helt blå (eller?) hötorgsskrapa.
Sergelgatan (map) 27 Nov 2007
...previously on pixelsNordtimber is a Swedish registered cargo ship with a length of 90 meters. I suppose it has floated with the greatest of ease through the Hammarby Lock many times before.
Wikipedia: "Högdalen is a working class suburban district in South Stockholm, built around the metro station with this name on line 19. It was connected to Stockholm City Centre in 1952, a year before the town planning was approved. The shopping centre was inaugurated in 1957."
Högdalen translates to High Valley according to The Local..
Stockholm Globe Arena as seen from a distance. It's lit for the evening and I suspect there's a hockey game going on. The view is from Kaknästornet and you can see more than the Globe, if you know what the different lights are of course.
others on stockholm
Det verkar vara match i Globen ikväll ?
andra om stockholm
Globen (map) 1 Dec 2007
Ever been inside a railway semaphore? This was shot outside the office of a manufacturer of rail transportation equipment. A most appropriate symbol. Just like the railroad, this semaphore doesn't quite reach the sky. Still, a good start..
Kalla mig gärna enkelspårig, detta är sann konst!
Back at Artillerigatan (Artillery st). The chimneys are of the Royal Stables, neighbour to the Army Museum, and the church is Hedvig Eleonora at Östermalm's square..
Without signs giving us directions we'd be all lost in the subway. Communicating clearly to many people with different backgrounds, languages, references is a challenge. This was shot at T-Rådhuset underneath the Stockholm Court House. The blue dot symbolizes the "blue line" which is actually two distinct lines, both starting at the city centre and ending in, respectively, Akalla and Hjulsta.
Be sure to visit our friends in New York and Paris. More subway photos on plenty.
subway day is a mid-month theme shared by the following blogs:New York City Daily Photo - PHO (Paris) - stockholm by pixels
photo: Kenneth Blake.
Strömma Kanalbolaget ship M/S Stockholm tied up at Strandvägen on a snowy November evening. The ship was built in 1931 by Oskarshamns Varv Ab and was originally sailing under the name S/S Öland. M/S Stockholm has been in service in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The ship's full history can be found here (only in Swedish). .
This is the "cookie-nose-tower" or Kaknästornet as it's really called. The first name is just to make fun of it in English (kaka=cookie, näsa=nose, torn=tower). Right now it's shrouded in christmas clothes. The tower is a communication central and the surroundings are littered with satellite dishes. A bit further up is a restaurant with different kinds of dishes. Both are enjoyable in their own way. It's 155m high (with the antenna on top, 170m), and would be considered rather small in comparison to others abroad.
.Runt Kaknästornet finns det gott om parabolantenner i alla möjliga storlekar. De flesta av dem får våra vanliga hemmaparaboler att likna leksaker.
andra om stockholm parabol
. Kaknästornet (map) 1 Dec 2007
I have no idea what shady business is taking place in this house at Rosenlundsgatan in south central, but they sure don't want us to find out. I wouldn't worry though. Behind my back is a police station..
...previously on pixels
The Swedes and the Finnish people have a common history and close bonds. Many people travel frequently between Stockholm or Kapellskär on the Swedish side and cities like Turku or Helsinki in Finland. Quite a few are more interested in the cruise itself than actually visiting another city. The availability of duty-free alcohol on routes making a symbolic stop at Mariehamn is an important factor. As the M/S Birka Paradise leaves Stadsgården we see Altair, a research ship, steadily abiding in the foreground. See more?
A centaur, a crossing between horse and man. Suddenly I saw him. Right there on top of the hill. Amazing. If the light hadn't been right on him, I'd missed him on my way home from a night with collegues, playing boule. Where I found him? I'm not sure I should tell... Oh, what the heck!
Observatorielunden.
others on stockholm statue
Observatorielunden (map) 29 Nov 2007
To my surprise I found myself at the première concert of Peter Dijkstra, new chief conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir. It was quite OK, Shakespeare and some other 16'th century sonnets. The concert was held in the Oscar’s Church.
Around these guys you better not try anything stupid. These are the guards of Drottningholm Castle (the home of our monarchs) on their way to relieve their comrades. We had a comment about the life of the guards earlier and this patrol was mentioned. They're not quite as fancy as the ones at Stockholms Slott and I don't envy them at all. It was freezing that day...others on stockholm castle
Vaktombyte på Drottningholm. Det är nog första gången jag ser det men å andra sidan är jag inte där så särskilt ofta heller. andra om stockholm kanon slott
...previously on pixels
This is the Hammarby Lock. Right in the center of Stockholm Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea (here specifically Lake Hammarby).
