Östermalms Saluhall remains one of my favorite places in Stockholm to photograph. Slabs of raw meat, whole fish and seafood balanced atop each other, fruits and vegetables stacked in pyramids, and other gourmet knick-knacks seem quite photogenic on otherwise boring days. You can view more photos from Östermalms Saluhall over at Sweden.se.
It really is amazing how easily we can take places for granted after we’ve lived there for some time. And I feel this sentiment applies more so to locals than travelers or even new expats.
Swedish flags were lowered and moved out of the way as Skansen’s massive bonfire was lit on Saturday, April 30 around 9:10pm. Spring songs were sung, banishing winter for the next 6 months. Thousands of faces were tainted orange by the fire’s warm glow.
Hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Easter with family. This weekend was spent with friends – gorging on egg halves, and various forms of pickled herring and salmon, ushering in church, and remembering what a gracious gift I’ve been given.
I always love it when the royal guards break and make eye contact. A few more pictures from today over at Sweden.se’s photo blog – http://blogs.sweden.se/photo
I heard about International Pillow Fight Day in Stockholm via Facebook about a week ago. So I grabbed my camera and headed down to Sergels torg at 3pm today. I’ll be posting a few select photos with captions on my Sweden.se photoblog next week, but in the meantime, here are just a few of my favorites (shot 200+ photos)…