The St. Mary´s church in Helsingborg

The medieval  St. Mary´s church in Danish brick Gothic style is one of the oldest buildings in Helsingborg.

Until 1658 Scania (Skåne) and Helsingborg were Danish, and St Mary’s church was originally the largest city church in Denmark. It is laid out as a three-knave basilica, with an elevated central knave. The famous composer Dieterich Buxtehude worked as an organist at St Mary’s Church in the 1600s.

Pianist Per Tengstrand´s recital at Sofiero castle

Pianist Per Tengstrand´s "morning coffee recital" at Sofiero castle was a glorious beginning of this  beautiful early spring day. The eminent pianist played pieces by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

More information about Per Tengstrand:
https://www.facebook.com/PerTengstrandPiano

The first Crocus

The first spring Crocus:

Hittarp tonight

"My" village Hittarp tonight, seen from the reef:

Spring is here!

Today was the "official" opening of the Spring season for me; I saw the first

Winter Aconites and Snowdrops ... :-)

"Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment."

                                    Ellis Peters

A cold sunset in Öresund

We have had many quite chilly days here in southern Sweden this January. However, sunsets are beautiful even in cold weather ...

Three Swans landing

We had a wonderful winter day in my part of Skåne today. On my late afternoon walk, I took this picture of three Swans landing:

A cold January day in Viken

It was cold in the Viken harbour yesterday:

Equestrian Lucia in Hittarp

This year Hittarp had a wonderful equestrian St. Lucia:

 

The first snow

This was the view from my living  room at 5.30 this morning:

 

 

Instructor and young riders in Hittarp

The Hittarp riders have very nice paths where to ride. I shot this image of young riders and their instructor late this afternoon:

Tree Sparrows

These two Tree Sparrows looked nice in my garden yesterday morning:

Autumnal garden pictures

Two pictures from the garden.

 

The Hittarp horse riding club celebrated its 40th anniversary

Hittarps Ridklubb celebrated its 40th anniversary on August 22 with a great show in their new indoor riding arena:

 

The Europeade 2015 in Helsingborg

Helsingborg is now hosting the annual Europeade, which is the biggest folk culture festival in Europe. The aim of Europeade is to create European friendship though folk dance and music.

Here is a selection of dancers and musicians from the host country:

 

 

 

The PASSAGE street theatre festival in Helsingborg and Helsingør

From the PASSAGE street theatre festival:

 

 

PASSAGE is organized by Dunkers Kulturhus and Helsingør Teater. The festival is the greatest international and transnational street theatre festival in Northern Europe.
The artists in this picture are members of the Cuban  Danza Teatro Retazo group

Summer flower

Here is a nice summer flower in the garden:

Unusual summer storm in Öresund

Yesterday we experienced unusually storm weather in the Öresund region:

 

 



Hovs Hallar

Hovs Hallar in the Bjäre peninsula, with interesting rock formations, is always worth a visit: