Photos taken along the way from the Radisson SAS hotel via Strandvägen to Jurgården.

Östermalm... - a very wealthy district in central Stockholm.

Östermalm... - a very wealthy district in central Stockholm.

A bit of Stockholm's countryside... :-) For those who want to feel a bit like the local residents enjoying the holiday time...

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Photos taken along the way from the Radisson SAS hotel via Strandvägen to Jurgården.

The end of October, 2005, Stockholm.

Typical Moscowish style: a mixture of old and modern.

Copenhagen: January 2, 2009. Semi-empty, semi-frozen city warmed up by bright rays of the low winter Scandinavian Sun.

The place got its name 1967. The alley is called Mäster Pers gränd after the first Vicar of Katarina parish Petrus Diderici Arenbechius (1620-1673) who was called Master Peter, or Mäster Per.