sergel by dusk

when winter lost its charm
and Father Frost has closed the door
some theater won't do me harm
to Sergel Square I'll go once more

Sergels torg (map) 23 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

modern church

So this is what they look like, nowadays? A modern House of God in Hammarby sjöstad courtesy of the Church of Sweden.

Fascinating #1: We were waved down by a motorist some twenty meters from the church. He asked for directions to ... the church. Fascinating #2: If you type kyrkan.se ("church.se") in your web browser you end up at a casino.

Sickla kaj (map) 15 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

come snow

photo: Kenneth Blake

In surprising winter weather - it always comes as a surprise - the special museum tram equipped with a snowplough is ordered out.

Above all: the traffic must not stop!

Strandvägen (map) 24 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

intermission at tredje raden

Opera-goers in Stockholm got themselves a new opera house by Gustav Adolf Square in 1898. Designed by Axel Anderberg in neo-classical style it's still very much a center of gravity for opera in Sweden. Here's a view of the third tier, tredje raden.

Operan, Gustav Adolfs torg (map) 11 Nov 2008 | others bloggar technorati

local chow

Fried small herring on crisp bread or with mashed potatoes is considered a delicacy, especially from this popular kiosk at Slussen

Slussen (map) 15 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

the ark

The head office of Swedish Posten was inaugurated in 2004. Devised by architect Lise-Lott Söderlund, its name is Arken ("the Ark") and it does indeed resemble a ship stranded on a hill in Tomteboda. See more?

Terminalvägen, Solna (map) 20 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

daily photo theme day: 40 years of water tapping

Some three kilometers away from the photographer (at Hornstull) is Gullmarsplan and the gigantic ball Stockholm Globe Arena.

The Globe was inaugurated in 1989 and is the world's largest spherical building. 110 meters in diameter and 85 meters in inside height, it would take some 40 years to fill it from a water tap. (Where do those numbers come from?) Here and here are more pixels.

Globen (map) 25 November 2008 | others bloggar technorati

The December theme is "Circles/Spheres". 187 members of City Daily Photo have promised to join.

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