Stockholm and beyond

The town of Enköping is just over half an hours drive west from here, it is a small old town with a lot of history both in and around.
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U779
"Järand reste dessa stenar efter Jarl, sin son. Guo hjälpe hans ande"
"Järand raised this stone after Jarl, his son. Who helped ???"
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Just outside the small village of Markim there are some gravefields.
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Near the Markim gravefields there is a rune stone, U338.
"þurstin × uk × ragnfriR × þu ristu × stin × þina × iftiR × biur[n] × i krnbu
× bruþur × kalfs × anum × ua[at × uikmu - - R × ku]þ ihlbi × [o]ns × ot × uk × salu × bitr × þan × on karþ[i] - il"
"Þorstæinn ok Ragnfriðr þau ræistu stæin þenna æftiR Biorn i Gr[a]nby, broður Kalfs. Hanum va at Vigm[un]dr. Guð hialpi hans and ok salu bætr þan hann gærði [t]il."
"Torsten och Ragnfrid de reste denna sten efter Björn i Granby, Kalvs broder. Honom dräpte Vigmund. Gud hjälpe hans ande och själ bättre än han förtjänade."
"Torsten and Ragnfrid they raised this stone after Björn in Granby, Kalv's brother. Him killed Vigmund. God help his spirit and soul better than he deserved."
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U337
"+ hemik + uk + sialfi + uk + iohan + þeiR + lata hakua + eftR + faþur sin + finuiþ + uk + uarkas × uk × rahnfriþ + uk moþur sina + uk + at + ikikerþi + uk + at + kalf + uk + kiarþar + u- ...-at + (h)an ati ' ein × alt fyrst × þat × uaru × freantr þeia + koþ : hialbi + ant þaira + uiseti + risti × runa þisa"
"HæmingR ok Sialfi ok Iohan þæiR lata haggva æftiR faður sinn Finnvið, ok Vargas(?)/Varghôss(?) ok Ragnfriðr, ok moður sina, ok at Ingigærði ok at Kalf ok Gærðar o[k] <...-at>. Hann atti æinn allt fyrst. Þat vaRu frændr þæiRa. Guð hialpi and þæiRa. Viseti risti runaR þessaR."
"Hemingr and Sjalfi and Jóhan, they have cut (the stone) in memory of their father Finnviðr and Vargas(?)/Varghôss(?) and Ragnfríðr and their mother, and in memory of Ingigerðr and in memory of Kalfr and Gerðarr and ... He alone owned all at first. These were their kinsmen. May God help their spirits. Véseti carved these runes."
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Near the small town of Orkesta is a ruined manor house - really it is just foundations now but the artists impression on an information board nearby suggest it was at one time an impressive building.
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Some rune stones outside Angarns Kyrka.
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U204: "Alle lät resa denna sten efter Ulv, sin son. Fader till Frögärd i Väsby. Rätt är ristat"
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U203: "Björn och Vigunn läto resa stenen efter Sven, sin fosterson"
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U202: "Orökja och Igul läto resa stenen (efter) Torbjörn(?), sin fader."
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I found something called a 'borgruin' on the map, so had to go and find out what that was. Turns out that its a ruined manor house, which, in its day, must have been an impressive property looking out over the lake.
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Broborg is an ancient hill fort in Knivsta kommun, it remains somewhat imprenetrable even these days, with the signs suggesting that you climb several banks of boulders to reach the top - there is a better way up but I didn't find that until I had already scaled the rocks.
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The nights are drawing in now, giving me a chance to head to Gamla Stan and take some more pictures of the city lit up across the water.
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Some more pictures of Kista after dark.

I took the car to Vaxholm, stopping at some swamps along the way.
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In the swamps outside Vaxholm is Bogesunds Slott, a fortified manor.
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On the other side of the channel past Vaxholm is Rindö redoubt. I was looking for lunch but instead found a modern art museum just opening for a new show. This was a little peculiar. Its a fort built late in the 19th century to protect Stockholm from invading Russian ships, but has now been converted into an art gallery.
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Beyond Rindö Redoubt I was looking for Fredriksborg Ruin, an abandoned castle, but ended up missing the road and heading off into the countryside - eventually I figured out I'd gone too far along the main road and headed back to find the track to the ruin. There were a number of other people there taking photographs.
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Siggesta Gård is an art and leisure centre on the road back from Fredricksborg Ruin to Stockholm. There are a number of outdoor activities here, including quite a fun looking minigolf and pony riding.
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On the way back from Fredricksborg ruin I stopped at Gustavsberg, the home of toilet manufacturing in Sweden.
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When I visited Inverness I spotted a tower in the distance which I had intended to return to, to find out more. It is now a conference centre.
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I've driven past Haga Park a number of times - Haga Slott is one of the many royal palaces still in use in Stockholm. It was a beautiful autumnal day with the leaves turning and falling, showing off their best colours.
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The tinghus (courthouse) is a building I had been meaning to visit for a long time having seen it many times from the road - it is in Haga Park.
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In the grounds of Haga Slott are the ruins of an old palace, a building that must have been impressive in its day, but which is now little more than foundations.
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On the way to Sigtuna I spotted a sign to Steninge Slott, a manor house and art glass workshop.
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The small town of Sigtuna is situated on the shores of the lake to the north west of Stockholm, was at one time an important city, albeit a small one. Its population has grown significantly in recent years with the arrival of the nearby Arlanda airport.
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In the centre of Sigtuna are the ruins of a medieval abbey.
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In the churchyard by the Medieval Abbey in Sigtuna is a rune stone and a couple of fragments built into a small building.
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U380 & U381 - "Åsbjörn och kus lät...Gud hjälpe anden...efter Orm..."
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U379 - "The Frisian guild brothers let raise this stone after Torkel, thier guild brother. God help his spirit. Torbjörn cut."

I went back to Uppsala.
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In the grounds of Uppsala Cathedral there are more runestones
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"Borga let ræisa stæin æftiR Stynbior[n] ... [Th]orkell let æftiR brodhur sinn."
"Borga had the stone raised in memory of Stynbjôrn ... Thorkell had (it raised) in memory of his brother."
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"ThoriR ok HrøRikR / HrødhingR / RydhingR ok Karl, thæiR br[ødhr] ..."
"Thórir and Hrœríkr / Hrœdhingr / Rydhingr and Karl, these brothers ..."
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Standing above the city of Uppsala is the imposing Slott.
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There is a river running through the centre of Uppsala.
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"Halvdan reste denna sten efter Ragnvald sin fader, och Dan sin broder, dugande män"
"Halvdan raised this stone for Ragnvald, his father, and Dan, his brother, ??? man"