Places
The city came alive again during September. More people, more traffic, more shops are open and best of all... there are more sausage dogs roaming the streets. My game of sausage watch (which could be mistaken for another activity by those not in the know) can finally be resumed. This
Life
The obsession with finding Dan A. Mangs started four weeks ago at a loppis. I spotted a pile of photographic prints sprawled across a table and couldn't resist a quick peek. They were gold! Black and white street photography, Swedish life, hospitals, elderly care homes and portraits. I
Hiking
The hike to Tornbergets utsiktstorn was an even split of good and bad luck. We boarded the train and I realised my phone had restarted — a problem because my sim adds a passcode lock after restart. I didn't have the passcode to hand so we ended up finding
Hiking
Rain was forecast last weekend but we really wanted to head out for a hike, so we said sod the weather and did it anyway. These photos are quite dark and moody! It was finally cool enough to wear our proper hiking boots again, which was good because we never
Places
Stockholm has been deserted for most of August but that has started to change this past week. People are returning from their Summer cabins and staycations. Even Gamla Stan, which has been a ghost town for weeks, is now filled with more people than pigeons for the first time in
Places
Another first to cross off the life in Sweden list... a crayfish party! Or kräftskiva as it's known in Swedish. Our lovely neighbours and their friends showed us how to celebrate and most importantly, how to navigate our way inside the shells. All socially distanced of course. Sweden
Hiking
Saturday started with a layer of suncream and a generous spritz of mosquito spray. I'd been looking forward to some fresh air and a proper walk all week... keeping my fingers crossed for decent weather. Luckily we didn't have to go far to find this amazing
Life
I started writing this post several months ago, shortly after we arrived in Sweden. Partly because I didn't want to forget how we felt and also because hearing about our experience may be useful for others. Reading move stories was reassuring and I learnt that fear is a
Film Photography
My favourite film camera is broken at the moment and I missed shooting film so took the Olympus Trip and Lubitel (medium format) for a spin around Stockholm instead. We stood here during our very first week in Stockholm. I remember us walking along the shore talking about feeling anxious
Places
Despite the rain, we've spent quite a bit of time walking around the city this week. I feel like I've adjusted to the hum of lots happening around me, and now I'm seeing the interesting things rather than busyness. And I say busy but
Places
The heat has been relentless over the past week and I've found myself fantasising about outdoor swimming; something I haven't done since visiting Solviksbadet in 2018. We sussed out Långholmen as a possible swim spot one evening and the island was packed, which isn't
Hiking
An abundance of accessible wild spaces is one of the things I love most about Sweden — the country has a principle called Allemansrätt which gives every person the right to roam free in nature. You may think we travelled some distance out of Stockholm to find a lake surrounded by
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