Södermalm has become extremely trendy. Some days it gets to me – but I don’t feel like complaining about gentrification today. I was born in this part of town and it still feels good.
What to do? Buy a new hat…
check out the skateboarders, visit the mosque
or have a kebab?
Very old trees in this garden…
music is played here…
and this is where Aila lives!
Next… Evening sauna
I rest on my balcony. It’s very quiet – I count my blessings.
I go for a walk. Stockholm (in particular Södermalm) goes from old to new and back all the time.
Next… Multi-kulti
Walking between medieval buildings…
I come to this small 15th century palace.
The guard is armed and careful because…
the Royal Castle is just across the street.
But with a key to this backdoor…
it’s soon business as usual.
The Swedish Parliament turned this 15th century palace into an IT-lab, but the archeologists had to finish first. Many things are well preserved.
It was a busy day, so even though the Old Town is full of amazing restaurants the developers had some kebab.
Next… Taxi trough the sun
I hit the streets of Södermalm.
Not very mean streets today: local police and local drunks are having a friendly chat.
The subway…
takes me to the Old Town.
Next… 15th century IT
Just outside central Stockholm…
less than 15 minutes away: Hellasgården.
Some people come here to run in the woods.
But we head straight for the sauna.
Sauna is a ritual – we wouldn’t dream of disturbing anyone by taking pictures. But this is what Aila thinks we look like:
Digital drawing by Aila
Next… Cold lake swim
My girlfriend is a good painter. She was born in the north of Finland (maybe that’s why this years Christmas’s cards look like this):
