Claudia and Alex went to Sweden for two weeks and had the most beautiful weather. No rain, ever!
First taste of Sweden
Fish and mashed potatoes
Uppsala
Uppsala cathedral
This cathedral is big
Claudia
It is very big
This cathedral is huuuuuge!
Sound engineer
At the Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala
We are biologists at heart
Botanical gardens are the best
Children don't care about plants
And we love Sempervivum
Botanical gardens
Must look at all the green things
The benches are big, too
They have the largest benches in Uppsala
An old restaurant in Gamla Uppsala
This is Odinsborg!
Old church in Gamla Uppsala
The building next to the old church at Gamla Uppsala
I wonder what this is? Note the colours...
Grave mounds of Gamla Uppsala
Walking around the mounds
Uppsala
Corvus monedula
Our hotel in the backround
A nice restaurant in the pink building called Peppar Peppar
Saying good-bye to Uppsala
Fantastic statue in Arboga
Looking at Arboga
Swedish colors
Rust, Black, White
Not Swedish colors
Must be foreigners
Walking along the river in Örebro
Rivers in summer
Örebro
Parks in summer
Örebro
Gamla Örebro
Gamla Örebro
Bears in Örebro
The castle of Örebro
Claudia
Walking towards the beach
Svalnäs, Kålland
The beach at noon
Svalnäs, Kålland
Resting
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Taking pictures
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Starting on the walk along the peninsula
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Observing bumble bees
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
This is a long, straight and narrow peninsula
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Taking more pictures
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Made it!
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
So happy
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
We made it to the end!
Notice the three swans we found
We came from all the way from back there
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
Walking through the forest
Lake Vänern, Hindena rev
After the long walk, time for a bath!
Svalnäs, Kålland
On the way back
Where is our car?
Walking through the forest
Hunneberg
Where are the elks?
Hunneberg
Hunneberg
Taking pictures of the moss
Hunneberg
Ekelundsjön
Hunneberg
Hunneberg
Hunneberg
They are about to open the gates
Trollhättan
Water rushing down through three sluice gates
Trollhättan
The company operating the sluice gates does this
Entertainment for the masses at Trollhättan
Church
Trollhättan
True Swedish colors don't stop at toilets
It's rust red and black, not blue and yellow!
Hotel Eggers, Göteborg
Sunset in Göteborg
Driving in Göteborg was hell!
Old post house at Drottningtorget
Göteborg
Claudia
Claudia drinking tea
Bumble bee drinking nectar
Botanical gardens
Enjoy the silence of plants!
Plants
And me, Alex
Somebody is running around?
No respect for plants!
Claudia
Bees and thistles
Everything is green
Flower power
Hippeastrum?
Not sure
Alex and Claudia in Sweden
Glass House
No rock throwing!
Duckling
In the park
Ready for a boat trip
Göteborg
Taking pictures
Göteborg
Away we go!
Göteborg
Cranes
Göteborg
Röda Sten Konsthall, where we met Jens
Göteborg
Jens and Alex, talking behind Sjömagasinet
Göteborg
Älvsborgsbron
Göteborg
Varberg's fortress
Varberg's beach
Claudia
Looking at Varberg
From the fortress
Taking a stroll, looking for ice-cream
Falkenberg
Industrial background
Falkenberg
Somewhere along the coast
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Let's investigate
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Claudia
I love this landscape
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Yellow, green, black, blue
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
The coast!
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Claudia
Alex
Stones
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Rocks
Stensjöstrand, Glassvik
Claudia
I can't help it
Windmill
Särdals
Nice buildings
Malmö
Old town
Malmö
Time for bed
Swedish summer
Malmö rådhus
Malmö
Murals
Malmö
Park
Malmö
Rabbit
Malmö
Crow
Malmö
Larus ridibundus
Malmö
Anas platyrhynchos
Malmö
Turning Torso
Grey skies had us take a long walk
Öresundsbron
Connecting Malmö and København
Turning Torso
The weather is improving!
Turning Torso
The weather is fine
Kites
Malmö
Swans and swanlings
Malmö
Swans and swanling
Malmö
Swan
Malmö
Swanlings
Malmö
Swanlings
Malmö
Swan and swanlings
Malmö
This is the last one, promised!
We love animals
Kite
Manta?
Kite
Flumph!?
Kite
Alligator?
