I'm not sure how many people know there is an outside part of this very famous café. I didn't until just recently. I'll keep it in mind when the temperature rises again and it's enjoyable to sit outside. Right now I guess the coffee turns cold quickly.
(title curse courtesy of Captain Haddock)
Stockholm City Hall is rich with sculptures, like this little guy with a big fish
Nothing to be seen from up here anyway. I guess you need to get down to see how the decay is progressing. From here it still looks fab.
photo: Kenneth Blake
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Let's hope that they have a better one with them. This one might be a wee bit too small, I think. Someone thought this was a proper place to drop an anchor.
A train rushes by and a young life is abruptly terminated on a Saturday night. Friends and family bring candles and flowers, poems and tributes to this makeshift place of remembrance by the tracks.
The high rise building in the background is the old "Tax scraper" (Skatteskrapan), now offering student housing, a posh shopping mall and restaurant/cocktail bar at the 25:th floor. An old high rise building in front of it is looking small.
You'd think that by now I should've come down, but no. Here's another view from the City Hall tower. You can really see far from here. Quite a lot of water too.
photo: Johan Bryggare
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Sunset over Söder Mälarstrand captured from the Västerbron bridge. The two towers are of the Högalid Church.
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An empty train hurrying past at the Subway Central. No boarding (Ingen påstigning) comes without saying.
These stairs will take you to a beautiful part of Södermalm (South Central): Nytorgsgatan and its surroundings. Our friend Kenta Jönsson was here just recently on behalf of our sister blog - Stockholm by plenty. Se his smashing photos here and here.
While most people in the inner city were preoccupied with a midnight running event, the enlightened few ;) admired a lunar eclipse. So Hammarby sjöstad had to shimmer on its own for a while without celestial assistance.
photo: Johan Bryggare
In 2007 Stockholm had a record breaking 9.3 million "commercial overnight stays" (as they put it). That is as if every single inhabitant in Sweden would stay one night in their capital city.
Lots of cranes around these days. Here's Sollentuna centrum which seems to be undergoing some kind of extreme makeover. About time, I'd say.
Built in the twelfth century, Sollentuna Church by Lake Norrviken still glows mysteriously in the evening
The ice cream van is navigating the narrow streets of the Old Town. Thank God it didn't play it's silly tune - a tune close to torture according to a professor in biochemistry.
The Royal Guard is marching up the stairs to the Högvaktsterrassen (Royal Guard terrace) close to the Royal Castle and Storkyrkan.
Throwing the body up into the air and making an overhead kick in football is called a bicycle kick. In Upplands Väsby they have taken the concept one step further. Here the entire bicycle together with whoever happens to be riding it is safely elevated to new altitudes by this bridge over the railroad.
There are some exciting places in Stockholm, like the Stockholm City Mission café at Stortorget (Great Square), right in the middle of the Old Town. In the summer you can enjoy your coffee in their back-yard.
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text & photo: Pia K
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