Archive for the ‘Stockholm’ Category

Hellasgarden Recreation Area for Stockholmers

January 8th, 2012 at 9:00 pm » Comments (0)

Despite that it is the capital city of Sweden, Stockholm has a lot of recreation areas within the city or close by. One of the most well known, where even the school is taking the pupils, are Hellasgården only around 15 minutes from the City. The first cottage was built in 1914, but the place [...]

Viking Travel Postcard: Rune Stone 390

January 5th, 2012 at 9:00 pm » Comments (2)

Another Viking Travel Postcard spotted on a roadtrip to Sigtuna, Sweden. The runic inscription of the stone says: “Sven had the stone erected in memory of… his father and Fröydis in memory of Ulv, her husband. God help his soul”. The names Sven and Ulv are common in the runic inscriptions but Frödis has only [...]

Travel Photo: Lifebuoy Batumi Global Star

January 1st, 2012 at 8:00 pm » Comments (1)

Another lifebuoy spotted when we were out on a roadtrip around Stockholm. A lifebuoy from Batumi Global star. I haven’t been able to find so much info about it, but my guess is that it’s a cargo ship. Batumi is a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in [...]