Winter Protection on Skeppsholmen
Skeppsholmen’s Admiralty House (Amiralitetshuset) was built in 1647-50 when the Admiralty Board moved over to the small island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm. The beautiful copper-coloured building is a pleasant sight as […]
Tickled Pink
Linked to Fun Foto Challenge and Floral Friday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 January 2016
A Short and Winding Walk
On my busy trip to Copenhagen last week, I managed to grab a quick break one lunchtime. Very conveniently, I was in the part of town that houses a tower that […]
Thorvaldsen’s Return
In central Copenhagen, next to Christiansborg Palace, there stands a museum dedicated to a single artist, to the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), a Dane who spent most of his life in Rome. The outside […]
Danish David and his Shadow
Many full-sized replicas of Michelangel’s marble David are on display around the world; the one above is a bronze cast that stands in front of the Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, the Danish Royal […]
Full of Joy in Frozen Stockholm
Linked to Six Word Saturday and Optimistic Copyright Debbie Smyth, 23 January 2016
Love is Often Unexpected
According to this red granite sculpture on the quay in Stockholm, love came true for the optimistic sea monster and the bashful mermaid. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 January 2016
Stockholm Reflection
Linked to Weekend Reflection Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 January 2016
S is for Stockholm
Linked to Cee’s B&W Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 January 2016
Travel with Intent 