8.1.09

The Holidays in a nutshell: Sweden



-old steel mine - Norberj



-Norberj - panoramorama from across the lake



-shadow on church - Norberj



-church front - Norberj



-old mill, Norberj - most of the buildings in rural Sweden look like this (stained red wood, from residue from copper mines?), or at least the ones in this general area



-view of Gamla Stan (old town) from Skeppsholmen (the East) - Stockholm



-panorama - Stockholm



another panorama - Stockholm



-reflections on facade - Stadsbiblioteket Annexet (as if you couldn't read it) - Norrmalm, Stockholm



-steps up to central lending hall - Stadbiblioteket, Norrmalm, Stockholm



-central lending hall - Stadbiblioteket, Norrmalm, Stockholm



-lots of books, but it looks very cool - Stadbiblioteket, Norrmalm, Stockholm



-main entrance - Stadbiblioteket, Norrmalm, Stockholm



-park panorama next to the library - Norrmalm, Stockholm



-another park panorama - Norrmalm, Stockholm



-Stockholm architecture - Norrmalm



-centaur statue next to the library - Norrmalm, Stockholm



-text down a busy shopping street - I was just intrigued by the way this looked, polished steel words, marking the dividing line down the street as far as you could see (and I couldn't really read any of it) - Norrmalm, Stockholm



-view of Kungsholmen (right) and Riddarholmen (left) on the Riddarfjärden - Stockholm



-Storkyrkan - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-street scene - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-Gamla Stan side street - I swear, it seemed like about 1/4 of the cars in Sweden were actually all Volvo's (if not more), and a bit fewer Saab's



-Statue detail above Northeast entrance of Riksdagshuset (Parliament) - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-Northeast entrance of Riksdagshuset (Parliament) - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace) - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-view of Northwest end of Riksdagshuset (Parliament) - Gamla Stan, Stockholm



-Stadshusset (city hall) - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-courtyard of the Stadshusset - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-moon on the roof - Stadshusset, Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-gold figure on the roof - Stadshusset, Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-riverside interior of the courtyard of the Stadshusset - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-Stadshusset - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-roof detail - Stadshusset, Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-tower of the Stadshusset - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-almost dizzying - Kungsholmen, Stockholm



-Nordiska Museet interior - Djurgården, Stockholm



-time for a dip - the location just out of the city of Stockholm where I went, on a hostel arranged trip to a traditional wood-fired bastu (sauna), and then for a dip in the water. I did 4 cycles of this, and then the sun went down, finished our beers, and back to town. (if you click on the image for the full size, you can note the skaters in the background)



-deer in the yard - view from the Stuga (guest house) to the main house of my aunt and uncles, when waking up one morning to deer wandering by. Norberj



-frosty door to the Stuga - Norberj



-snow/frost crystals - these things were ginormous for frost crystals, never seen anything like it before



-some lakeside, about half an hour away from Norberj - early afternoon



-more crazy frost crystals on the lake



-detail of the frost crystals - almost flower like



-crystal covered ice - sounded like broken glass crunching under your feet



-some green amidst the winter white



-moonrise/sunset (sun already gone)



-3:24 in the afternoon - adieu Sweden

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