Torches were lit in thousands in a fund raiser for the pink ribbon. You could buy one for 40 SEK out of which 35 goes to the cancer fund. Last year there were about 10,000. I'm not sure how many there were this year. 
Remember the lost clergyman ? This is where he was supposed to be. The church was completed in 1690. Over the years it was worn down and in 1861 it was decided to rebuild it. The new gothic church was inaugurated in 1863. The interior was renovated some 20 years ago. See more?
Södermalmsparkernas vänner - Friends of the parks in Södermalm - has invited to an open tour of the parks and scenes of the district Södermalm. The association's chairman Bitte Liberg is speaking through the megaphone. In the background is the Norwegian church Kronprinsesse Marthas Kirke. It was a good walk, informative and long.
Norska kyrkan (map) 10 October 2009
Revisiting the 32-storey show-off in the high tech village Kista north of Stockholm city. Kista Science Tower is a conference and office complex of six buildings offering some 39,000 square metres of floor area. All buildings are triangular shaped. The tallest building - the tower - is the highest office building in the Nordic countries (156 metres) with the fastest lifts in Sweden (5-6 metres/second).
Kista (map) 6 October 2009
An image of a smoker entirely made from the sentence "Jag kan inte sluta" ("I can't stop"). The grey scale comes from how frequently the sentence is printed.
Centralbron/Söder mälarstrand (map) 4 October 2009
Hedvig Eleonora Church as seen from Jungfrugatan ("Virgin street"). The church has been pixeled before, like in the post "Hedvig standing tall".
Jungfrugatan (map) 22 September 2009
The two metro/underground bridges in Kista, north of Stockholm city. Kista is mainly associated with telecommunication and computer industry. It also hosts the IT University, a joint venture between the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. Because of its computer industries, Kista became referred to as Chipsta or Sweden's Silicon Valley in the 1980's.
Kista (map) 6 October 2009
text & photo: Jenny Lingstam
You can make jam or jelly. Or just admire the rowan berries and leave them for the birds to enjoy on one of those colder days to come at Bollmora Cemetery.
Bollmora kyrkogård, Tyresö (map) 10 October 2009
The MS Silja Festival is one of two Tallink ferries serving the route between Stockholm and Riga, Latvia. We're looking west-south-west from Larsberg, Lidingö. Can you spot any churches?
Frihamnen (map) 29 September 2009
Have you learned to find your personal style while walking in sync with those you care for?
Lidingö centrum (map) 29 September 2009
A coffee break at the Garnisonen - "the Garrison" - conference place. It offers, as they say on their web, "a trendy, modern and original ambiance with a unique 70's feel".
Garnisonen (map) 22 September 2009
The gates to the local peoples park in Nykvarn. It's been here since 1911. This is where you used to go at Saturday night to dance or listen to the local entertainment (well others too, to be honest). Today the gates are mostly closed, due to bad economy.
A machine that would make Bob the Builder green of envy, used for drilling holes in the rock. The holes are drilled in a large tunnel shaped circle, filled with explosives and ... bang. It's all part of the City Line, a six kilometres long tunnel for commuter trains under the city.
Bergtunneln (map) 20 September 2009
"As long as I'm living I'll be waiting
As long as I'm breathing I'll be there"
(Kravitz, Ross)
Lidingö centrum (map) 29 September 2009
Mariaberget - Maria mountain - and the façades of Mariahissen and Laurinska house seen from Söder Mälarstrand. The mountain is approximately 50 meters high and part of south central Södermalm. If you have heard of Stieg Larsson's The Millennium-trilogy, this is where the good guys and girls live their lives.
Söder Mälarstrand (map) 20 September 2009
Since 1974 there has been no more departures from Taxinge-Näsby station. It had a quite short lifetime. The trains started to run around 1895 but were initially not planned to pass here. Want a better view of the station?
Street art on the Danvikstull bridge. Here's a previous photo of the bridge itself.
Danvikstull (map) 20 September 2009
A cabinet with Saint Barbara, the patron saint of tunnel builders. This cabinet is located in a utility tunnel of the great railway tunnel project Citybanan (City Line) - a double-track railway with two new stations that is to be built in a six-kilometer long tunnel under Stockholm city.
Citybanan (map) 20 September 2009
I have no idea what these kids just bought but they rushed over to this bench, eager to open and compare their recent purchases. What's your guess?
Lidingö centrum (map) 29 September 2009
You know that autumn is just around the corner when your neighbours hang out their jackets to air on the balcony. And after autumn comes winter. That is definitely a drawback of this country. On the other hand, some people like it.
Hornstull (map) 5 September 2009
This is the main church in Nykvarn Municipality. There are two others, but none as old as this one. The oldest parts are from the 12th century and like many churches it has been extended. In 1802 lightning struck the old churchtower and it had to be rebuilt.
Unfortunately the church was closed on this day, even though I did encounter a clergyman outside asking me if I was a guest for the baptism he was supposed to perform in about 10 minutes. Turned out though that he was sent to the wrong church, and had to rush away to the right one. We'll check on that one a little later.
Environmentally friendly litter handling at the Fridhemsplan metro station.
Fridhemsplan (map) 10 September 2009
A wooden model of our Parliament (riksdag). The two main buildings are located on the small oval island Helgeandsholmen. Separated by Riksgatan (Kingdom street), the lower square building was originally the bi-chamber assembly and the upper rounded used to be the Riksbank (Swedish National Bank). That building now holds the unicameral assembly hall. The large square on the left is the Royal Palace where the king works.
Riksdagen (map) 25 August 2009
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