Neil Hopcroft

Just beyond Häggeby there is a runestone by the side of the road.

Häggeby church is a small church in the village of Häggeby, near Enköping.

Outside the church in Hågtuna.

We visited Södermalm, in the snow this time. It is somehow a very different place.

We took a ride on Lidingöbanan, down to the boat stop at the end of the line, then walked back a few stops in the hope of finding lunch.

More Ice skating

I’d been meaning to go back to Karlberg Slott, having missed it last time I tried to get there. This time I approached from Västra Skogen. There appeared not to be much there, a large parade ground outside the castle and a map showing the location of a rune stone in the back garden. But I couldn’t find any […]

The blue TBana line splits into the Akalla and Hjulsta branches at Västra Skogen, home of the longest escalator in the Stockholm metro system. Unfortunately theres not much else there, just a bunch of flats, a wasteland of motorway junction and the main post sorting office.