Pyhätunturi

23 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

We travelled from Rovaniemi to Pyhätunturi today. It took about three horus by bus. The more we travelled North the higher the snow. It feels we are in a different country. Of course this is still Finland and we are quite above the Polar Circle but the difference with Southern Finland where we live is quite striking. This winter we had almost no snow. It has not been really cold. It is only up here, 6-700km more north where we find the real Scandinavian winter.

We arrived in Pyhätunturi at about 4pm. Went to the supermarket with the cross country skis and now prepare dinner. Today I have the photos I took from the bus.

Here a brief text from Wikipedia about Pyhä National Park which is nearby. Pyhä-Luosto National Park (Pyhä-Luoston kansallispuisto) was established in 2005 when Finland’s oldest national park, Pyhätunturi National Park (established in 1938) was joined to Luosto. This makes Pyhä-Luosto Finland’s oldest but at the same time newest national park. The new park covers 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi). The most important features are geological specialities, old forests and wetlands. The park’s base is formed by Finland’s southernmost, 12-peak tunturi line. The tunturis are remnants of Alp-like mountains of 2 billion years of age. 200-year-old or older pine tree forests grow on the hills. The highest tunturis are Noitatunturi, 540 m (1,772 ft), and Ukko-Luosto, 514 m (1,686 ft).

Rovaniemi bus station, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020
On the way to Pyhätunturi, 2020

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To Lapland

22 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

Let’s leave Stockholm now. Today we left a gray and without-snow Tampere and travelled by train up North, to Rovaniemi. We will stay there for one night. The next day (Sunday) we will get the bus and travel two and half hours further North, to Pyhätunturi. We will be above the polar circle and in the heart of Lapland. I will be posting as usual daily (at least one photo a day) and almost live this week. Today I start with some photos from the train trip and from Rovaniemi.

Train to Rovaniemi, Finland 2020
Train to Rovaniemi, Finland 2020
Train to Rovaniemi, Finland 2020
Rovaniemi 2020
Students party, Rovaniemi 2020
Students party, Rovaniemi 2020
Students party, Rovaniemi 2020
Students party, Rovaniemi 2020
Students party, Rovaniemi 2020
Old house, Rovaniemi 2020

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Fotografiska

21 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

Stockholm has many museums. The one I love the most is Fotografiska, the Museum of Photography.

Fotografiska is the largest photography museum in the world. We celebrate photography, but beyond being a simple museum we offer inclusive spaces for conversation and community. We believe in creating a common ground that invites everyone in, where our guests can listen to lectures, stay for dinner, or meet friends. Our mission is to inspire a more conscious world.

Here some photos from the exhibition of Finnish photographer Pennti Sammallahti

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At the museum

20 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

The Swedish Royal Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden.

The museum was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes back to the collections acquired mostly through donations by the academy since its foundation in 1739. These collections had first been made available to the public in 1786. The museum was separated from the Academy in 1965.

The present buildings for the museum in Frescati, Stockholm, was designed by the architect Axel Anderberg and completed in 1916, topped with a dome. As of 2014 it is the largest museum building in Sweden.

 Swedish Royal Museum of Natural History, Stockholm 2019
Swedish Royal Museum of Natural History, Stockholm 2019

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Art in the metro

19 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes
Art in the metro, Stockholm 2019
Art in the metro, Stockholm 2019

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Upside down

18 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

Imagine a different perspective. Imagine a new way to see things. Imagine a new way we can live. Imagine to turn things around. Imagine if things were upside down.

Upside down, Stockholm 2019
Upside down, Stockholm 2019

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Stockholm metro

17 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

The Stockholm Underground (tunnelbana) opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. Traffic in underground moves on left-hand side, because cars still drove on the left in Sweden when the underground system opened.

In 2017, the underground carried 353 million passengers, which corresponds to 1,2 million in a normal weekday. The 105.7-kilometre-long underground system has been called ‘the world’s longest art gallery’, with more than 90 of the network’s 100 stations decorated with sculptures, rock formations, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs by over 150 different artists. (Wikipedia)

Stockholm 2019
Stockholm 2019
12:09, Stockholm 2019
Waiting for the train, Stockholm 2019
Olympics, Stockholm 2019

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Carl and Olga Milles art museum /2

16 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

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Carl and Olga Milles art museum /1

15 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Landscapes

Millesgården can be termed a work of art in its own right, a nicely balanced stage design of terraces, fountains, stairways, sculptures and columns, coupled with a diversity of vegetation and an immense vista across the waters of Värtan from the rocky heights of Herserud.

It was in 1906 the sculptor Carl Milles bought a plot of land on the island of Lidingö, and in 1908 he had a house and a studio built here. Carl and Olga remained in this lovely home until 1931. A magnificent donation by Carl and Olga Milles established, in 1936, the Carl and Olga Milles Lidingöhem Foundation. Millesgården was first opened for the general public in the closing years of the 1930s.

Millesgården is still run by the foundation, which includes representatives of the Swedish Government and the Municipality of Lidingö. This unique setting, one of Sweden’s foremost tourist attractions, welcomes thousands of visitors every year. It is open all the year round and the intention is for the museum, aided by exhibitions and activities of various kinds, to continue in the visionary spirit of Carl Milles himself (Link).

Millesgårde, Stockholm 2019
Millesgårde, Stockholm 2019
Millesgårde, Stockholm 2019
Millesgårde, Stockholm 2019

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And now Stockholm

14 February 2020
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography

The train was riding smoothly. Not too full. Only few people standing. It was difficult to tell the age of the man sitting few rows from me. he was probably younger than he looked. Scrappy beard. Worn out baseball hat. Oversize jeans. Old jacket. Metal rings to his hands. A bottle of beer half full in his right hand.

The was talking aloud but not anyone in particular. The other passengers let him speak. At one point he put the bottle between his feet and kicked it. The beer started to flow on the floor of the carriage. Passengers lifted their feet and took their bags. He began to speak with a loud voice. Getting angrier. The people next to him stood up and moved away which made him apparently angrier. He pointed his hands towards some of the other passengers and shouted things I could not understand.

All the seats next to him were empty now. Only one person remained sitting. A young girl. Who had taken the earplugs off and began to talk talk to him. He first shouted to her btu stopped almost immediately looking almost surprised that a young teenager would not be scared by his behaviour and anger fit. She spoke with a soft tone. No judgment. No anger. The train stopped. Two security guards appeared and took the man out from the train. He did no resist them. Before leaving the carriage he gave a last look at the young girl who was still sitting alone and was putting the earplugs back on.

Stockholm, Sweden 2019
Stockholm, Sweden 2019
Stockholm, Sweden 2019
Stockholm, Sweden 2019

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