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Sometimes, walking our paths through life, we reach a dead end. There are no alternative routes in sight, the road gets narrow and is finally blocked. Fortunately, that's when the next subway train for
Mörby centrum arrives here at
Liljeholmen station and if you're the train driver it's all pretty nifty since that train is your workplace.
Tantolunden ('
Aunty O's grove') and Årsta bay as seen from the Liljeholms bridge at night. In the foreground are jetties that in the summer are full of sailing boats and motorboats. If you sail straight out of the picture you will eventually reach the sea. On the way you will pass the Globe Arena (white 'half sphere'). Alongside Årsta bay is a very popular walkway.
Yoga training at the Stockholm
Central Station. It's not a regular thing though. They are merely demonstrating, letting people try it out.
...previously on pixelsImagine a life without electric light. December in Sweden wouldn't exactly be a hit, that much is certain. Here's a view of central
Sollentuna on the Sunday before Christmas. Bus station in the foreground, behind it the commuter train station and top right is a
new courthouse being constructed.
Sollentuna centrum (map) 21 December 2008 | others bloggar technorati
A windy view from Swedish Mail head office in
Tomteboda. It should be Frösunda and Solna on the other side of the railroad. Yes, we have been here
before, night and day.
photo: Kenneth Blake
The ever so popular ice skating place in
Kungsträdgården. Especially now, when the kids are home from school and parents can take some time off from work thanks to the holidays, it can sometimes be a bit crowded here. There is something special with people skating round and round and ... to music.
Care to listen?In the summer Kungsträdgården can look like this:
still music, but maybe in a more romantic mode?
...previously on pixels250 000 commuters and other visitors pass through
Stockholm Central Station on an average day. Christmas is a whole different ball game.
The glass obelisk at
Sergel Square lit in white. The round things on the ground are not hedgehogs covered in snow, it's only Christmas decorations. Quite nice if you ask me. In the background is the Cultural house.
Jennifer recently helped raise our awareness of
levitating Christmas trees. This one doesn't exactly levitate but it does reach a significant height, on top of a construction crane in
Sollentuna.
The header says it all. All the stars are out and at the end the Sture Mall is all lit up. Changing colours over and over again.
See more?
Chocolate shopping in
Hötorgshallen. This place is an Eldorado if you crave for delicacies. The photo is taken from a restaurant on the entrance floor.
...previously on pixelsas gloom and drizzle fill the aira subway entrance is our street's salonwhen all the merchants got their shareby Sergel Square we mingle on
text & photo: Jennifer HallqvistDuring a walk in the
Old Town it just so happened that in an alley I lifted my gaze and there it was ... the Christmas tree. It was just hanging there, fully lit with Christmas decorations and everything. It made me happy.
These could have been the escalators to the subway, but they're not. They are leading down to yet another floor of a shop. Couldn't resist taking a pic of all the shapes and colours of those lamps. Hope you enjoy them too.
A modern naval ship by the
Old town. If the stealth doesn't work you can always send out the odd canoe as a distraction. I have no idea if it is a Swedish or foreign ship, but I gather we Swedes are quite good at stealth technology.
Since our weather is actively encouraging indoor activities these days, here's a view from
Stockholm Central Station. Winter or no winter, the good folks at Jernhusen are wishing us a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
They don't call it
rush hour for nothing.
Onwards to
Ropsten at warp speed!
These youngsters celebrating
Saint Lucy were found yesterday singing in the street outside one of Stockholm's department stores. Since it was rather chilly and they spent some time singing, they looked cold. But I suppose the money they were given eventually made them thaw.
.
photo: Lennart Gabrielsson
Christmas shopping with chandeliers and blue diode sky in
Vällingby just outside Stockholm city. Indoor or semi-indoor shopping is perhaps a good thing when it's dark and cold outside.
...previously on pixelsFrom yesterday's Nobel festivities to another glimpse of the opera house. The current repertoire includes classics like the Barber of Seville, Bohéme and Tosca. A modern version of Cinderella sounds interesting. This photo is from an intermission in Samson and Delilah.
On 10 December, the Nobel Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Physiology or Medicine. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for outstanding contributions in Economics. The Peace prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, but the rest here in Stockholm. The ceremony is followed by a banquet at
Stockholm City Hall (
Stockholms stadshus) for about 1,300 people, including 250 students.
Quantum mechanics seems real weird to a layman. According to
one theory, the universe is constantly being split into separate worlds where everything which
could occur actually
does. Somewhere. Every possible branch of history is realised and the universe would be a many-branched tree of many worlds where we're confined to just one. So when this gentleman at
Brommaplan subway station walks onto the escalator he could in fact be facing different fates in different worlds.
