Beautiful Stockholm

Since my son moved to Stockholm I have come to like that town a lot. I went there last week to see my granddaughter for the first time. I'm sorry the world we live in is of a kind where you don't want to show your family and friends in your blog. She's a rosebud :)

It was sunny and chilly, a perfect weekend for walking. On Sunday we went to see an exhibition at the photo museum, Fotografiska. I have longed to see Henri Cartier-Bresson's photos for decades, and now I have seen quite many of them. And I would like to see more. The view from the excellent restaurant at the museum gives you Stockholm around Riddarfjärden on a plate.

Walking along Riddarfjärden:

Easter decorations for sale at Mariatorget:

Sugar at the bottom after a several kilometer walk (yes, I'm trying to be ironical). I call this "Hemska trappan" - "Awful stairs":

Views from the ferry Viking Grace when I arrived early Saturday morning:

There was still ice in the archipelagos of Stockholm and Turku.

Stockholm

Hubby and me visited Stockholm last weekend. We went to see a dance performance at Dansens Hus. My son has worked with the celebrated choreographer Helena Franzén in several productions. This time he composed the music together with musician Johan Skugge, using a lap steel guitar, electronics, and piano. Both are also actually on the scene together with the dancers this time. The performance will next go to Barcelona, so if you are in that area keep your eyes open in November: Helena Franzén's website.

I have known for decades that Stockholm is a beautiful city, but this time hubby and me did something you should do in all cities: go for sightseeing in a double decker and get the sights in a nut shell. More photos will follow once I get myself composed and the photos done. These are all taken through the bus window:

Stockholm is green. There is water everywhere. There are shopping streets and wonderful looking houses. And there are more museums you could go to in a weekend. Hubby and me managed to spend several hours in two of them. So, more to follow!

Stockholm

I took a weekend trip to Stockholm to see my son. We spent a lot of time in the underground. Here Jukka is waiting for the train while I'm trying not to loose him. He moved pretty fast when not sitting down... I was happy about my new shoes which I showed you in an earlier blog post.

We spent a lot of time in Moderna Museet, because my son was working during the weekend. He was playing the organ in a dance performance he had composed the music for. Here he's waiting for the performance to start. The audience has not yet arrived, so you can see the fantastic Andy Warhol wall:

There were three dancers moving their way along a pretty long and narrow corridor on a yellow carpet:

The choreographer was Helena Franzén, who also was one of the dancers. I liked both the performance and the corridor with the interesting light. The audience became part of the show because we were so close to the dancers and the musicians. The was a cello also, played by Mattias Helldén. People were moving all the time, going to the photo exhibitions in the other parts of the museum. It was interesting watching their reactions when they realized they were part of a performance. Go tip toe, try to be invisible, just walk on, or stay and watch?

Stockholm is a beautiful town, I suppose I don't have to stress that. Impressive buildings, water, boats. We took a sightseeing boat that took us under lots of bridges:

Food... we ate salads composed for hungry people...

... and tapas for hungry people:

Did I see anything fibery? Yes, we went to a yarn shop, Anntorps Väv. I bought three of the cones:

I saw spindle whorls and needles from the Chinese stone age in Östasiatiska Museet:

Jukka had booked a room for me in an awesome hotel in the Old Town. The place is loaded with antiquities, lots and lots of miniature ships and things related to seafare. This is the lobby in Hotel Lady Hamilton:

And this was my small and cosy room:

And the corridor on the second floor

It was a quiet hotel. I slept for eleven hours!

When I came home the snow had melted and the dog was the happiest dog on earth. Hubby had made  a reindeer dish for me!

Paraden

Jag har varit i Stockholm. Medan jag funderar på vilka foton jag ska visa kan ni titta på damen som deltar i paraden. Oj vad snabb hon var!