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Slussa snabbt är stort. Slussa rätt är större.
This must be one of the most minimalistic window displays in town. Seen at Mariatorget..
It's not every day we get a new commuter train station. The one at Årstaberg was opened in January 2006 and is connected to the light rail system Tvärbanan. If anyone would prefer taking a bus, Årstaberg has several bus lines on the menu. It's a comfy commuting hub. See more?
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You're gonna have a hard time to get in but it looks OK to me. I don't think these are regular mailboxes, they are probably used to deliver something in bulk before the actual household distribution. Papers of some kind, perhaps ? Anyone who is a mail person and cares to explain? Anyway, from being boringly grey these seem to live up nowadays, sometimes turning into real pieces of art. This one just looks cosy. Found in suburbia (Skärholmen). others on stockholm skärholmen mailbox .Jag är osäker på vad som hamnar i dessa boxar egentligen. De är vanligen väldigt gråa men ibland lite roligare, som den här.andra om stockholm
When you build a house you shouldn’t start at the top like this little yellow - or green or greenish yellow - man is doing. You should do it the other way around..
Another 22 hour cruise to Mariehamn, Åland departs from the Stadsgården harbour. The ship M/S Birka Paradise can take 1800 passengers but no cars. After all, it's a cruise vessel..
Sakramentskade landkrabbor, som kapten Haddock skulle uttryckt saken!
This bridge is leaving room for alternative histories: "going a bridge too far" or "sorry, wrong canal" or maybe it's just making use of limited space in a traffic intense area. The indecisive bridge is found not far from Bernt’s water scootering.
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andra om stockholm bro beslut
The December theme is bridges.
There are currently 123 blogs participating in this theme day:
Boston (MA), USA - San Diego (CA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - New York City (NY), USA - Portland (OR), USA - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Inverness (IL), USA - Singapore, Singapore - Stockholm, Sweden - Setúbal, Portugal - Brussels, Belgium - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Seattle (WA), USA - Hyde, UK - Manila, Philippines - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - London, England - Austin (TX), USA - Toulouse, France - Weston (FL), USA - Sesimbra, Portugal - Selma (AL), USA - Silver Spring (MD), USA - Saarbrücken, Germany - Cleveland (OH), USA - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - American Fork (UT), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - North Bay (ON), Canada - Arradon, France - Paderborn, Germany - Durban, South Africa - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Prague, Czech Republic - Portland (OR), USA - Greenville (SC), USA - Boston (MA), USA - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Wichita (Ks), USA - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Grenoble, France - New York City (NY), USA - Nottingham, UK - Hobart (Tasmania), Australia - Arlington (VA), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Miami (FL), USA - Cheltenham, UK - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Saratoga Spgs. (NY), USA - Las Vegas (NV), USA - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Nashville (TN), USA - Toruń, Poland - New Orleans (LA), USA - Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Melbourne, Australia - Moscow, Russia - Trujillo, Peru - Château-Gontier, France - Quincy (MA), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Joplin (MO), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Brookville (OH), USA - Chateaubriant, France - Chandler (AZ), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Baziège, France - Auckland, New Zealand - Wellington, New Zealand - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Subang Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Detroit (MI), USA - Riga, Latvia - Nelson, New Zealand - Budapest, Hungary - Cape Town, South Africa - Sydney, Australia - Dunedin (FL), USA - Sofia, Bulgaria - Radonvilliers, France - Turin, Italy - Montpellier, France - Kansas City (MO), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Haninge, Sweden - Wailea (HI), USA - Lubbock (TX), USA - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Terrell (TX), USA - Mexico City, Mexico - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Budapest, Hungary - Montréal (QC), Canada - Sharon (CT), USA - Le Guilvinec, France - Jefferson City (MO), USA - Saigon, Vietnam - London, UK - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Orlando (FL), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Paris, France - Mainz, Germany - Newcastle (NSW), Australia - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Darmstadt, Germany - Naples (FL), USA - Torino, Italy - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Bogor, Indonesia - The Hague, Netherlands
Your daily dose of Stockholm, Sweden - click on pictures to enlarge!
For the year ending.
The old mail center at Klara (built in the early 80's) is presently being torn down (it started on Dec 11th). In 2010 the new building will be ready, almost 75000 squaremeters big (hotel 20500, conference 20000 and office-space 34000). Right now it looks as if war has come to Stockholm, but I guess it always will when old buildings have to go. The machines used to tear it down are awesome. They chew the concrete like it was a sandwich. Have a look at plenty.
