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2007-07-31

escape the fire

A fire escape can make a nice graphic pattern. This one belongs to a house on Fatburs brunnsgata. Hopefully it's not used too often. See more?
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.Det är inte ofta man ser snygga brandtrappor. Ofta är de en nödvändighet bara och det läggs inte så mycket tanke på att göra dem snygga. Här har man lyckats rätt bra, i mitt tycke.

2007-07-30

escalating in Vällingby

-Our shopping mall is bigger than yours!
-But ours is fancier!
-Well ours offers free parking!
-Ok, but ours has cost more!!
-You win.

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...i loppet som vi springer
finns det ingen som vinner...
(Mauro Scocco, hela texten här)

2007-07-29

sing-along is prohibited

Once you've passed these doors, it's not a good decision to sing with the artists. I suspect they don't even want to be called artists. Performers is probably better. This is one of the doors to the Royal Swedish Opera at Gustaf Adolfs Torg.
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.En imponerande ornamenterad dörr leder in till "öfre och nedre tredje raden" på Operan. Gissningsvis blir man utkastad genom densamma rätt snabbt, om man själv upphäver sin stämma i "allsång på operan" :-)

2007-07-28

The Tall Ships' Races

The Tall Ships' Races are the biggest annual event for large sailing vessels in the world. It is a combination of sailing races between ports and festivals while in the ports. The Races fleet is
in Stockholm between 27 and 30 July.
Read more on the TSR home page.
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2007-07-27

Summer Night City (8)

Like most parts of town, Vasagatan is a lot more agreeable in summer. There is of course a dark season to this street as well but we’ll leave that for now.
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This is the façade of Radisson SAS Royal Viking Hotel. Imagine answering that every time the phone rings. Why in the world would anyone pick such a long name?
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Royal Viking har vi spanat på förr

2007-07-26

hightower?

I'm not quite sure whether this will be office-space or new apartments. The latter would be nice. The view ought to be magnificent. This house is being built in the vicinity of Stockholm Stadion, and I guess you will be able to see at least some part of the football game from the upper floors.
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Jag är osäker på vad detta blir när det är klart. För en som inte är i dessa trakter ofta så stod det plötsligt bara där. Gissningsvis blir det kontor men det vore ballt med lägenhet där.

2007-07-25

...and there was music

This young accordionist in Kungsträdgården had a different business idea than I’m used to. He first asked for money and only then played his instrument. A guy apparently paid too little and he only played a few notes. But at the girls' table he stayed a long time.
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