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Puppet Industries: Colourful garbage truck

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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Puppet Industries, Stockholm, Sweden

This is possibly the most colourful and nicely decorated garbage truck I’ve seen, anywhere. Spotted on the streets of Stockholm — another oldie from my visit to northern Europe back in 2014.

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City of islands

13 Saturday Apr 2019

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bridge, métro, photography, photowalk, random, river, Stockholm, subway, Sweden, train, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

City of islands

A metro train passes over a bridge in one of the older parts of central Stockholm. This image is from my visit there in summer 2014.

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Reasonable request: Don’t be racist

25 Sunday Nov 2018

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Stockholm, Sweden

Just a random sticker with a very specific message I came across while wandering around the streets of Stockholm in August 2014.

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Golden performance

02 Friday Nov 2018

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Stockholm, Sweden

This gleaming statue can be found outside a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. From a visit to the city in August 2014.

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Screaming from stone

03 Saturday Feb 2018

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Stockholm, Sweden

An anguished face sculpted into a building somewhere in Stockholm, Sweden. Spotted on a trip there in August 2014.

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Like in the good-ol’ days

24 Wednesday Jan 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Stockholm, trains, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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history, photography, photowalk, random, Stockholm, Sweden, tram, transit, transportation, Travel, trolley, urban

Stockholm, Sweden

A historic trolley operates near the Skansen open-air living museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Captured this image in August 2014.

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Stockholm-Helsinki ferry: Starboard view

08 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Helsinki, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Stockholm, Travel

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Stockholm, Sweden

Looking out a porthole aboard a ferry, just departing Stockholm on its way to Helsinki. Snapped this from my visit to northern Europe in August 2014.

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Dry aquarium

29 Saturday Jul 2017

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Stockholm, Sweden

An interesting way to dress up a mailbox. Spotted in Stockholm, Sweden, back in August 2014.

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Lush city

21 Friday Jul 2017

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Stockholm, Sweden

A view of Stockholm, Sweden, from the observation deck of the city’s main television/radio broadcasting tower. Snapped this in August 2014.

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Stockholm’s German Church

07 Saturday Mar 2015

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German Church

This is the German Church in the heart of Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s oldest quarter.

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