The boating season is definitely
over when you find boats all over ... the woods.
when winter lost its charm
and Father Frost has closed the door
some theater won't do me harm
to Sergel Square I'll go once more
So this is what they look like, nowadays? A modern
House of God in
Hammarby sjöstad courtesy of the Church of Sweden.
Fascinating #1: We were waved down by a motorist some twenty meters from the church. He asked for directions to ... the church. Fascinating #2: If you type kyrkan.se ("church.se") in your web browser you end up at a casino.
photo: Kenneth Blake
In surprising winter weather - it always comes as a surprise - the special museum tram equipped with a snowplough is ordered out.
Above all: the traffic must not stop!
Opera-goers in Stockholm got themselves a new
opera house by
Gustav Adolf Square in 1898. Designed by Axel Anderberg in neo-classical style it's still very much a center of gravity for opera in Sweden. Here's a view of the third tier,
tredje raden.
Fried small herring on crisp bread or with mashed potatoes is considered a delicacy, especially from this popular kiosk at
Slussen
The head office of Swedish Posten was inaugurated in 2004. Devised by architect Lise-Lott Söderlund, its name is Arken ("the Ark") and it does indeed resemble a ship stranded on a hill in
Tomteboda.
See more?
Some three kilometers away from the photographer (
at Hornstull) is
Gullmarsplan and the gigantic ball
Stockholm Globe Arena.
The Globe was inaugurated in 1989 and is the world's largest spherical building. 110 meters in diameter and 85 meters in inside height, it would take some 40 years to fill it from a water tap. (Where do those numbers come from?)
Here and
here are more
pixels.
Globen (map) 25 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati
The December theme is "Circles/Spheres". 187 members of City Daily Photo have promised to join.
Some positively huge construction things being towed to
Bob the Builder and friends. I guess this will be used in the building of a new railway tunnel under water in
Riddarfjärden (
right about here) on the other side of the island
Södermalm.
OK.
It isn't so. Nothing is being demolished. Just some sort of repair work in front of good old
Circus on
Djurgården.
text & photo: Jennifer HallqvistMost clothing lines strive to add values to their clothes that go beyond the notion of cotton, wool or cashmere. They need to make us consumers feel like we are entering a certain lifestyle by dressing in their creations.
With that in mind I can't help but wonder what the decorators at Esprit were thinking when styling this display. Is Esprit a falling brand? Or... is this their Fall Collection -08?
Evening light in the
King's Garden (Kungsträdgården). A few lamps down the path we see Molin's Fountain.
Rush hour in
Kista seems rather relaxed. Or maybe the rush simply chose to move indoors following the recent snow storm. The tall structure in the background is
Kista Church.
Molin's Fountain in nice blue evening light
...previously on pixels
Flexity Swift is the model name of this low-floor light-rail vehicle. This is
Sickla udde and here's where the tram line
Tvärbanan from
Alvik terminates.
According to mythology, the Irish leprechaun's secret hiding place for his pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow. I think you could very well spend that pot of gold in the smart department store
NK -
Nordiska Kompaniet - at the end of this rainbow.
- Look at me, here I stand in Kungsträdgården ("the King's Garden") pointing out that I'm a Swede. Charles XII of Sweden is my name, should you have forgotten.
The museum
Waldemarsudde ("Cape of Waldemar") on
Djurgården was established 60 years ago
Thousands upon thousands visited the Holy Cross Chapel at the
Woodland Cemetery on that bitterly cold All Saints' Day.
Here's a close-up of the Resurrection Statue.
Fritt efter (freely after) Frans Floris Pomona by Emma Karp Lundström
A real tasty work of art. The "painting" consists of some 18.000 apples fixed by some 38.000 nails. The whole image is 56 square meters large and was on exhibition at the Hallwylska Museum. The kid in the front is a student doing some school work.
Intriguing patterns on a small frozen pool of water in
Sollentuna. What happened here before dawn?
We've seen the hotel
before. This time it's night time. And the view
is Grand. Both the real one and the mirrored one.
Of course, to become a good metro train driver you must have training. Here is a learner's train - or shall we call it a
train train - passing by station
Hornstull. The sign says
Learner's train. No boarding.
photo: Irena Hellqvist
Stockholm should be somewhere out there in the morning fog. We see the two Högalid church steeples, the top of City Hall, St John's Church and some chimneys. But where's the actual city?
A blue house in
Gröndal ("Green Valley")
Your daily dose of Stockholm, Sweden - click on pictures to enlarge!
Sometimes, walking our paths through life, we reach a dead end. There are no alternative routes in sight, the road gets narrow and is finally blocked. Fortunately, that's when the next subway train for Mörby centrum arrives here at Liljeholmen station and if you're the train driver it's all pretty nifty since that train is your workplace.