The ticket office of our Concert Hall is properly decorated for the season. Tickets, recordings, all sorts of musical items are on sale.
Every Christmas the estate agent Erik Olsson gives away hundreds and hundreds of Christmas trees for free. This year the annual chaos took place on the 12th on a parking lot outside their main office. The green/white in the middle and on the lorry are trees and the people in red are staff.
Most of us would have preferred something like this but no amount of playing Bing Crosby helped. Here's a view from Odenplan this afternoon. A mild, hazy Christmas Day in Stockholm.
Candied almonds from the island of Gotland on sale outside the Parliament building. Here's a recipe for all of you with a sweet tooth out there.
Rushing to and from various stores carrying bags and parcels is an important part of the Christmas pleasures for many people. This was shot outside the PUB department store but - except for the familiar buildings in the background: the Concert Hall, the movie complex Filmstaden and the Hötorget skyscrapers (here dressed in red) - it could have been almost anywhere these days.
Cirkus Wictoria has once again come to town or - more exactly - to Tantolunden (Aunty O's Grove). They put their tents up, stay for a few days, then move on. And the kids love it!
Yep, it's back again. One of the "famous" skyscrapers of Hötorget. This time it's the middle one (of 5, you do the rest of the counting) and it's all blue, captured from Sergelgatan. 
...previously on pixels
Wikipedia: "Högdalen is a working class suburban district in South Stockholm, built around the metro station with this name on line 19. It was connected to Stockholm City Centre in 1952, a year before the town planning was approved. The shopping centre was inaugurated in 1957."
Stockholm Globe Arena as seen from a distance. It's lit for the evening and I suspect there's a hockey game going on. The view is from Kaknästornet and you can see more than the Globe, if you know what the different lights are of course.
Ever been inside a railway semaphore? This was shot outside the office of a manufacturer of rail transportation equipment. A most appropriate symbol. Just like the railroad, this semaphore doesn't quite reach the sky. Still, a good start.
Back at Artillerigatan (Artillery st). The chimneys are of the Royal Stables, neighbour to the Army Museum, and the church is Hedvig Eleonora at Östermalm's square.
Without signs giving us directions we'd be all lost in the subway. Communicating clearly to many people with different backgrounds, languages, references is a challenge. This was shot at T-Rådhuset underneath the Stockholm Court House. The blue dot symbolizes the "blue line" which is actually two distinct lines, both starting at the city centre and ending in, respectively, Akalla and Hjulsta.
photo: Kenneth Blake
This is the "cookie-nose-tower" or Kaknästornet as it's really called. The first name is just to make fun of it in English (kaka=cookie, näsa=nose, torn=tower). Right now it's shrouded in christmas clothes. The tower is a communication central and the surroundings are littered with satellite dishes. A bit further up is a restaurant with different kinds of dishes. Both are enjoyable in their own way. It's 155m high (with the antenna on top, 170m), and would be considered rather small in comparison to others abroad.
...previously on pixels
A centaur, a crossing between horse and man. Suddenly I saw him. Right there on top of the hill. Amazing. If the light hadn't been right on him, I'd missed him on my way home from a night with collegues, playing boule. Where I found him? I'm not sure I should tell... Oh, what the heck! Observatorielunden.
To my surprise I found myself at the première concert of Peter Dijkstra, new chief conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir. It was quite OK, Shakespeare and some other 16'th century sonnets. The concert was held in the Oscar’s Church.
Around these guys you better not try anything stupid. These are the guards of Drottningholm Castle (the home of our monarchs) on their way to relieve their comrades. We had a comment about the life of the guards earlier and this patrol was mentioned. They're not quite as fancy as the ones at Stockholms Slott and I don't envy them at all. It was freezing that day...
...previously on pixels
This must be one of the most minimalistic window displays in town. Seen at Mariatorget.
You're gonna have a hard time to get in but it looks OK to me. I don't think these are regular mailboxes, they are probably used to deliver something in bulk before the actual household distribution. Papers of some kind, perhaps ? Anyone who is a mail person and cares to explain? Anyway, from being boringly grey these seem to live up nowadays, sometimes turning into real pieces of art. This one just looks cosy. Found in suburbia (Skärholmen). 
When you build a house you shouldn’t start at the top like this little yellow - or green or greenish yellow - man is doing. You should do it the other way around.
Another 22 hour cruise to Mariehamn, Åland departs from the Stadsgården harbour. The ship M/S Birka Paradise can take 1800 passengers but no cars. After all, it's a cruise vessel.
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