A Royal Visit

Frederik André Henrik Christian, His Majesty The King, Count of Monpezat, King of Denmark is in town. Also, here, HRH Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark. Or Mary from Down Under as I like to call her. They arrived on The Royal Yacht Dannebrog. I tried walking in to the City Hall courtyard earlier yesterday but was told by a friendly official that it was closed for the day. I took these photos an hour earlier at Skeppsbron, across the street from the Royal Palace.

Cherry Blossom Mania

It's official. I am addicted to taking photos of people taking photos of the Cherry Blossom. A short-lived addiction, as it is all over in a weeks time, but it sure is a fun week. These ten photos are from my third visit, and guess what, I visited a few more times, so more Cherry Blossom scenes to come!

If you could move just a little

Photographers, never happy. The poor soldiers from the Swedish army all had to take orders from the Canon guy, as they should of course. As witnessed at Skeppsbron a couple of days ago.

Street scenes

A mix of recent street scenes from around Stockholm. It was "mösspåtagning" in Stockholm a few days ago.Student cap day. The city was filled with soon to graduate secondary school students drinking beer all day long. They continued to do that for the rest of the day, evening and night. Here they are at Medborgarplatsen on Södermalm. I read a news report where local police asked the parents to pick up their drunk kids, so it sounds like a day to remember! The guy wanting a revolution was trying to get more recrutes at Hamngatan, where I also spotted the happy girls with the big bag and what have you. In the fourth photo we see a woman at a complete standstill on the busy pedestrian street Drottninggatan. The teenage bird feeder was observed at Kungsträdgården.

Wedding Season

Pro tip. If you are in Stockholm on a Saturday looking for photo opportunities I can highly recommend a visit to Stadshuset. City Hall, as there are normally a few wedding parties there. Oh, and a heads up. I am waiting for a new router for wireless broadband, should have made the switch 18 months ago, but that never happened for some unknown reason. So my internet connection is a bit wobbly at the moment as Telia, my provider is shutting down the old network

Fourteen scenes from Nynäshamn

The month of May is finally here. If you live in Sweden, this is most likely your favorite time of the year. We call it sköna maj. May the beautiful. The light is back. The days are so much longer. It is warm again after the cold Winter. And most importantly, everything is getting green again. Although this time around, everything feel a bit delayed. Anywho, I took my first bike ride of the year to Nynäshamn, a port city on Södertörn. I visited three beaches. Met two women who asked me if I was going for a swim, I was not! But I sat down and ate my lunch next to them at Nickstabadet. I then continued to Lövholmen and the rocky beach at Knappelskär, before riding back into the city center along the photogenic ring road known as Strandvägen. It was built for the 1912 Olympic Games btw. I made another stop at Fagerviken that has nice views toward the island of Trehörningen. My final visit was the guest harbor, where bikers and ice cream eaters were enjoying the Summer temperatures. The restaurants were packed with people, I took a stroll looking at some of the visiting ships.

Cherry Blossom

My second visit to the Cherry Blossom at The King's garden in Stockholm this Spring. I am a bit addicted to photographing people photographing the Cherry Blossom so you can expect to see photos from a few more visits! The guy in the top photo, carrying three cameras is hard to miss. He is very social. I have seen him at the weekly flea market a couple of times.