closed for the season

The popular summer restaurant Flyt ("Float") at Old Town.

Gamla stan (map) 11 February 2010

ice fishing

Three men fishing on the frozen water at Saltsjöbaden east of Stockholm.

Saltsjöbaden, Nacka (map) 5 March 2010

dwell in Kallhäll

19 km north-west of the city and with some 12000 residents, Kallhäll is part of Järfälla Municipality. The old-style outdoor shopping center (out of view here, to the left) is rather worn and gloomy. In the background are more recent buildings along Källtorpsvägen, symbolically highlighted by the afternoon sun. And then there's an old tree which has seen architectural styles come and go.

Kallhäll centrum, Järfälla (map) 21 February 2010

snow on the go

Snow in all shapes and sizes. Behind piles of snow, lumps of snow being plowed off the motorway have rolled down making these tracks in... snow, of course!

Konsumentvägen, Sollentuna (map) 21 February 2010

the better way

After decades of inter-municipal squabbling, the old winding railroad to Kungsängen was finally replaced in 2001. Part of the project was crossing the strait Almarestäket. You have already seen this bridge from below and - as usual - there's more over here.

Uddnäsvägen, Stäket, Järfälla (map) 21 February 2010

gustavsberg church

Situated 19 km east of the city center, Gustavsberg (pop. 9700) is the administrative center of Värmdö Municipality. Here's the church from 1906 in neo-Gothic style. See more?

Värmdögatan, Gustavsberg, Värmdö (map) 7 February 2010

Sword of Damocles

Living in the modern age, we no longer have swords hanging directly over our heads by a single horse-hair. Far from it! How about a block of snow and ice slowly melting in the sun and ready to slide off the roof any minute?

Hemmesta centrum, Värmdö (map) 7 February 2010