I have been inside Stockholm’s City Hall several times. I was married there, had my Swedish citizenship ceremony there, and have attended a couple of dinners there. But you tend to see the same few rooms over and over.
A dear friend organised an official tour the other day and I had the best time. The building is stunning
A view from a door
A ceiling depicting the night sky
I loved this detail in an enormous, rather formal painting. Whoever painted it was familiar with dogs
Another ceiling
This wall shows the Queen of Lake Mälar (the lake you can see from the city hall) with Stockholm in her lap.
Not sure I would use this selevator
Afterwards we went to lunch at a really nice restaurant and I was tickled at this bathroom. My grandmother fought so hard to modernise her bathroom from something like this…
…and she was so proud of getting rid of her toilet chain for a modern cistern. Now this is back in fashion apparently. It felt weird to pull a chain again.
A party boat on the shore
A swimming pool in the lake. I would never swim either in the lake or this pool. Growing up in great white shark/bilharzia territory has meant I never swim in wild water, dams, ponds, rivers, or dark-coloured swimming pools. I am such a wimp.
Thanks for your insight, the artwork looks incredible and those mosaic dogs are just divine.
wow ! thanks for taking us on this Grand Tour, Janet: breathless and elevated 🙂 that dog painting is priceless; I haven’t pulled a toilet chain for decades; I think I’ve lost the touch 🙂 I’m not a fan of elevators and I certainly wouldn’t ride that one !
I saw the chain but then when I needed to flush, I automatically looked for some kind of handle or knob. It’s weird how something like that can become cool and trendy again.
I think we shall see more of this, Janet — but I don’t think we’ll go back to manual cars: I tried driving one once —it was cheaper than the automatic version — but it was HELL to drive —