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I'm not sure Talking Heads meant it so literal though. I think someone has played with matches. Or did the food get too hot? This used to be a restaurant in
Tensta, north of the city. As from around 6 P.M last Saturday they stopped serving. This was an hour later and I just happened to be in the neighbourhood, on my way home.
text & photo: Anna BobergIn Sundbyberg, students of the ancient Japanese martial art Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu are training escape from a sword slash by rolling. The sword is made from bamboo, covered with leather. It will only hurt your pride if you get hit. Dōjō is the Japanese word for training hall.
Sweden is a beautiful country and Stockholm is a
lovely city, but sometimes I wonder what drove our ancestors to settle here 60 degrees north. When you are waiting for the bus at
Västerbroplan an evening in January and it's raining and snowing you have to be strong.
There's no shortage of theaters in Stockholm. The local epicenter for drama is undoubtedly the Royal Dramatic Theatre (
Dramaten) by
Nybroplan. Here's a view from an intermission at their most prestigious stage, Stora scenen. One gentleman seems to be late for his cup of coffee, the rest are already stretching their legs.
The entrance to
Kungsängen commuter train station. Stockholm city is a mere 25 minutes away. Add 10 minutes and go the other direction you end up in Enköping, a city famous for horseradish and its parks.
...previously on pixelsThe dome of
Hedvig Eleonora Church was added in the 19th century. Ingmar Bergman's father was a parish minister here in the 20th century. Here's a parting shot from the 21st century as we leave Hedvig Eleonora for a while.
Block of flats in
Kungsängen (translated: King's Meadow), a suburb some 30 kilometres north west of Stockholm City.
This is what you will find upon arriving in Jakobsberg: the passway out of the train station. Normally a red light would mean: stop, don't go any further - but this time you have to. On the other hand - the ceiling in the opposite direction does show a green light. Hmm... maybe we did go the wrong way?
If life's a stage, then every life should have a nice little restaurant-at-the-corner like
Frippe next to the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
[Exit two Ladies] Next scene...
... previously on pixelsAn outdoor basketball net in suburban
Jakobsberg north west of Stockholm city. A bit off season with the frost on the ground and a few degrees below zero centigrade.
...previously on pixelsQueen Hedvig Eleonora died in 1715. This round church from 1737 by
Östermalm Square bears her name.
At the ground floor of
Sollentuna Town Hall is a movie theater. Adding a bit of imagination to politics can be a good thing.
Shopping at "the Haymarket" (Hötorget) in central Stockholm. Mondays to Saturdays you can buy fruits and vegetables. Sundays are flea market days. The glassy building to the left - with the sign Sergel - is a large multi-screen cinema. In the
basement you can buy delicacies. The building to the right, with blue "ribbony things" is the old
department store PUB.
This could be about anywhere. You may have seen hundreds of views like this. To find this particular view, I'm standing on one of Stockholm's many bridges -
Essingebron - facing "Lilla Essingen". I've been wanting to do this picture for some time but was surprised to feel how much the bridge is shaking when cars go by.
photo: Kenneth BlakeTwo steamships loading at the
Skeppsbron quay in Old town.
S/S Blidösund, celebrating its hundredth birthday in two years and the youngster
S/S Saltsjön, built in 1925. The ships are very much alive museum ships with popular blues and jazz cruises in the Stockholm archipelago. They also have excellent kitchens with "steamship beefsteak" as a traditional speciality. Behind the steamers we see the masts of the schooner
Af Chapman. The white building to the left is
Skeppsholmskyrkan, a church that was secularized in 2002.
Dancing on the ceiling is strictly prohibited in the Stockholm Subway. It does however make a pretty good mirror. This is one of our modern subway cars and in case anyone recognizes the angle - yes, we've done this
before.
I guess that's what you would call this small house. I passed it at first without noticing anything special. Suddenly I realized that it was a small replica of some of the surrounding houses - meant for the birds. There's a hook to attach the food and inside someone has put a portable lamp. No doubt to make the birds feel more
comfy, right?
