Sofiero castle garden

From the Sofiero castle garden:

 

Mein Schiff 2 early in the morning

This is Mein Schiff 2 approaching Helsingør at 5 AM this morning:

 

 

Schooner Nina in Öresund

The Helsingborg based schooner Nina is always a pleasure to watch in Öresund:

 

 

Summer clouds over Hittarp

Cumulus clouds belong to my summer favourites:

 

Cumulus clouds over Hittarp.

 

A tunderstorm in Gilleleje

Last week, when visiting the Danish fishing village Gilleleje, a sudden thunderstorm

left the beach empty:

 

The last Carlsbergs before the storm.

There was quite a heavy rainfall for a while.

This brave man defied the stormy weather ....

The Royal Swedish Navy´s sail training ship HMS Falken in Helsingborg

The Royal Swedish Navy´s sail training ship HMS Falken (40 m x 8 m) is always an imposing sight. Today the schooner, which together with its sister ship HMS Gladan, forms the Swedish Navy´s Schoonersquadron, visited Helsingborg on its way from Öckerö to Karlskrona:

HMS Falken arrives in Helsingborg this morning.

Preparing to moor.

The ship is in safe hands, with the skipper, Thomas Falk overseeing the action.

The helm of HMS Falken.

This is how the Schoonersquadron is described on the Gladan/Falken home page:

Skonertdivisionen (The Schoonersquadron) is a training and recruitment unit. The squadron consists of HMS Gladan and HMS Falken in which training is conducted with a focus on practical seamanship and navigation. Our training consists of practical and theoretical lessons that can be both physically and mentally demanding when they occur at sea with weather conditions. The special environment is brand new (sailing) for most of them. This helps to ensure that traniees can develop as an individual and as a group member.

Kulturen in Lund - Sweden's second oldest open-air museum

Kulturen is Sweden's second oldest open-air museum after Skansen in Stockholm.
The main museum is located near the historic Lund Cathedral. The museum consists of a traditional museum together with an open air museum with over 30 different buildings.

The Nobleman´s House

The Burgher´s House

An alley in the Kulturen open-air museum

Interior from the Bosebo church