Old street

Old street

Scandinavian Summers

Scandinavian summers

Windmills from Scania

It’s not a secret that I like windmills, so I decided to repost some of my photos , digitally altered this time. All of them located in the southernost part of Sweden; in my home region of Skåne (Scania).

Windmill in Aggarp

Windmill by Ängavallen, Vellinge

Jordberga Windmill

Kyrkoköpinge Mölla, Trelleborg

Löddeköpinge Windmill

Sandmöllan, Trelleborg

Stora Hammar Windmill

Skegrie Windmill

Skivarp Windmill

Södra Åby Windmill

Charlottenlund Castle

Charlottenlund

Lilla Kungsdösen Megalithic Tomb

Lilla Kungsdösen (lit. Lesser  or Smaller King’s Dolmen) is situated in Östra Torp, not far from Trelleborg in Skåne.  I failed to notice that my camera was set to ISO 2500 when I took this photo…

My Skåne

Scanian Willows

Hammarlöv Church

10th century church and one of the few in the region with a cylindrical shaped tower.

Hammarlöv Church

Månstorp Gables

The Månstorp Gables is a ruin in Vellinge Municipality in Skåne (the southernmost historical province of Sweden).

It is situated east of the Swedish county road 101, between Västra Ingelstad and Östra Grevie. The main building was surrounded by a circular wall and moat. During the Scanian War the castle was destroyed and is now a ruin

Månstorp was an old manor, Mogenstrup. Its first known owner belonged to the Danish family Hack. Later it was owned by the family Bille, notably Eske Bille who furnished Månstorp with all the luxury of the time. As part of the Scanian compensation estates for the island of Bornholm it passed from the Danish to the Swedish Crown. The castle was given to the Governor General of Scania, Lord High Admiral Gustav Otto Stenbock but later served as the colonel’s residence. During the war from 1675-1679 the castle was occupied by the Swedes and destroyed in 1678. The castle was never reconstructed following its destruction, tumbling down even more to become the ruin it is today. [Text from Wikipedia]

Månstorps Gavlar

 

Månstorps Gavlar

In awe

In awe

Southern Summer

Summer’s here and that means bicycling time. Last year I discovered the joy of countryside cycling and I’ve been eager to take it up again – besides a healthy dose of fresh air and excercise it also provide great photo oportunities.

Landsväg , Söderslätt, Skåne

 

Söderslätt, Skåne, Sweden

Skegrie Windmill (Skegrie Mölla)

Built as late as 1897 and in use until 1981 this windmill is fully equiped and in good shape.
It is possible to pay a visit to the old millers house close by.

Skegrie Mölla , Skegrie Windmill, Skåne, Sweden

Willow

The Willow – the tree that once was planted here to bind the Scanian earth that formed the base for the area’s historic prosperity. The Willow (trimmed in the fashion on the photo) is a common symbol of Scania.

Willow, January sunset

One minute to four (Scanian Winter)

15:59 , November 29, Trelleborg, Scania, Sweden.

One minute to four (Scanian Winter)

Hidden in plain sight

Malmö, Sweden

Ystad, Sweden

Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Ystad, Scania, Sweden

Today I hade the opportunity of a brief visit to Ystad in Southern Sweden, where I once spent time in the army. Famed for its old buildings, the town is considered to be among the best preserved towns in Sweden. I had approx 30 minutes to get a few photos :

Ale Stones.

Ale’s Stones (Ales stenar in Swedish) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden , probably from circa 600 CE, that is, the end of the Nordic Iron Age . Scanian folklore ascribes the stones to King Ales’s grave. This site is significant for Scandinavian heritage studies.

Ale’s Stones consist of a 67 metre long stone ship formed by 59 large boulders of sandstone, weighing up to 1.8 tonnes each. (from Wikipedia).

I took these two photos a couple of years ago:

Ale Stones, Kåseberga, Skåne, Sweden

Ale Stones, Kåseberga, Skåne, Sweden

Autumn II – Late September evening sky

Fornborgen , Trelleborg

Skåne

Skåne (Scania) is the southernmost province of Sweden, once a part of Danish Kingdom,  but in 1658 , following the treaty of Roskilde,  after a crushing defeat for Denmark,  it became Swedish territory (in addition to the provinces of Halland, Blekinge and the island of Bornholm).

Fertile and flat, this is my home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania

Söderslätt, Skåne

Nymphaeaceae..

is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world…

this one was photographed in our pond.. and luckily it is still in bloom although autumn is approaching fast..

Water lily

Spiders..

It has been reported that the infamous Black Widow has established itself as a species in Sweden. So far I have never seen one… I did however find this , harmless, yet impressive looking spider (European Garden Spider Araneus diadematus in my garden, it’s  called a “Korsspindel” (“Cross-spider”) here:

Korsspindel , European Garden Spider

Windmills..

There are plenty of old windmills in this region of Sweden (Scania).
This region is famed for it’s fertile soil and it appears impossible (for other Swedes)
to understand our dialect .

(In Swedish the word for mill is “kvarn” , in Scanian, however, we say “Mölla” (The letter “ö” is pronounced like -eux in the French word “deux” meaning “two”.)

Mölla i Trelleborg

 

Mölla i Kyrkoköpinge

Mölla i Aggarp