Same Route, New Perspective

A lot is going on at the moment. Lately I have reluctantly been applying for some jobs, realizing it's necessary given my current situation (i.e., I'm still in Stockholm). And last week I got a job offer that I decided to accept. I already start next week so there is not much time left before I'll be way busier...I haven't had a full-time job for almost 7 years...But I think it'll work out. I have felt more inspired lately and hopefully I'll be able to balance everything.

Considering it'll be dark before my workdays are over I wanted to take the opportunity to go for a long walk in daylight yesterday. It was drizzling, but we have a saying here in Sweden that directly translated would be something like:

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes
(Swedish: Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder)

Well, to some extent I agree 🙂

I also decided to shift my focus on this walk, you kind of always see all these pictures of water, that must be a bit tiresome by now, haha. I do walk in a city after all, so I turned my phone the other way around and took pictures of buildings instead.

Ok, so this building below is close to where I live. The building itself is rather ugly if you ask me, kind of the only one of its kind in this area. Now it houses hotel apartments. It's always kind of weird energy here.

This is across the street. These kinds of buildings are more common. As you might see there's also a rather nice clock.

So here I'll soon start to walk along the water, you might be able to see it in the background. The boule bar is obviously closed for the season. But the restaurant is still open, not this early though (I started my walk around 11 am).

Ok, a picture of water, but also a building 🙂 This is a pavilion, a very popular restaurant and bar when it's warmer.

Turning around again to take a picture in the opposite direction. I'm not sure what this building is all about, to be honest.

So the water is on the right-hand side. And between the gas station and the buildings to the left, there's a street. In the background you also see the tower of the city hall.

And now I'm at the city hall 🙂 (Yes I decided to include the trash bin in the picture).

This is a tourist attraction (venue of the Nobel Prize banquet). But it also houses offices for the City Council. You can take a tour of the building. I never have actually...

Now I'm on the other side of the building, or kind of 45 degrees from where I was standing in the last picture. I wouldn't normally include the billboard but I wanted to show you something new, perhaps.

Now I'm walking in the opposite direction, on my way back home. So still along the water but on the other side of the island (the city center of Stockholm consists of islands to a large extent).

One of many bridges in Stockholm.

A common architectural style called 'funkis' in Swedish (short for functionalism). Was mainly built in the 1930s.

A rather nice building, the Belgian Embassy.

I'll finish this walk with a picture that I also would normally take. Kind of flooded here at the moment.

For those of you who have read some of my previous Wednesday Walk posts, hopefully this gave you a somewhat new perspective.

Thanks for reading 🌸

Love and blessings to you all 💚