Neil Hopcroft

From the East of Södermalm, further along from Slussen harbourside you can look across the Baltic sea toward Djurgården

We visited Södermalm, in the snow this time. It is somehow a very different place.

Nearest to Långholmen on the island of Södermalm is an area called Hornstull. This is where Högalids kyrka is. Among other things. The waterfront here looking toward Liljeholmen is beautiful, with The Street market nestled under the road bridge and a pair of railway bridges in the distance.

A picture of Högalids kyrka (swedish) – just as it came from the camera. A spooky night indeed.

I had intended to take a boat ride to Vaxholm, but had managed to get myself confused about where to catch it – I first went to the Djurgården ferry jetty. By the time I arrived at the right place I could see what I thought might be the boat I wanted just getting ready to leave. […]

A walk around the island of Södermalm

Looking back: not far from here was ‘the English Shop’, where you could buy baked beans and marmite, if you so desired. We didn’t go there much but it was a comfort to know that we could. Södermalm is, in some ways, the Boulevard Saint-Germain of Stockholm, a bohemian island where all the cool kids hang out. […]