Sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel died 1814 but his name lives on in our minds. Here's the well-known obelisk and fountain at Sergel Square in the still of another magic Nordic summer night.
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Karlaplan (or "Charles' Plaza") is an open park oasis at Östermalm where five streets intersect in a way resembling star patterns in cities like Paris. Here's the entrance to the subway station which opened in 1967.
Artwork at the Posten (Swedish Mail) head office in Tomteboda (Santa Clausville ;o) ). You can see the reflection of the building in the giant marble.
Need a hot dog to go before Strandgrillen closes for the evening?
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Taking you (and your boat) to a new level, the 75 meters long Karl Johanslussen ("Lock of Charles John") acts as an interface between the two water bodies Lake Mälaren and Saltsjön. Here is one of the sluice gates in action. Mind your head!
This herd of concrete horses were found outside Rissne Gård, a small restaurant in the northern outskirts of Stockholm. It reminds a little of the rack they have outside saloons in the old Western movies. Back then they couldn't bring their horses along inside either. To be honest, I don't really know to what purpose these four are standing there. Probably to prevent cars from parking too close to the gate.
photo: Peter Häggström
Astrolab is a sculpture by Alby Square. It's an astronomical instrument decorated with hundreds of ceramic plates, most of them painted by children in local schools and some made by the artist Mattias Larsson. A nice example of participatory art. Citizens take part in the creative process as opposed to just passively admiring the result of someone else's work. Read more about helping all achieve their full potential on the Botkyrka municipality web site.
If you ask some people they would definitely say YES. Especially now that the European Championships have started. Hopefully they have smaller balls than this one or there will be no goals at all. But it makes a good symbol. And, yes, Sweden is participating and let's hope for a successful journey.
Mr and Mrs Tinman of Hammarby Sjöstad.
The Stockholm subway network consists of a hundred stations, some of them quite remote from the city. Alby station (opened 1975, map link below, see more?) in the Botkyrka municipality is a 33 minutes' ride away from the Subway Central. The artist Olle Ängkvist decided to create a "cave of secrets" with painted flowers, secret signs and symbols. And here's a labyrinth.
Skeppsholmen ("the Ships' Islet") is a small island once considered militarily strategic at the Baltic Sea entrance to Stockholm. We tend to return here again and again but I've never been here before at midnight. What can I say? Our summer night city is magic.
The things you have to endure to get a smoke! In Sweden it's no longer allowed to smoke inside a restaurant and outside it's cold ...sometimes. Nice to have a warm blanket to wrap around you.
A Taste of Stockholm - a huge food feast - took place June 4-8 in Kungsträdgården. The 27 participating restaurants served more than 200 different dishes as well as a lot of wine and beer to some 300.000 visitors. Three to four free music concerts were also held each day.
Here are a bunch of balconies, each with a good view of Skebokvarnsvägen in Högdalen ("the High Valley")
The 6th of June is Sweden's national day. It has not been celebrated so long, I mean in the sense of being a day off from work. This is the fifth year. In Stockholm 50,000 balloons were released. Many had already blown up due to the heat while waiting for their freedom. It sounded like someone was making popcorn, only the smell was strange. It looked great though and was well worth going into town for, even if it meant having to struggle to get somewhere.
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photo: Peter Häggström
I think the pillars might be a clue. Of course it's a roof. The church on Skeppsholmen is only a church by name. It's not used any more for cermons, as a matter of fact you can rent it for parties if you like. I went there some days ago, expecting to find a closed door, but it was open. And guess what - rented for a private party.
A thousand city bikes are waiting at scores of stations all over the city. Here's a photo from the station at Slussen. You can borrow one of these bikes for a maximum of three hours. But first you need a bike card which will last all season if you pay roughly 25 Euro. A free helmet is included.
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