It really is summer in Stockholm! If you're in the city and don't (like me) have to be cooped up in an office, this is the perfect time to find new favourite places to hang out. Here are ten places in Stockholm that we think are particularly lovely in the summer. What are your favourite summer spots in our capital city?
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Peter is helping our friends build a house on an island in Lake Mälaren, which is why we are currently on beautiful Ringsö. Here we have been able to enjoy the wonderful summer weather, and there has even been swimming. But the focus is really on building a house! The summer house on Ringsö lacks a kitchen, running water and a real floor ...
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Now we have real winter in Stockholm. Finally, I say! I know not everyone agrees with me, but I like it when there is a lot of snow and real winter. Everything is wrapped in thick white snow, traffic moves slowly, people pulse forward ... and for some reason become a little more chatty than usual. Everyone wants to talk about the weather!
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This week Peter visited the ABBA Museum in Stockholm. The museum opened in May 2013 and we have been thinking about visiting it ever since. Isn't it strange that you are so bad at getting away to things in your own city ...!? A nice and interesting museum! Have you been here?
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Claes af Geijerstam has been a popular musician, songwriter, DJ and radio personality throughout his life. He is now exhibiting his unique collection of guitars at the ABBA Museum in Stockholm. I (Peter) was there yesterday to check out the opening, the day before the exhibition opens for real. Which is today!
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On a normal weekday, Peter and I had lunch together and took a walk among the ships on Norr Mälarstrand in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. We hadn't really expected it to snow. across the board, but maybe it gives a bit of a winter feel to the pictures?
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Right now it's terribly dark outside, and you really have to make an effort to catch any of the day's light hours (at least when you work indoors during the day). We have visited this year's Christmas market in the Old Town, and at least it cheers up a bit in the dark with all the lighting and all the colourful stalls. Unfortunately, we have so far missed the neighbourhood's "living Christmas calendar", but if you're not familiar with the concept, we can tell you how it works.
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Yesterday we visited the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, together with some of the other members of the Swedish Association of Tourist Journalists. There is an exciting exhibition about Nobel Prize winners in literature who have used words to revolt and create change. We also got a lot of interesting information about the big event that starts today and lasts for a whole week - the Nobel Week.
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At 04:30 on Friday morning, the taxi was waiting for me (Helena) at the marina where we live. Then I had a long working day ahead of me. The journey from Stockholm to Elmia in Jönköping takes about four and a half hours by train and bus and I would be travelling back and forth throughout the day. In addition, I wanted to take part in the programme during the Human Rights Days in Jönköping.
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Yesterday, I (Helena) visited Norrtälje, often referred to as the capital of Roslagen, on business. I work in the Stockholm County Council and since the county stretches from Södertälje in the south to Norrtälje in the north, there are sometimes longer journeys for meetings. After the meeting, the sun was shining in Norrtälje and I took a short walk along the Norrtälje river.
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