Neil Hopcroft

Looking back: the Tunnelbana system is known as the longest art gallery in the world – most of the stations have some kind of theme of works. The underground train system in Stockholm is called ‘tunnelbana‘, t-bana or T-train for short. There are three lines, imaginatively named ‘red’, ‘green’ and ‘blue’, though they missed a […]

Like many cities, Stockholm has a central station where everything converges – all the ‘pendeltag’ and inter-city trains stop here, and the underground (tunnelbana) lines all pass through T-Centrallen, connected to central station. There is also a coach station here for long distance coaches.

Looking back: I have always found waterfronts magical, especially when they are reflecting city lights in the distance – Stockholm has an abundance of such views. Stockholm has a lot of waterfront – it is a city made of islands, 24000 of them in the archipelago although the city centre rests on something like 10 […]

Looking back: we would later find many car shows where these kinds of machines were on display There was a time before cars were boxy but safe – here are some pictures of a few I’ve found in my exploration.

Looking back: this was the first of many runestones I found, it became a bit of a treasure hunt for me to find and photograph them. There are a number of Rune Stones around the Stockholm area – one thing that A wants to do while she is here is to find some of them. This one […]

Looking back: The little roads were more prevalent in this area of northern Stockholm than elsewhere in the city. These roads are widely used by cyclists and walkers alike, and, at the right time of year, skiers. If instead of walking toward the Galleria from my office you cross the E4 and railway line you find yourself […]

Looking back: we spent a lot of time in Kista, being where I worked and where we lived for a good chunk of time we were in Sweden. I arrived in Kista a couple of months back, I started a job on Torshamnsgatan in the tech district of Stockholm. Now I have some catching up […]

We walked over the bridge from our flat in Akalla, heading toward Sollentuna Centrum. There’s an industrial/commercial area on the way, we passed a number of car dealerships and tech offices, Sun, Grundig, LG & Microsoft. Beyond these there’s the main junction with the E4, the main road north from Stockholm, we found the border […]