Neil Hopcroft

Another view of modern spires in Kista.

After wandering around Kista woods I took a walk through Helenelund again.

Outside the Akalla municipal heatworks is a little reminder of times passed.

This easter it snowed here again – this time I thought I would take a wander in the opposite direction to last time. I found a pathway through some woods which has now been severed by an extensive set of roadworks.

We went to Hässelby Strand, at the end of the Tunnelbana line. Although the lakeside there is closeby the station there are rather too many blocks of modern flats around the area for it to really be an interesting place. Some pictures from 1950s (in Swedish, but theres quite a nice collection of pictures on most of […]

We took another walk around the back streets of Gamla Stan.

After leaving Uppsala I found some more rune stones. I believe these are U962, U963, U964 and U965, based on finding them outside Vaksala church, but cannot find any information on their inscriptions or translations (can anyone read runes?). Updated: This site suggests some translations.

Walking around Uppsala I found a square full of rune stones. [image missing] U937 – “Tjägn och Gunnar reste stenarna till minne av Väder, sin broder.”

I drove to Uppsala to have a brief look around before I had to return the car. It struck me as a place I would like to return to for a better look around at some point.

In the square behind the Galleria in Kista galleria lies a Stone Woman.