Post by Ella Most WC’s (the loo, toilet, washroom, restroom, did I forget any?) we’ve been in across Scandinavia and the Netherlands are all-gender. The signs usually have both the male and female icons on the door. But here is one that carried the theme a little further. You might find simply rows of little…
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Our route, Tuesday, June 6
Today was the National Day of Sweden which celebrates first: Gustav Vasa being elected king (6 June 1523) and second: the adoption of a new constitution (6 June 1809). Crowds gather, speeches are given, royalty makes a presence, the Air Force does a flyover. We decided that instead of avoiding the crowds, we would dive…
Our route, Monday, June 5
First off we took the metro and then a totally packed tram to Nordiska, a museum full of Nordic stuff. Where everyone was going with their big strollers and little kids on a Monday morning, it wasn’t this museum. Next, by bus to the Stockholm Public Library. You might wonder why in the heck…but wait…
Tunnelbana art
Out of 100 Tunnelbana stations (T-bana, metro, subway, trains that go underground) in the greater Stockholm area, about 90 have been artistically accessorized. As an ending to the day on Sunday, we decided to explore a few stops on the T11 blue line. We happened to be near T-Centralen so that’s where we started. Today,…
“Looking into a Mirror Sideways”
Post by Ella Laurie Anderson is someone who passed me by. I was never a fan, or not a fan. I was aware of her as a unique artist. Would saying “singularly unique” be redundant? At any rate, I simply didn’t pay much attention. When we found out the Modern Museum in Stockholm was having…
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You are really lucky today. Two days in one post. Saturday, June 3At Millesgården, we shared a virtuous light snack in the museum cafe. A whole avocado cut into large chunks on thick pumpernickel. This was no wimpy Avocado toast. Dinner, we went Danish. Maybe we didn’t get enough in Denmark. Nybroplan Smorrebrod was the…
Our route, Sunday, June 4
All over the place… Below, museum hopping. Below that, T-bana hopping
Interiors
Post by Ella. We posted photos of the sculptures at Millesgårten yesterday (see Grubb’s Sat, June 3, “In the garden of the heroic”) but didn’t post any interiors. This was also the residence of Carl Milles, the sculptor and his wife, Olga, an artist in her own right. The residence was built in 1908 for…
Our route, Saturday, June 3
Here is the overview First to Millesgården by metro to metro to bus to feet From the wealthy, elegant, whimsically classical at Millesgården to… Contemporary Art, full of artists ego at Magasin III, by feet and ferry But yes, we get to the Contemporary Art museum. And then, back to the ferry stop where we…
Two bedroom apartment in quiet neighborhood overlooking the water
Post by Ella. Stockholm’s latitude is 59.3°N. The sun still sets and we get a few hours of darkness. Below, the early morning view (1:30am) from our balcony. Sunrise is 3:41am. The body of water you can see is where Traneburgssund (Traneburg’s Sound) meets Mariebergssundet. (Marleberg’s Strait). Stockholm stretches across 14 islands and the banks of…
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Today, a light, late lunch at the restaurant in the Fotografiska museum. A bottle of sparkling water for Grubb, white wine for me and a view for both of us. Baked tomatoes with cream cheese, pickled onions, on chard for me. Potatoes with asparagus and caviar for Grubb. Dinner was a mish-mash of stuff from…
Our route, Friday, June 2
A two Museum day. Art museums. In the morning, we stopped in at Espresso House for, well, it’s obvious. Took a bus way the heck out to the Thielska Gallery Took a ferry across the canal to get to Fotografiska Walked back to Gamla Stan where we caught the T-Bana to our local stop. Stopped…
Yikes, there’s a marathon in town
Post by Ella. Moving around Stockholm will be a bit of a maze today and tomorrow, June 2 – June 3. The Adidas Stockholm Marathon is in town. The Marathon website touted the beauty route through scenic and historical areas, which, of course, are exactly where tourists are wanting to go. The race ends in…
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Dinner at Restaurant Kaffeegillet on Gamla Stan A starter of smoked salmon on toast with a spicy mustard sauce. Grubb had Swedish meatballs and said they were just as good as what his mom used to make. That’s a little bowl of lingonberries on the plate. I had a plate with three types of herring,…
Storkyrkan
Post by Ella This amazing cathedral was originally commissioned, it is thought, in the mid 13th century by Birger Jarl, founder of Stockholm. The oldest bricks that are still part of the church date to 1306. The church, St. Nicolas Church, gradually expanded and became the Stockholm cathedral. The Cathedral is the church of the…