Where I live

Janet Carr

11 years ago

I live in Gröndal (Green Dale) in Stockholm, on the shores of Lake Mälaren. Mälaren is the third biggest lake in Sweden. The city centre is 15 minutes away by underground so I have the best of both worlds.

At the boat stop heading to their house in the archipelago with their pets.

Going past my kitchen window. Swedes love messing around in boats!

In winter this freezes over so you can walk to the island. Sweden has allemansrätt (Right of Common Access) so you can go pretty much where you want as long as you are respectful.

I am on the top story of a building on top of a hill. This is the view out of the spare bedroom in summer. You can see that the windows are triple glazed for cold. Since this was taken the windows have been replaced but I miss these old ones from the 1940s. We even have a nuclear bomb shelter in the basement.

Stockholm is built on 14 islands so there is water everywhere!

The little forest at the back of the building. At the front is the lake. In this forest are deer, rabbits, red squirrels and lots of birds.

All the rubbish which cannot be recycled is posted in here. At 6pm every night it is sucked along underground tunnels and incinerated to provide heating and hot water.

View from the flats

View from the living room in midwinter

Walking and fishing on the lake in winter

Cycling on the lake in winter

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