Sweden 2017. Day 2
Day 2, 09.10.2017
On the previous day, we went to Sundsvall and checked-in into the Clarion Hotel (nordicchoicehotels or booking.com). We bought train tickets at this site sj.se. We reached the hotel from the railway station on foot - it's not far. Sundsvall is not a big city: i think you can pass it for half an hour in any direction.
Next morning, we had breakfast and went to work.
Day 2 of my journey was Monday, and I had business meetings planned in the morning.
1. During the coffee-break, I mentioned how ivy entered inside the building:
2. After lunch I went for a walk there:
3. ...
4. Birches ... just like at home:
5. Windy:
6. Pulp and paper mill on the other bank:
7. Mushrooms (I found a lot of them):
8. Delivery of alumina:
9. ...:
10. Autumn:
11. Aluminium plant KUBAL:
12. ...:
13. After that, I walked into outlined area of the map:
14. After the bridge:
15. ...:
16. ...:
17. Do you find something in every window?
This is one of the oldest Swedish design traditions, it is an idea of placing lamps on the windowsill. Light is already coming in from the window, so why place a lamp there? I don't really know the answer to this question, but in a country where the sun sets before three o'clock on the shortest day of the year, it's no surprise that lighting plays a crucial role in their homes. Also, you can't see any curtains in the windows. I have read somewhere, that most people it this country live with the motto "I haven't got anything to hide!", and that's why they don't have any curtains. Another point - it's economy: the lamp on the windowsill lights the inside of the room, and at the same time it lights the street. But you can find lights not only on the first floor: lamps are also placed on other floors.
18. Please notice cars - in Sweden, many people prefers car body-style "Station wagon". Proof:
19. Please notice the color, in which painted the house in the image below:
This color is called "Falu red" or "Falun red" (wiki). This color is traditional, historically originated paint made of various copper mines in Sweden.
20. Another type of house:
21. When i am looking at this photo, i am asking myself: Why? Why every house in this country looks so perfect?
22. Church (you can find it on the map above, img.13)
23. SJ-Train (maybe it goes th Stockholm?)
24. Playground:
25. Classic colours: brick and "falun red":
26. May be, a square is the best shape for windows in Sweden?
27. Please take a look at the crosswalk - in the middle of the road you can find a safe place:
28. One more beautiful house:
29. And more:
If you were an attentive observer, and you do live in my country, then, of course, if you look over the last picture, you might think: why there is no fence? We are used to have something like a 2-meters brick fence around each house, which will not let you see what happens behind it. And if you scroll-up this post, you won't see even blind fences.
And I don't have the answer, why we have fences in Russia, and why there is no fences in Sweden. So maybe you have? Answer into comments!
(thnkx Frodo for proofreading the text)