Post by Grubb. Contemporary art museums are always a risky proposition. No matter what’s on exhibit, they’re usually located in a part of town that’s far from the tourist trade, places with a lot of warehouses and abandoned factories. The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation is on a part of an island that on this Saturday…
Day: June 3, 2023
In the garden of the heroic
Post by Grubb. Furthering our adventures around the Stockholm archipelago, we went to Lindingö island late this morning and were the first ones through the gate of Millesgården, art museum and terraced sculpture park. Carl Milles studied under Rodin in Paris at the turn of the century. Sculpting with neo-classical brio, Carl become Sweden’s answer to Gustav…
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…