Stockholm and beyond

Another wander around Kista in the snow - previously.

The town of Södertalje lies some 30km to the south of Stockholm. There is a canal passing through the town, joining Lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea. It is also the home town of Björn Borg. The town itself is a fairly small and unexciting place, though some of the views along the canal give it a little interest.

The station
The canal
Tom Tits Experiment house
Car park entrance
The back of Tom Tits
Subway art

In a little park outside Södertalje station is another runestone, this one larger than most of the others I have seen, so I didn't recognise it at first.

"Holmfastr (and) Hróðelfr had the runes carved in memory of ... ... Ingifastr, their sons. They were in the east(?). And Œpir carved."

At the top of Bjorn Borg Promenade in Södertalje is Torekällbergets museum, a baby Skansen.

As well as the runestone by the station there is one in Torekällbergets museum.

Beyond the Kista Akalla park lies another string of urban expansion from around the same era as Kista, served by Rinkeby and Hjulsta TBana stations.

The blue TBana line splits into the Akalla and Hjulsta branches at Västra Skogen, home of the longest escalator in the Stockholm metro system. Unfortunately theres not much else there, just a bunch of flats, a wasteland of motorway junction and the main post sorting office.

I took some location information from my walk around Rinkeby and put it on a Google map.

I'd been meaning to go back to Karlberg Slott, having missed it last time I tried to get there. This time I approached from Västra Skogen. There appeared not to be much there, a large parade ground outside the castle and a map showing the location of a rune stone in the back garden. But I couldn't find any way into the gardens, so perhaps they're open over summer?

More Ice skating

We took a ride on Lidingöbanan, down to the boat stop at the end of the line, then walked back a few stops in the hope of finding lunch.

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

Outside the church in Hågtuna.

Häggeby church is a small church in the village of Häggeby, near Enköping.

Location
Location

Just beyond Häggeby there is a runestone by the side of the road.