Pictures taken 20100712 I was still feeling completely blah. I forced myself out and took a bus to town. I started out with eating something: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/203.jpg (autofocus is nice, but sometimes the mind reading feature doesn't work properly, and it was warm and the stuff was melting and I could think of better things to do than trying to take perfect pictures :-9 ) I walked to the northern harbour, where the theater is (movie, 9MB): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/teaterfilm.mp4 Sauna raft ("bastuflotte"): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/204.jpg You must not "rasta" [take dog for a walk, and let it pee on stuff] your dogs or cats in this area: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/205.jpg I walked toward Gültzauudden. A weird fenced-off bit of water: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/207.jpg Hmmm... looks like that lamp post has an information sign on it. Lets take a closer look! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/208.jpg "Please pick up after your dogs!", and some free dog poop bags. Very informative! Lets take a closer look at that water-behind-a-fance thing: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/209.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/210.jpg Hmmm... some kind of "duck pond"? The houses definitely look inhabited: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/211.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/212.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/213.jpg They take in water from the river: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/214.jpg And a couple of bears: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/bears/not_talking_to_each_other.jpg Bird house: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/216.jpg An info sign (that isn't telling you to Behave): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/217.jpg The same place today: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/218.jpg Another sauna raft (I think): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/219.jpg A mysterious giant blue "card": http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/221.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/222.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/223.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/224.jpg Another popular beach. It's a bit slow because it's evening (19:30 or 20:00 or something like that): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/225.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/233.jpg Another info sign: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/234.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/235.jpg Proof that frisbee golf (disc golf) is not something completely new: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/236.jpg Another info sign: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/238.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/239.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/240.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/242.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/243.jpg Hmmm... some kind of exercise thing? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/244.jpg (I wonder if anybody other than the people who paid to make that map ever bothered to follow it.) Another one of those golf baskets, and this one seems to have a sticker of some kind on it: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/245.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/246.jpg What is that? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/247.jpg Hmmm... appears to be some kind of bridge into the water... http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/248.jpg A tourist thing probably. Doesn't seem to be "functional" for any other purpose than enjoying the view. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/249.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/251.jpg And quite new too: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/250.jpg Yet another 360 degree view movie (10 MB) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/bryggfilm.mp4 I sort of have an idea that this building used to be a prison: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/253.jpg The museum: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/258.jpg (I've never actually been in there. Hmmm... this could be a suitable thing to take my mother to...) It was too late in the evening to do anything other than watch the outside of the building. There were some info signs at the entrance: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/267.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/259.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/260.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/261.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/262.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/263.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/264.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/265.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/266.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/268.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/269.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/270.jpg A small, old house in between the big houses: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/273.jpg Close-up on the sprayed word: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/274.jpg ["Gubbe" means "old man".] Over-and-under view of tunnel that turned out to not contain much of interest: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/275.jpg "I am bored": http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/276.jpg Close-up on that round thing that should have been a lamp holder: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/277.jpg Another older building: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/279.jpg (I wonder if that small thing on the side is something that used to be a toilet? *brrrr!*) Temporary graffiti (partly destroyed): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/281.jpg Holder for big sign, bench, and artwork in one outside Bryggeriet: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/283.jpg Bryggeriet: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/284.jpg (They no longer make alcohol there. Instead they sell it, in pub(s?) and restaurant(s?).) Back to that bridge that replaced the ferry mentioned earlier... At the base of the bridge, on the city side, there are some paintings... http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/285.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/286.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/288.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/289.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/290.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/291.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/294.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/296.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/298.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/299.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/300.jpg We seem to have creative little trolls in this city! And they eat fish! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/302.jpg More paintings from under the bridge: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/304.jpg Q: What's that square stuff? A: Tiles! Like you'd have in a bathroom! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/305.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/306.jpg Like I said, creative trolls! :-D Meow! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/307.jpg More... http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/308.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/310.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/311.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/312.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/313.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/315.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/316.jpg Some context: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/317.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/318.jpg I keep walking. Hiding from Pacman? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/319.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/320.jpg Another info sign: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/321.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/322.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/323.jpg (I like this camera! It can take pictures of stuff like that and they're *readable*!!!123! I could even have skipped the close-ups!) (I'm less fond of how the English version on some of these signs are so much shorter than the Swedish version.) Another sign: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/324.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/325.jpg It can look so wrong when a sign is missing: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/326.jpg (would you dare let your children spend their days in a place with a sign like that?) Some improvised street art? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/327.jpg View of Södra Hamn from Varvet (6 MB): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/varvetfilm.mp4 Then I came to another tunnel with some ancient but amazingly undisturbed stuff in it! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/350.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/351.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_01.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_02.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_03.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_04.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_05.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_06.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_07.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_08.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_09.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_right_10.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_01.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_02.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_03.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_04.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_05.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_06.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_07.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_08.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_09.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_10.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/paintings/tunnel_left_11.jpg Cute detail: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/349.jpg [English "translations" of the names "Hertsön" and "Bergnäset", sort of like "Flour Pillow" for "Mjölkudden"...] Another cute detail: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/352.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/353.jpg I tried to make a couple of films, one of each side of the tunnel, but because I was walking it didn't look so good. right (9 MB) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/tunnel_walking_right.mp4 left (13 MB) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/tunnel_walking_left.mp4 A couple of days later I was in the same neighbourhoood and had my bike with me, so I made another attempt. Unfortunately the result was not much better. right (5 MB) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/tunnel_bike_right.mp4 left (6 MB) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/tunnel_bike_left.mp4 Moving on in the direction of the southern harbour: Ice breakers: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/354.jpg The Giraffe: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/355.jpg Both: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/356.jpg AFAIK this place is closed, so why are the signs on? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/358.jpg Oh, look! There's been a market! And, as usual, I didn't know about it! (WHY are they so bad at advertising this kind of thing in this city? And why do they insist on keeping it away from the center of the city where one might actually see it while it's still happening!) http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/357.jpg Fortunately I found a sign that explained that I had just missed the first day. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_Gultza/359.jpg (I went back the next day but I was in a really pissy mood that day and didn't take any pictures. That is when I bought those hand grenade energy drinks and the dragon pens.)