An impromptu walk on Strandvägen

(Rögtönzött séta a Strandvägenen)

On Tuesday early afternoon, I was in Östermalm when the sun was slightly out, so I decided to walk back to Sergels torg via one of my favorite walks, Strandvägen, along the water. People keep asking me: what to do when they come to visit Stockholm - this is definitely one thing I would suggest.
Kedden koradélután Östermalmban voltam, amikoris a Nap nem bújt el teljesen a felhők mögé, ezért úgy döntöttem, hogy egyik kedvenc útvonalamon, a Strandvägen vízparti sétányán megyek vissza a Sergels torg-hoz. Állandóan kérdezik tőlem, hogy mit érdemes csinálni Stockholmban, ha látogatóba jön az ember - ezt feltétlenül ajánlom.

On this photo: a view of Djurgarden island. From left to right: Nordiska Museet (Nordic Museum), Vasa Museum and Gröna Lund amusement park
Ezen a képen: a Djurgarden sziget látképe. Balról jobbra: Nordiska Museet (Skandináv? Múzeum), Vasa Museum és a Gröna Lund nevű vidámpark.



Another island / Egy másik sziget: Skeppsholmen



End of the water / Itt ér véget a víz: Nybrokajen





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Listen to little birdie's station

Another color...

One hour later than this picture, on the other side of Gamla Stan.

View of Skeppsholmsbron and beyond, Strandvagen



On the Strömmen, there is always big ship traffic. Hill of Södermalm

Seagulls waltz

Listen to little birdie's station

Seagulls are beautiful birds, I'm sure you agree. Especially at sea.

Here in Stockholm you don't only see them by the water but basically everywhere.



When I moved here, first I found it wonderful to have seagulls outside our window, around the big tree. Isn't it wonderful? For a girl coming from a country where there is no sea!

The strange thing is that it's a suburb in Stockholm, pretty far from any water I know of. We suspect they nest on top of the high houses. And I was wondering what do they live on? Here we have fish only in the supermarkets...

Well, here's the answer: they find all kind of crumbles and other trash, which pretty much takes away from all the aesthetics these creatures are associated with.





And what is more, they have a terribly aweful voice! Why can't they sing nicely, like other decent birds do???

It might sound very romantic when you are walking on the beach with your love.
But when a dozen of them are having a conference just outside your home at 3 in the morning... I got really pissed off last night! Uhhhhhhhhh!

But this song is way much nicer than seagulls singing: Seagull's Waltz by my friend, Evan Paul. You should definitely listen to it!

More boats & ice

The last few pics from my walk on Saturday afternoon

My fingers got frozen at least 6 times, although I was shooting in gloves. Even by the end (about 2 hours later) my lungs started to freez. Ice and snow everywhere, but hot tea only at home, in about one hour more.

And by the way, with these new pictures that I put here from Flickr, you can even see the more or less exact location of the pictures on the map




On this one, you can also find me .-)














Back towards the bridge:


Already on the city side of the bridge: