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Lucia tåg at Kopparmara
Cat Links December / People

Lucia at Kopparmärra

At midday on 13th December – Lucia, St Lucy’s Day – at Kopparamar a class of school children were celebrating Lucia with traditional songs and costume. Unusually – though very egalitarianly – Lucia (the one with a crown of candles) is personified in this group by a boy. They were collecting for Musikhjälpen (see yesterday’s photo).
For more Lucia: see my gallery of photos from last year’s crowning of Gothenburg’s Lucia.
For more on Kopparmära see Backlight at Kopparmärra. … Continue readingLucia at Kopparmärra

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Musikhjälpen 2013 - Emma
Cat Links December / People / Performance

Musikhjälpen 2013

The Musikhjälpen (Music Help) “glass box” studio on Gustaf Adolfs Torg at night. Musikhjälpen is the Swedish equivalent of the Dutch Serious Request charity benefit. Three guest DJs are locked away in a public studio for three days and tasked with collecting as much money as possible for the current cause. This year it’s “Alla tjejer har rätt att överleva sin graviditet” (All girls have the right to survive their pregnancies).

Top: On the big screen I think that is Swedish singer Sarah Dawn Finer, one of the three guest DJs locked away for the duration of the campaign.
Below: Another of the guest DJs Kodjo Akolor, comedian and TV/radio personality, strums a donated guitar.
Bottom: Emma Knyckare, Swedish comedian and radio presenter, serious and setting up a track.
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Kids overexposed
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Kids overexposed

Overexposed photo of kindergarten kids crossing a road at Brunsparken. … Continue readingKids overexposed

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Lights in the tree
Cat Links December / Illuminations / Plants

Lights in the tree

Lights in the tree at Brunsparken – I have taken photos of the annual decorations in this tree for several years, though not published here. The tree is a decorative sweet chestnut (I think). Click here for a photo of it in fruit: Darkness at noon.

This picture is a double exposure – a photo taken with a flash is superimposed on another of the same subject without a flash … Continue readingLights in the tree

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Canals steps under snow
Cat Links December / Places

Canal steps under snow

Snow falling on the canal steps at Drottningtorget. You can see the water level is quite high too – that probably means low atmospheric pressure. … Continue readingCanal steps under snow

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Snow falling on the Christina Church
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Snow falling on the Christinae Church

Snow falling on the tower of the Christinae Church – also known as Tyska kyrkan (the German Church) – framed by the bow of a lamppost in central Gothenburg, Sunday morning. … Continue readingSnow falling on the Christinae Church

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Bus terminal cafe
Cat Links December / People / Reflections

Candles and reflections

About 9.30 in the morning of Sunday 8th December – the Second Sunday in Advent. Värmeljus (tea candles) on the tables and a reflected face. … Continue readingCandles and reflections

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