Tantolunden ('Aunty O's grove') and Årsta bay as seen from the Liljeholms bridge at night. In the foreground are jetties that in the summer are full of sailing boats and motorboats. If you sail straight out of the picture you will eventually reach the sea. On the way you will pass the Globe Arena (white 'half sphere'). Alongside Årsta bay is a very popular walkway.
Yoga training at the Stockholm Central Station. It's not a regular thing though. They are merely demonstrating, letting people try it out.
...previously on pixels
A windy view from Swedish Mail head office in Tomteboda. It should be Frösunda and Solna on the other side of the railroad. Yes, we have been here before, night and day.
photo: Kenneth Blake
...previously on pixels
The glass obelisk at Sergel Square lit in white. The round things on the ground are not hedgehogs covered in snow, it's only Christmas decorations. Quite nice if you ask me. In the background is the Cultural house.
Jennifer recently helped raise our awareness of levitating Christmas trees. This one doesn't exactly levitate but it does reach a significant height, on top of a construction crane in Sollentuna.
The header says it all. All the stars are out and at the end the Sture Mall is all lit up. Changing colours over and over again. See more?
Chocolate shopping in Hötorgshallen. This place is an Eldorado if you crave for delicacies. The photo is taken from a restaurant on the entrance floor.
...previously on pixels
text & photo: Jennifer Hallqvist
These could have been the escalators to the subway, but they're not. They are leading down to yet another floor of a shop. Couldn't resist taking a pic of all the shapes and colours of those lamps. Hope you enjoy them too. 
A modern naval ship by the Old town. If the stealth doesn't work you can always send out the odd canoe as a distraction. I have no idea if it is a Swedish or foreign ship, but I gather we Swedes are quite good at stealth technology.
Since our weather is actively encouraging indoor activities these days, here's a view from Stockholm Central Station. Winter or no winter, the good folks at Jernhusen are wishing us a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
They don't call it rush hour for nothing.
These youngsters celebrating Saint Lucy were found yesterday singing in the street outside one of Stockholm's department stores. Since it was rather chilly and they spent some time singing, they looked cold. But I suppose the money they were given eventually made them thaw. 
photo: Lennart Gabrielsson
...previously on pixels
On 10 December, the Nobel Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Physiology or Medicine. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for outstanding contributions in Economics. The Peace prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, but the rest here in Stockholm. The ceremony is followed by a banquet at Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus) for about 1,300 people, including 250 students.
Quantum mechanics seems real weird to a layman. According to one theory, the universe is constantly being split into separate worlds where everything which could occur actually does. Somewhere. Every possible branch of history is realised and the universe would be a many-branched tree of many worlds where we're confined to just one. So when this gentleman at Brommaplan subway station walks onto the escalator he could in fact be facing different fates in different worlds.
when winter lost its charm
So this is what they look like, nowadays? A modern House of God in Hammarby sjöstad courtesy of the Church of Sweden.
photo: Kenneth Blake
Opera-goers in Stockholm got themselves a new opera house by Gustav Adolf Square in 1898. Designed by Axel Anderberg in neo-classical style it's still very much a center of gravity for opera in Sweden. Here's a view of the third tier, tredje raden.
Fried small herring on crisp bread or with mashed potatoes is considered a delicacy, especially from this popular kiosk at Slussen
Some three kilometers away from the photographer (at Hornstull) is Gullmarsplan and the gigantic ball Stockholm Globe Arena.
Some positively huge construction things being towed to Bob the Builder and friends. I guess this will be used in the building of a new railway tunnel under water in Riddarfjärden (right about here) on the other side of the island Södermalm.
OK. It isn't so. Nothing is being demolished. Just some sort of repair work in front of good old Circus on Djurgården.
text & photo: Jennifer Hallqvist
Evening light in the King's Garden (Kungsträdgården). A few lamps down the path we see Molin's Fountain.
Rush hour in Kista seems rather relaxed. Or maybe the rush simply chose to move indoors following the recent snow storm. The tall structure in the background is Kista Church.
Molin's Fountain in nice blue evening light
...previously on pixels
- Look at me, here I stand in Kungsträdgården ("the King's Garden") pointing out that I'm a Swede. Charles XII of Sweden is my name, should you have forgotten.
Thousands upon thousands visited the Holy Cross Chapel at the Woodland Cemetery on that bitterly cold All Saints' Day. Here's a close-up of the Resurrection Statue.
Fritt efter (freely after) Frans Floris Pomona by Emma Karp Lundström
Intriguing patterns on a small frozen pool of water in Sollentuna. What happened here before dawn?
We've seen the hotel before. This time it's night time. And the view is Grand. Both the real one and the mirrored one.
Of course, to become a good metro train driver you must have training. Here is a learner's train - or shall we call it a train train - passing by station Hornstull. The sign says Learner's train. No boarding.
photo: Irena Hellqvist
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