Author: Ella

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…

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…

All over the place… Below, museum hopping. Below that, T-bana hopping

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Post by Ella. Gamla Stan, a small island and the venerable Old Town of Stockholm was a nice way to spend part of our first full day in Stockholm. The town dates back to the 16th century. We find the Nobel Prize Museum with a fascinating look at every winner (and things they developed or…

i can’t believe it’s June! So on a cool (57° and windy) in Stockholm… Metro to Gamla Stan (Stockholm’s Old Town) Strolling around Gamla Stan Some sights: Nobel Prize Museum, Storkrykan Ferry to Djurgsrden Some sights: The Viking Museum, Vasa Museum Ferry back to Gamla Stan Find the manhole cover guy Find dinner Metro home

Got on a plane in Tromso Flew to Oslo Changed planes Flew to Stockholm Then, to get from the airport to Stockholm, the best option is to take the Arlanda express train. But it had a derailment a few days ago and was still out of action. We stopped by the info desk at the…

The entrance to the hidden mall? Inside the mall on the 3rd floor, a large cafe with a reading nook.