Neil Hopcroft

Some of the vikings at the Longhouse.

We went to a Viking Longhouse near Östersund, an hours flight north from Stockholm. The longhouse is set in the forest of Norderön. I arrived on the friday evening, while everyone else had been there all week. Theres something surreal about being met at the airport by Vikings, but at least I could figure out quite easily who I […]

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There are some statues in the gardens around Stadshuset.

There was something magical about the sky over Stadshuset.

Walking along from Kungsholmen toward Gamla Stan I took a closer look at the City Hall, and saw that the gardens are open to walk around.

I took a walk along the shore of Kungsholmen, with views across the lake to Långholmen and Södermalm.

Walking around the backstreets of Helenelund I discovered a Cadillac.

Sollentuna Mässan is being replaced by Kista Mässan

Our final stop after Långholmen was Kungstradgården, where, for a change, there wasn’t any ice skating going on.