Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

SAB

Telefonplan

Telefonplan was the home of Ericsson until recently, though now their headquarters have moved across town to Kista.

Fruängen

Fruängen is another concrete hell at the end of the metro system.

Synth picnic

Synth-picknick was a mini festival on Vinterviken. A slightly unusual affair being basically a sound system set up in a public area, so around 100 electro music fans were picnicking while listening to DJs. I can’t imagine it being possible to run an event like this in England without incurring the wrath of some local jobsworth who […]

Vinterviken

Vinterviken is a small rocky peninsular to the west of Stockholms centre. It is the former location of Alfred Nobels dynamite factory but has been renovated recently into parkland.

Liljeholmen

Across the water from Hornstull is the dockland area of Liljeholmen. The is a major interchange between the tram, bus and TBana systems serving this area of modern offices.

Hallunda

At the bottom of the red line is Hallunda and Norsborg in Botkyrka commune.

Botkyrka runestone

Sö285 “Végautr and … raised the stone in memory of … … their sons.”

Östermalm

Östermalm is bordered on the south by Strandvägen, north by Valhalla Avenue, east by Diplomatstaden.

Diplomatstaden

Between Norra Djurgården and Strandvägen is Embassy town, an area containing a number of embassies for various countries.