Neil Hopcroft

Many of the Skansen buildings were open for midsummer.

There are a number of peacocks at Skansen. They are such attention seekers.

Looking out over the city from Skansen.

Wandering around Skansen at midsummer.

Skansen midsummer provides many opportunities to blend in to the background.

We went to Skansen for midsummer again this year.

Gävle is a small port city on the east coast of Sweden, notable for its iron exports (from areas like Högbo). Now, though, there is an overwhelming smell of coffee roasting pervading the town.

We took a final walk around Högbo bruk.

Theres something wonderful about waking up in a place with a Bessemer converter at the bottom of the garden.