Runtuna (Swedish) is a small parish to the north of Nyköping.
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Odens berg
From the board at the site (I couldn’t find any information with Google): “Här är ett område fullt av historia. Det börjar med Odens Berg under Järnåaldern och går from till statarnas 1930-tal. Väster om vägen har registrerats ett 60-tal flacka gravar. Vid vägen mot Ärsta ligger ett gravfält med ett 20-tal gravhögar. Att urskilja […]
Edsviken lakeside
Walking back from Ulriksdal Slott along the lakeside of Lake Edsviken (Swedish).
Ulriksdal Slott
On the way back from Inverness I stopped by Ulriksdal Slott.
Inverness
I took the bus to Mörby station, which was interesting more for the narrow gauge railway that runs through it than anything else. So I walked back toward town through Inverness.
Uppsala slott
We walked up the hill from Uppsala to the castle on top of the hill.
A. with an Uppsala runestone
A. with a runestone.
Book review: Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown
[Read aloud to Adelle] Fishing in Utopia, Sweden and the Future that Disappeared This book rewinds to before our time in Sweden and describes a country we hardly recognise. There are some familiar aspects, of course, a lot of it revolves around the quintessence of Swedishness, that acceptance of others but only as long as […]
Uppsala again
I wanted to show A. the runestones in Uppsala, so we bundled onto a crowded train and headed north. Thankfully the connection from Uplands Vasby wasn’t so busy and we had a chance to relax a little before hitting the bitter cold of easter.
Kista spires
Another view of modern spires in Kista.