Sakura ~ Cherryblossom in Kungsträdgården

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Last Saturday it was Sakura – Körsbärsblommans dag – blooming cherry blossom trees in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm. It was very beautiful and I enjoyed this event where many people gathered.  Here are some photos from that day.

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New York – Streetphotos in bw

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About a year ago I started to get interested in streetphotopgrahy and documentary photography. Recently I bought the book Streetphotography (Bättre bilder/ Streetfoto) by Eric Kim and it is just great – it gives you lots of advice about what to think about while taking streetphotos. This is a selection of photos in bw from my trip to New York. Above: Central Station

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Columbus circle

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Brooklyn bridge

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Central Park

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Chinatown

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New York Public Library

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Battery Park

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Brooklyn

Gotland

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This post is about Gotland, the largest island in Sweden that has fantastic nature as well as many cultural places to explore.

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Hoburgen, at the southernmost tip of the island, where the road ends. Here you can see the famous sea-stack ‘Hoburgsgubben’.

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This is from Kutens bensin, at Fårö

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From Visby “city of roses and ruins”

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For more photos and facts about Gotland, please visit my new blog http://resereportage.wordpress.com

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Taberg – Beautiful view from the mountain

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Recently I visited ‘Taberg’ in Småland.
Carl von Linné, the father of plants, named Taberg “the miracle in Småland”.
Not only that you can see almost all of Småland from the top, or rather 70 kilometers in all directions when the weather permits it, but on the sun warm south east side of the mountain you’ll find vegetation from the Alps in Europe — and if you look closer on the Hotel Taberg, it’s unavoidable to miss the link to the Alps. It’s of course here the town has settled.

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A nice view with a golden chain-tree

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This day it was a bit stormy and cold, but still worth a visit! I meet some tourists on the top.

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‘Hovslätts hembygdsgård och kvarndamm‘  in Hovslätt near Taberg.

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Hovslätt Homestead…

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… and the beautiful waterfall…

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… just like green medicine.

Stockholm II – Old town and Skeppsholmen

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This is my second post from Stockholm, Sweden. The first photos is from Gamla Stan. Enjoy!

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The beautiful walls and windows.

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‘Gamla Stans Livs’

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Lot’s of small art store’s

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The boat ‘Riddarholmen’

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Tourists on the bridge

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The Royal Palace

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The little island ‘Skeppsholmen’ with the ship ‘Af Chapman’ – a hostel and restaurant

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Tourists relaxing on board Af Chapman and enjoying the view.

Old town, Stockholm

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Recently I made a trip to Stockholm (Sweden). It was a warm and sunny day that I enjoyed very much.

I took so many photo’s that I decided im gonna do more than one post about the city. So this first one is about the Old Town (Gamla stan) – the old part of Stockholm.

Although – I started with a stop at the amazing St Clara church (photo above) which is not a part of the Old town. It’s a very nice old church and worth a visit.
It’s located in the centre of the city – very close to Drottninggatan and Sergels torg. A choir held a concert in the meantime I was there, fantastic voices and beautiful
with all the candles.

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This is taken from a bridge before you enter Rosenbad and Gamla stan. You can see the Royal Opera in the middle of the photo.
This is in the Old Town. Warm and sunny day so many people, including myself, enjoyed an ice cream in the shadow and dreaming, perhaps…

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Lord Nelson Hotel in Västerlånggatan

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The beautiful little square

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To be continued…

Photos from Gothenburg III (updated with more photos)

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The Botanical Garden

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Vasagatan

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Draken – Meeting place, cinema and more… (near Järntorget)

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Järntorget with the beautiful cherryblossom trees

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Andra Långgatan with nice little boutiqes, cafées, second hand shops and more.

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Kommersen – vintage “loppis” (as we say in Sweden…) in Majorna

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Beautiful Linnégatan

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Delicious strawberries in Haga!

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The architectural masterpiece “Kuggen” in Lindholmen, Gbg

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Lindholmen

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Landalas fruitmarket

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Magnolia!

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“Im tired, get me something to drink”…

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