http://www.bonnierskonsthall.se/en/
The newly opened Bonniers Konsthall ( konst = art in Swedish ) is a cool place, practically next door to where my son lives in the centre of Stockholm.
Good energies there...all round that area ... which we think will become the Greenwich Village of Stockholm.
Maarja and I decided to check it out this afternoon and a most inspiring visit it was too. Maarja has a successful cultural programme on the radio - so we kept bumping into people who recognised her voice and stopped for a chat, which was heartwarming. Wonderful to be appreciated.
After stepping on the carpet of scales .. yes .. lots and lots of scales covering the floor right in front of the reception desk . I was too scared to step onto them ... scales are scary things .... until Maarja assured me that none of them registered more than 30 kilos . They were kind scales. Bless them.
So, we started in the café , fpr some serious jaw wagging over coffee and yummy cardemon buns. It's always like that when Maarja and I meet , Such a lot to share. So many impressions, awarenesses , insprirations .. always uplifting.
I liked the maze of mirrors room best which you entered though a discrete black door. We might not have found it , had it not been for overhearing someone mention it. Inside , lots of mirrors and several ( ? ) black doors , just like the one we'd come through . An Alice through the looking glass experience. MOst confusing. Only one of the doors opened .. so we were fortunate in finding our way out.
Apart from all the exhibits , the huge windows on either side of the building displayed views of autumnal Stockholm previously unseen. I discovered a whole new part of Stockholm on the other side of the railway lines. Rather grandiose steps leading up to two 1930's style art -deco towers and beyond that a residential area , somewhere in Kungsholmen , it must be. Fascinating when that happens- also similar to stepping through the mirror.