...previously on pixelsA man is waiting for his family to catch up at the commuter train station
Jakobsberg. They are going home. Jakobsberg is said to be one of Sweden's busiest railway stations.
Lovön in Ekerö Municipality is a small island with a long history. Harpoons from the Stone Age have been found here. By comparison, this runestone from 11th century by
Lovö Church is fairly modern. It was created as a tribute to a guy by the name of Tingfast and recently discovered when the church was renovated.
See more?
Kista Science Tower is a
32-storey show-off in the high tech village
Kista north of Stockholm city. But it's quite cool when the sun is shining on the glass structure on an otherwise cloudy day. Here seen from the old
Filmstaden ("Tinseltown") in Solna.
Even the thermometer at
SALK-hallen (said to be Stockholm's best indoor tenniscourt) agrees
photo: Kenneth BlakeStockholm Quality Outlet, a factory outlet with 55 shops in
Barkarby some twenty kilometers west of Stockholm city. Ikea was first on the ground and then came the outlet and then everything went completely wild with shopping hangars everywhere you look. Well, people enjoy it and shopping makes the world go round. Or does it?
Neither regional nor long distance trains stop at
Jakobsberg Station in Järfälla Municipality. And yet the recently renovated station serves more travelers than most railway stations in Sweden. This walking tunnel to a local shopping mall used to be particularly gloomy. Now it's a
shining path.
This beautiful sculpture called "Havsvind" by Kent Ullberg ("Seabreeze" for you who don't understand Swedish so well) really stands out from the evening sky. There is not a hint of blue left, even though it's only around half past seven. I need to return and do this once more against a blue summer sky. Meanwhile,
look closer.
The old station house and an old phone booth in
Nynäshamn some 60 kilometers south of Stockholm. Nynäshamn is at the end of one of the commuter train lines and from here you can continue by ferry to the island Gotland. One of many tourists who have been to Nynäshamn is our old friend
Ackworth born.
Hedvig Eleonora
Church by
Östermalm Square open for a New Year's Prayer
A girl dressed in red breaking the dominating gray at
T-Centralen (main metro station). The southbound train to Liljeholmen will arrive in two minutes.
I suppose that's what this choir is about, no? Facing the mall in
Jakobsberg, hidden in a bush (I almost missed them, along with the blackbird I nearly stepped on) but still singing. And I furthermore guess it's not
heavy metal, even if one might get that impression by the looks of them :-)
.
photo: Kenneth Blake
Strandvägen towards
Nybroplan at twenty to nine in the morning. The kiosk on the left is the Strömma ticket office where you can buy tickets for excursions to the archipelago - in the summer. Here's the
same view without snow.
text & photo: Pia KStockholm isn't only about inner city moments and sceneries, oh no, we musn't forget suburbia which can be quite a happening place where some of the most amazing views and encounters can be had. Thus one of my most treasured moments from 2008 was the wonderful and very hairy encounter of the Highlander kind in the suburb of Märsta.
Always being more than fond of these fascinating, adorable ancient looking animals and then actually being able to meet, greet and moo-chat, making new friends with Ruffle, Tousle, Goldilocks and companions in the outskirts of one's own city can only be described as one of last year's best and a simply magical treat.
With hopes of many such magical moments and treasured treats for 2009 ~
Happy New Year! The January theme is "Best of the year 2008". We didn't want to do a rerun of our own material. So, instead, we asked our friend Pia to interpret this theme for us. 151 members of City Daily Photo have promised to join on this day.
Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
Your daily dose of Stockholm, Sweden - click on pictures to enlarge!
I'm not sure Talking Heads meant it so literal though. I think someone has played with matches. Or did the food get too hot? This used to be a restaurant in Tensta, north of the city. As from around 6 P.M last Saturday they stopped serving. This was an hour later and I just happened to be in the neighbourhood, on my way home.
text & photo: Anna Boberg
Sweden is a beautiful country and Stockholm is a lovely city, but sometimes I wonder what drove our ancestors to settle here 60 degrees north. When you are waiting for the bus at Västerbroplan an evening in January and it's raining and snowing you have to be strong.
