keep on truckin'

Five Scania trucks in line, waiting to be delivered. Scania was founded the year 1900 in Malmö in the southernmost part of Sweden. They are now a world renown manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses and diesel engines.

Södertälje (map) 2 May 2009

life at an intersection

King's Street meets Svea Street. Boy meets girl. Rush hour is off.

Kungsgatan/Sveavägen (map) 27 April 2009

assorted vitamins from Hötorget

Here's a young artist at work. A fruit basket is being composed at Hötorget ("the Haymarket").

Hötorget (map) 27 April 2009

the final landing

The M/S Patricia is said to have taken part in the Normandy Landings on D-Day. Since 1986 she remains docked at Slussen, hosting a restaurant.

Slussen (map) 20 April 2009

stately home

A stately home at Dalagatan/St Eriksgatan. The houses in this area, the Vasastaden (Vasa city), are typically built in the beginning of the 20th century.

Vasastaden (map) 28 April 2009

folk music

Russindalen Spelmän is playing folk music on the International dancing day in Kungsträdgården. On the Kungsträdgården web page there is a photo of some people dancing.

Kungsträdgården (map) 29 April 2009

what to do on a Sunday?

text & photo: Anna Boberg

You could take the bike to Ugglevikskällan in Lill-Jansskogen, near Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. It's originally an old fresh water spring, used in the 18th century as a day trip spa-resort. In the 19th century people from Stockholm gathered there on the first Saturday after Whitsun to drink the healthy water.

The area around Lill-Jansskogen has always been associated with drinking, but perhaps even more so by the notorious pub hosted by the royal huntsman Jan Persson, called Lill-Jans in the 17th century. Nowadays both the pub and the fresh water spring are long gone. But the little pavilion still stands. And it's still a popular place for an outing.

Lill-Jansskogen (map) 26 April 2009