77 Stockholm shots: Älvsjö+Södermalm+Lilla Essingen
 

The Oak, non-touristy parts of.
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Passed thru T-Centralen (T as in subway, of course) on my way south for the first location.
Train I came in on just left and almost everyone is already gone
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Every station on the blue line is an artpiece
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Connection to the other subway lines
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Midlevel, green line Southbound and red line northbound.
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top subway level, red line southbound train about to open its doors
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Red & green lines exit to Stockohlm Central (Commuter & InterCity hub).
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Hopped on a commuter train and got of 2 stations away, at...
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Why I went there (update pics for the SSC ScandBalt forum)
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Even construction workers have to tie the shoelaces. They even need someone to tell 'em how, apparently.
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Swedish suburbia is diffrent from US suburbia :P
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Not by much tho
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Don't need much for things to get photogenic
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This is actually the view towards DT. And we're still far inside the City limits.
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A diesel? Did we electrify all rail in the country for nothing??
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Yes, that's me
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InterCity whooshing thru
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Taking a look around after getting up to street level from the station 'tween Älvsjö & Centralen
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wandering thru the area
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Former home of the Stockholm IRS, now student housing in the works
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Inner City high School, iirc they've stopped using it for that. As if being in school an hour before sunup wasn't saddening enough on a dreary December morning...
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That funky clock thingy marks the end of the Inner City. The Globe Arena towering from 2 subway stops further south
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Last part, the small island of Lilla Essingen.
views from the bridge over to it
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Looking back to the mainland (ok, so it's really another island stop focusing on stuff like that and look at the pretty pictures instead, ok? (See how I started and ended that with 'ok'? classy.))
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Not even 15 and the sun is already low
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The No.1 bus, got me there - and back again.
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take a closer look and you'll see the former IRS tower on the horizon.
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It ain't all scenic
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Then again, some of it is.
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This hood has attracted new construction. Yes, the nimbys were upset.
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Feeling nimbyish? just buy an appartment right by a 30m cliff.
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wtf is up with that little red house?
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Under the E4/20 interstate going over the island
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It's a beaute, innit? Let's have another look
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Modern Swedish architecture
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Decent views from there too
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The End

Fabulous Tour! You also made some street level shots which i love, they really show the essence of a city!
Oh you sneaky bastard... numbered pictures so we can praize them individually! OKAy :D
2 is awesome, gotta love subways, good composition, good lighting. fine
19 Good street level pic, Söder Torn is ruling the skies, quite dense too there... needs more people though!
50 is nice
57 is also very nice, composition wise and etc ;)
59 Exellent photo, love the balconies, silhouettes etc, Lovely!


very enjoyed!
Thanks

great tour!

Wow, that was a hell of a tour! :D Some really cool pics there, Stockholm has got many different faces :)

Very nice tour indeed! Thanks a lot!!