There's no shortage of theaters in Stockholm. The local epicenter for drama is undoubtedly the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) by Nybroplan. Here's a view from an intermission at their most prestigious stage, Stora scenen. One gentleman seems to be late for his cup of coffee, the rest are already stretching their legs.
The entrance to Kungsängen commuter train station. Stockholm city is a mere 25 minutes away. Add 10 minutes and go the other direction you end up in Enköping, a city famous for horseradish and its parks.
...previously on pixels
Block of flats in Kungsängen (translated: King's Meadow), a suburb some 30 kilometres north west of Stockholm City.
If life's a stage, then every life should have a nice little restaurant-at-the-corner like Frippe next to the Royal Dramatic Theatre. [Exit two Ladies] Next scene...
... previously on pixels
...previously on pixels
At the ground floor of Sollentuna Town Hall is a movie theater. Adding a bit of imagination to politics can be a good thing.
Shopping at "the Haymarket" (Hötorget) in central Stockholm. Mondays to Saturdays you can buy fruits and vegetables. Sundays are flea market days. The glassy building to the left - with the sign Sergel - is a large multi-screen cinema. In the basement you can buy delicacies. The building to the right, with blue "ribbony things" is the old department store PUB.
This could be about anywhere. You may have seen hundreds of views like this. To find this particular view, I'm standing on one of Stockholm's many bridges - Essingebron - facing "Lilla Essingen". I've been wanting to do this picture for some time but was surprised to feel how much the bridge is shaking when cars go by.
photo: Kenneth Blake
Dancing on the ceiling is strictly prohibited in the Stockholm Subway. It does however make a pretty good mirror. This is one of our modern subway cars and in case anyone recognizes the angle - yes, we've done this before.
I guess that's what you would call this small house. I passed it at first without noticing anything special. Suddenly I realized that it was a small replica of some of the surrounding houses - meant for the birds. There's a hook to attach the food and inside someone has put a portable lamp. No doubt to make the birds feel more comfy, right?
...previously on pixels
Lovön in Ekerö Municipality is a small island with a long history. Harpoons from the Stone Age have been found here. By comparison, this runestone from 11th century by Lovö Church is fairly modern. It was created as a tribute to a guy by the name of Tingfast and recently discovered when the church was renovated. See more?
Kista Science Tower is a 32-storey show-off in the high tech village Kista north of Stockholm city. But it's quite cool when the sun is shining on the glass structure on an otherwise cloudy day. Here seen from the old Filmstaden ("Tinseltown") in Solna.
photo: Kenneth Blake
Neither regional nor long distance trains stop at Jakobsberg Station in Järfälla Municipality. And yet the recently renovated station serves more travelers than most railway stations in Sweden. This walking tunnel to a local shopping mall used to be particularly gloomy. Now it's a shining path.
This beautiful sculpture called "Havsvind" by Kent Ullberg ("Seabreeze" for you who don't understand Swedish so well) really stands out from the evening sky. There is not a hint of blue left, even though it's only around half past seven. I need to return and do this once more against a blue summer sky. Meanwhile, look closer.
The old station house and an old phone booth in Nynäshamn some 60 kilometers south of Stockholm. Nynäshamn is at the end of one of the commuter train lines and from here you can continue by ferry to the island Gotland. One of many tourists who have been to Nynäshamn is our old friend Ackworth born.
A girl dressed in red breaking the dominating gray at T-Centralen (main metro station). The southbound train to Liljeholmen will arrive in two minutes.
I suppose that's what this choir is about, no? Facing the mall in Jakobsberg, hidden in a bush (I almost missed them, along with the blackbird I nearly stepped on) but still singing. And I furthermore guess it's not heavy metal, even if one might get that impression by the looks of them :-)
photo: Kenneth Blake
text & photo: Pia K
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