A friend recommended to me this website; Atlas Obscura
There are some interesting stories that they run. There are not many sites marked for either Tasmania or Stockholm. Well, actually a lot has been added recently for Tasmania, but they are the same places you can find in any tourist guide. Stockholm has two that took a bit of searching. A nuclear reactor in the middle of the city, and a monument to a plane crash (also in a central area) that had no casualties.
I have a friend that lost a family member and our summer has been coloured by her grief. She helped me a lot the week I found out via Facebook that my Dad had died. I was happy that she felt spending time with us could help her through the process, and I am grateful for all the time we have spent together. We are also not over the violation that was the house robbery. While it is true that Stockholm is going through a large population increase, and building of infrastructure and housing, improvements and extensions of local train lines. We have new buildings going up on our block, and a school just feet away from the other side of our apartment building. The trains are crowded, the streets are crowded. All this has impacted us in ways that we are not in the same mood for exploring or loving where we live. We had never planned on staying here forever- yet I think we were open to the possibility that work might keep us here until we could retire. I say, we but...
Anyway-
Perhaps we are both emotionally distancing ourselves and we prepare to try and live on the island full time.
Meanwhile, not each day has been grey. We have had nice dinners and excellent company. Because of one of these dinners I found out I knew a guy that knew a girl that could get us into the Nuclear Reactor, which via Atlas Obscura I had found the building, but not even the actual entrance.
The whole event was satisfyingly cloak and dagger.
Although, I do realize I could have gone to see a performance there, but I couldn't find a date, and I probably would have just gotten lost.
Besides, we had a tour guide with insider information.
The reactor was for research, when Sweden decided not have nuclear reactors, and the research showed that having even a research facility in the city, was not in the peoples best interest, they shut it all down. Removing the waste- although I don't know what they did with that waste, but whatever they did, it can't be as ill advised as the U.S. attempts. This was in the late 1970s, early 80s.
The coolest thing is that the space is used by the media department of the KTH University for art, dance, music performances. There is a really, really cool Wurlitzer organ that when powered up, a slated wall opens to reveal glimpses of a room full of instruments, drugs, horns, various sound makers.
Somehow that all ended up on my instagram feed and 'stories' by not saved to my phone. Such is progress.
While we were there an architect student was setting up her dissertation in visual form.
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