Neil Hopcroft

There are a number of runestones at Skansen.

While the people were all off enjoying Midsummer we snuck off to see the animals. Its quite unusual to get to see them at dusk like that (midnight on midsummer isn’t dark in Stockholm).

[Audiobook] A history of the Amish by Steven M Nolt (available from archive.org) A colleague told me about an Amish supermarket, which didn’t fit with my understanding of their culture. So wanting to find out some more I listened to this book. It contains a detailed history of the origins and migration of the Amish […]

Many of the Skansen buildings were open for midsummer.

There are a number of peacocks at Skansen. They are such attention seekers.

Looking out over the city from Skansen.

Wandering around Skansen at midsummer.

Skansen midsummer provides many opportunities to blend in to the background.