Three different flowering cherries in the Botanical Gardens (birch trees in light-green bloom behind). … Continue readingFlowering cherries
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Easter eggs
Empty papier maché Easter eggs for sale outside a sweet shop. The idea is that you buy one of these and then fill it with the loose sweets the shop sells by weight. The chocolate Easter eggs common in Britain are unusual here. … Continue readingEaster eggs
Påskris
Påskris = Easter twigs. Budding birch twigs decorated with coloured feathers – a sign of the coming Easter in Sweden. … Continue readingPåskris
GBGframe
Irony? Sarcasm? Or is this seriously meant? I’m guessing this GBGframe (sorry #GBGframe) has something to do with the Chalmers Cortège (Rag Day) coming up on 29th April. … Continue readingGBGframe
Chained figure
This chained figure in the new city hall, once the old court house is a reminder that the guilty were once hung in chains. Or perhaps it just warns people off a dangerous staircase. … Continue readingChained figure
Round images
The old district court on Gustaf Adolf’s Square has been refurbished and will now accommodate the city council. The new city hall was opened to the general public on the weekend of 12-13 April when these photos were taken.
Above: Wooden clock face in one of the meeting rooms, formerly courtrooms.
Below: Golden lamp in one of the meeting rooms, formerly courtrooms. … Continue readingRound images
In the new city hall
The old district court on Gustaf Adolf’s Square has been refurbished and will now accommodate the city council. The new city hall was opened to the general public on the weekend of 12-13 April when these photos were taken. The original building was opened in 1672. The extension (which is the part that had has been renovated and had the open day) was designed by Gunnar Asplund and opened in 1936.
Above: Interior of the newer building looking out onto the courtyard that separates it from the original building. The long staircase to the first floor. The rise from one step to the next it very low to give the people who use it – in the past, judges, lawyers, witnesses and defendants, in the present city councillors – time to think about the grave issues they are here to consider.
Below: The stairs again – from beneath. … Continue readingIn the new city hall