Old Pharmacy in Malmö's old town
It is old
Malmö
The old pharmacy from the outside
Malmö
Malmö rådhus
Also, a fountain
Murals
Claudia
Standing inside the viking "stone ship"
Ales Stenar, Kåseberga
Paragliding along the coast
Kåseberga
Claudia
Claudia
Kåseberga
Poppy
Kåseberga
View from Stenshuvud
It's a hot and dry summer in Sweden
Stenshuvud
Forest
Stenshuvud
Mixed gender toilets
I love this about Sweden
Harbor
Kivik
Borgholm castle ruins
Looking towards Borgholm
Moss
Borgholm
Lepidoptera are the best
Borgholm
Looking back up towards castle Borgholm
Some sort of fungus?
Borgholm
Blue skies and trees
Borgholm
Forest
Borgholm
I like this forest
Borgholm
Secret path to the lighthouse
Borgholm
Look at the green
Borgholm
The grass isn't green anymore
Borgholm
Claudia
The old lighthouse
What's left of it, anyway
At the old lighthouse
Borgholm
Sweden why u so flat?
Around the old lighthouse
Can you see it?
Looking out at the sea from the old lighthouse
Borgholm
Borgholm castle ruins
Who's this beautiful person!?
Borgholm castle ruins
Look!
Stora Alvaret, Öland
Wonderful grass
Möckelmossen, Stora Alvaret, Öland
A bit of water left
Möckelmossen, Stora Alvaret, Öland
Claudia
Möckelmossen, Stora Alvaret, Öland
Old gate
Möckelmossen, Stora Alvaret, Öland
Bridge from Kalmar to Öland
Happy faces
We like Sweden!
Sankt Petry kyrka
Västervik
Sankt Petry kyrka
Västervik
Söderköping
Looking down on Söderköping
Climbing Ramunderberget was a good idea
View over Söderköping
Seagull on the roof
From our hotel window
Thistles
In a park
More parks
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
More Thistles
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Selling plants
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Claudia
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Old house
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Old water tower of Linköping
As seen from Belvederen, Trädgårdsföreningen
Old trees at Belvederen
Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping
Sempervivum
Again?
Running along the river in Linköping
Linköping
Linköping
Still running!
Time to turn around
Or should we run even further?
It's hot and I need coffee
Trosa
We like flowers
Trosa
It's small
Trosa
These houses are not rust red
Trosa
Our standard fare: Toast Skågen
Haven't eaten so much shrimp in all my life
Running in Stockholm
Hand back the car, run back to the hotel!
Stefanskyrkan, Stockholm
(Still running!)
Sunset behind Rödabergsskolan
What are the Bishop's Arms?
This seems to be all over Sweden
Claudia
Alex
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Saddest Runestone
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Site of the first bloodbath
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Interesting fountains
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Nice colors
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Apparently this used to be a slum
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Fürchtet Gott! Ehret den König!
"Fear god! Honor the king!" at the German church
Narrowest stairs
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Protection against riots?
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Credit card accepted
No cash required in this country
Gosling
Skansen, Stockholm
Sheep
Skansen, Stockholm
Piglet
Skansen, Stockholm
Pig
Skansen, Stockholm
Piglet
Skansen, Stockholm
Sheep
Skansen, Stockholm
Wolf
Skansen, Stockholm
Wolf
Skansen, Stockholm
Wolf
Skansen, Stockholm
Piglet
Skansen, Stockholm
Wisent
European bison
Wild boar
Skansen, Stockholm
Lynx
Skansen, Stockholm
Lynx
Skansen, Stockholm
Bear
Skansen, Stockholm
Looking at Stockholm from Skansen
We finally found saw some reindeer!
Brutalist tower
As seen from Skansen, Stockholm
Elk
Skansen, Stockholm
Look at that tapir face
Skansen, Stockholm
Reindeer
Skansen, Stockholm
Young reindeer
Skansen, Stockholm
Reindeer hooves
Skansen, Stockholm
Young reindeer
Skansen, Stockholm
Old reindeer
Skansen, Stockholm
Chicken
Skansen, Stockholm
Cock
Skansen, Stockholm
"I'm keeping an eye on you!"
Skansen, Stockholm
This is the last animal picture!
Skansen, Stockholm
Old houses
Skansen, Stockholm
Some important building
Helgeandsholmen, Sweden
Some hotel
Stockholm
Getting late
Stockholm
Glorious company
Stockholm
Taking a bath at Fjäderholmen
This is a small island 20min by boat from Stockholm
About to take a swim!
Fjäderholmen
Swans doing synchronised swimming
Seagull is wondering what the hell they're doing
Solklipporna, Fjäderholmen
No sand!
Blue skies
Swedish summer
I could get used to this
Stroll around Fjäderholmen
Gas station at Fjäderholmen
We like Fjäderholmen!
On the ferry back from Fjäderholmen
Tennstopet
Stockholm
The old ship that couldn't sail
Vasa museum
To think that it sank after 1500m
Vasa museum
Claudia
Looking down from Söderbergs trappor
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