To go to places unseen.
My sister lives in Jutland in Denmark. After moving to Stockholm we don't get to see each other a lot but we try to make it happen at least once per year. This time we agreed to meet up over the summer halfway: In Västra Götaland, the Swedish West Coast between Gothenburg and Vänern, Sweden's … Continue reading Trollhättan and the twin table mountains
In a beautiful Swedish mountain scape that you drive through on the freeway on the way to Norway, lies a Word Heritage Site with spectacular Bronze Age rock carvings. To go there was top of my list for our family vacation in Västra Götaland this year. We stopped at the Vitlycke Museum on a bright … Continue reading The Tanum Rock Carvings
The weather forecast promised warm sunny days and asked my oldest if he would join me for a hike. We had canceled a planned hike due to rain earlier this summer. The idea this time was to hike from the southernmost tip of Botkyrka, the municipality in which we live, and home along Sörmlandsleden. 28 … Continue reading Hiking Sörmlandsleden through Botkyrka
A friend from Denmark visited with his family. They stayed at a hotel a short walk south west of the centre of Stockholm, which gave me an excuse to further explore Södermalm, the island south of Old Town. I treated them to a guided tour of Stockholm Inner City and the Stockholm Metro, then we … Continue reading Södermalm
In Dalarna north of Stockholm lies Falun Copper Mine. Today a world heritage site and no longer active, historically the mine has been a source of much of Sweden’s wealth. Copper has been excavated there for maybe a thousand years, we don’t know exactly for how long as later activity has eradicated traces of the … Continue reading Falun Copper Mine
The bedrock is a treasure trove of rock art. Moose are abundant but also fish, humans, boats and dots and lines that are harder to identify. Worn away by water and weather or left unfinished by the artist for unknown reasons. A herd of moose on the way to the water. I’m at Nämforsen deep … Continue reading The Nämforsen Rock Art
This year instead of driving down to Denmark, we drove 500 km north to the Swedish High Coast. Here, land has risen more than 200 meters since the last ice age, leaving spectacular mountains dropping steeply into the sea. One such mountain is Skuleberget peaking at 295 meter, at the foot of which we have … Continue reading Swedish High Coast
I went to explore Stockholm Old Town one morning in April. I wanted pictures of Old Town with the sunlight coming in from the east. A walk through Old Town is a significant part of the Stockholm Inner City Tour I am offering this summer. I wanted more pictures to promote the tour. Plus maybe … Continue reading Old Town in the morning light
Spring has arrived in Stockholm and one of the attractions is to go see the cherry blossoms at the Royal Garden. I did yesterday. As the otherwise venerated old elms trees withered away, they were replaced by Japanese cherry trees. For a week or two in late April they bloom with bright pink flowers and … Continue reading Cherry blossoms at the Royal Garden
This summer I offer guided tours of Greater Stockholm in Danish and English. Stockholm Old Town with many spectacular views. I moved to Stockholm in 2017 and have enjoyed exploring what this beautiful city has to offer. From the scenic Old Town in the city centre to Bronze Age petroglyphs carved on the suburb bedrock, … Continue reading Guided tours by Thoughtful Dane
