Not particularly friendly for a wheelchair or some crutches. It's narrow and winding. One of all the stairs that you have to pass to reach the top of City hall. There is an elevator but it will only bring you halfway.
In the summers people practice qigong twice a week in Kungsträdgården (King's Garden). I sat for half an hour just watching and was really relaxed after that - so qigong works!
photo: Kenneth Blake
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On the other hand, it might just be the opposite. Who knows? A stair is actually the only thing going both ways at the same time. This one is leading to Nacka Strand and eventually towards this.
Riddarholmen (The Knights' Islet) is Stockholm's smallest district. In 2004 only two persons lived there. Still, it is an important islet with many important judicial institutions, for instance Svea Court of appeal. In the year 1270 the King Magnus Ladulås donated money for an Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) monastery. Parts of that monastery are still preserved in the Riddarholmen church right at the center of this photo.
It could've been. But it's not. Of course. It's yet another fountain in Stockholm. The building was a school once. Now there's a big garage underneath and you can rent the premises for parties. Or just enjoy it as it is.
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photo: Peter Häggström
photo #1100 on pixels since 19 October 2005
One of the boats operating on Lake Mälaren, as seen from the top of City Hall. It looks kinda lonely right now, since there's usually at least two or three more like it at the same spot.
"Don't worry little bird! I'm just a nice lady from New York who wants to take your picture."
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On my stroll around Skeppsholmen, I wondered what that man in a helmet was doing up there. He looked like a runaway cyclist. Turned out he was ringing the bells - by hand!
A sightseeing boat passing the Långholmen island on its way towards Riddarfjärden and Stockholm City
Opened in 1952, Thorildsplan ("Thorild's Square") is an old outdoor platform on the oldest subway line. Sandwiched between the lanes of the Drottningholm Road it's not a very attractive station. But if you take a closer look, thanks to artist Huck Hultgren you will see a sun rising on the concrete wall behind the train. See more?
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Sometimes it's fun to just skip part of the pic. In this case I was waiting for the helo to come around and caught it just in time. As always the pic is an awful lier though. In fact the helo is not at all on it's way to crash into the steeple tower of Riddarholmskyrkan. The unlit lamp was a bonus.
This ship - elongated in 1937 - was originally built as a tanker ship carrying soya oil. In 1990 Wallenius Lines purchased the ship and eventually converted it into the company's own conference and representation ship.
Art in public places has a tendency to become the subject of controversy. This bronze centaur from 1939 by sculptor Sigrid Fridman was no exception. Little ladies were supposed to make nice little things or - better yet - leave the creative work to men. Fortunately she didn't and here's her powerful statue Kentauren in the Observatory Grove as a new day dawns over Sveavägen. See more?
The winner of the Nordea Nordic Light Open, Danish Caroline Wozniacki, in a service. She beat Russian Vera Dushevina in an easy 6-0, 6-2 on 3 August. Here are more photos from the singles final as well as from the all Czech doubles final. 
Half way between the city and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, the hotel Scandic Infra City tries to tempt us with a large indoor garden. There's quite a bit of green outside as well. Incidentally, this is where a U.N. conference on Iraq took place in May.
Having arrived on Djurgården, turn right after the bridge, walk along the embankment and you will find this man facing the Strand Hotel and the boats taking people to the archipelago.
The bronze sculpture "Angel over Nacka stone" by Peter Linde in front of the district court Nacka tingsrätt is hurrying home to Lidingö. Here's a close-up of her happy feet.
The smallish town of Sigtuna is the namesake of a municipality including Märsta as well as Arlanda Airport. However insignificant today, Sigtuna used to be one of Sweden's most important cities a thousand years ago. Most of these boats in the Sigtuna Harbour on a quiet evening appear to be a lot younger.
My guess is that many of us know this shell, but not from this altitude. You've seen it if you've been to the City Hall sometime. Here seen from the top of the bell tower and those tiny people are no midgets (even if there are a few children around). Stay tuned for more pics from this viewpoint.
Detail of the Carl Milles work of art at Nacka Strand. Follow this link for more photos and for the story.
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewellery. Or as we like to do in Stockholm: use it as a roofing. No, just kidding ... Even though Sweden is at the top of the welfare league we wouldn't do such a silly thing.
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