Neil Hopcroft

On the first proper day of spring we headed to the seaside of Saltsjöbaden, though the sun was out and it was a beautiful warm day the sea was still frozen over in places.

The Natural History Museum in on the campus of the University is an impressive building we’ve driven past a few times and always wondered what it contained. There’s a lot of interesting displays, including one on Gay Animals (which kinda suggests its rather more common in the animal world than some people would have you believe). There is also […]

The Thiel Gallery is a small art gallery at the end of Djurgården. This is a picture of a house over the way from the gallery itself.

It was a spooky foggy night at Arlanda, and I had arrived early to pick A. up so thought I’d take a wander around.

Within the ruins of Hovgården is a runestone, Upplands 11:“Rað þu runaR. Rett let rista ToliR bryti i roði kunungi. ToliR ok Gylla letu ris[ta] …, þaun hion æftiR [si]k(?) mærki … Hakon bað rista.”“You read the runes! Right let cut them Tolir, bailiff in Roden, to the king. Tolir and Gylla let carve (these runes), this pair […]

The ruins of Hovgården on Adelsö are quite extensive – this was the royal seat while the city was on the nearby island of Björkö.

The ferry over to Lilla Stenby crosses while the lake around is frozen.

Further north west on the island of Ekerö is the village of Munsö, with a round church.

Upplands 19: “Frösten reste denna sten efter Hadske sin fader”“Frösten raised this stone after Hadske, his father”

Asknäs is a small village on the island of Ekerö.