Neil Hopcroft

We popped in to Tullgarns Slott for lunch on the way to the airport – it is worthy of a longer visit sometime.

Outside Ytterjärna kyrka is a rune stone. Sö345“A … …in × þinsa × at × kai(r)… … …-n * eR * e[n-a]þr × ut – × kr…”“B … …roþur × …”“C … … raisa : …”“A … [stæ]in þennsa at GæiR… … [Ha]nn eR æn[d]aðr ut [i] Gr[ikkium].”“B … [b]roður …”“C … [let] ræisa …”“… this stone […]

The town of Upplands Väsby is mostly a commuter town these days, though it does still house the Marabou chocolate factory. A factory complete with peculiar repetative sounds like those I imagined coming from Charlies chocolate factory. There is a sculpture garden between the factory and the railway line.

To the north of Edsberg Slott, and Edsviken lake is the lake of Norrviken.

Hammerby Sluss connects Hammerby Sjö and Lake Mälaren.

[Audiobook] Skunkworks by Ben R Rich I chose this book because I wanted to learn more about the Skunkworks, the secretive Lockheed R&D works based in Burbank. Ben Rich became the leader of the Skunkworks after Kelly Johnsons retirement – this book recounts stories of his time there. The character of the place changed with […]

Heading south from Södermalm Öst, beyond the transport museum, is Hammerby Sjö, a small channel from the Baltic through to Hammerby Sluss, a lock connecting the sea and Lake Mälaren.

From the East of Södermalm, further along from Slussen harbourside you can look across the Baltic sea toward Djurgården