Sweden
Stockholm
Hesitation. Old Town, Stockholm, August 28, 2025.
Changing of the guard: The Swedish Royal Guard at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, August 28, 2025.
A bust watches late summer drinkers on Österlånggatan, Stockholm, August 28, 2025.
Outing, central Stockholm.
Tourist shop, Stockholm.
Pedestrian tunnel.
Horsing around, Stockholm.
Bird watching. Stockholm, Sweden.
A cruise ship navigates the waters around Gamla Stan, Stockholm. August 29, 2025.
Cobblestone streets of Gamla Stan, Stockholm.
The Gothic spire of St. Gertrud peaks out between the buildings of Gamla Stan.
Bikes on Skeppsbron, Stockholm.
Boules in Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm.
Gamla Stan, Stockholm.
Hoisting the flag. Tour boat docked at Norr Mälarstrand, Stockholm.
Boules in Norr Mälarstrand, Stockholm.
Sunrise through a sign at the royal castle, Stockholm.
A late summer boat tour returns to Mälarstrand in central Stockholm.
Statue of Swedish author and artist Evert Taube at Jarntorget in Stockholm Old town.
Stockholm City Hall.
A late summer volleyball game in Rålambshovsparkens.
Rålambshovsparkens, Stockholm.
Stockholm City Hall Tower.
Morning commute, Stockholm.
Statue at Stockholm’s City Hall.
The gold Nordic cross and field of blue of Sweden’s national flag on boats along Holger Bloms plats, Stockholm.
Skiff on Lake Mälaren, Stockholm.
Tourists looking across to Mariaberget from City Hall.
Stadshusparken, Stockholm.
The Swedish Royal Guard at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, August 28, 2025.
Umeå
Mikael Åhdén at the Guitar Museum in Umeå. September 1, 2025.
Mikael Åhdén at the Guitar Museum in Umeå. September 1, 2025.
Hops at the Västerbotten Museum historic village site. Umeå, Sweden.
Self-guided tour. Västerbotten Museum. Umeå, Sweden.
Late summer hops. Umeå, Sweden.
Historic buildings at Västerbotten Museum. Umeå, Sweden.
Building at Västerbotten Museum.
Västerbotten Museum, Umeå, Sweden.
Tavelsjö
White birch along the shores of Tavelsjön Lake.
Rising blackbirds beside the Tavelsjö cemetery.
Historic church in Tavelsjö, Sweden.
The lakeside village of Tavelsjö north of Umeå.
Mårdseleforsen nature preserve near the village of Tavelsjö.
Tomas and Suzi Israelsson. Mårdseleforsen nature preserve. August 30, 2025.
The Vindenlälven River in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
Tomas and Suzi Issraelson stand on a wooden bridge above the Vindenlälven River in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
A suspension bridge across the Vindenlälven River in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
Lichen clings to the surface of ancient rocks in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
Vindenlälven River.
Suzi Israelsson captures a picture of the photographer. Mårdseleforsen nature preserve, Sweden. August 30, 2025.
The hood of a fire pit in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
Tomas. Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
New wood planks for the boardwalk along the Vindenlälven River in the Mårdseleforsen nature preserve.
A wedding party outside a historic Sami village near Lycksele, Sweden.
Traditional Sami tent poles.
Sami games, Lycksele, Sweden.
Tomas.
Suzi.
Lake Tavelsjön, north of Umeå, Sweden.
Suzi and Tomas Issraelson on the Tavelsjöleden trail. August 31, 2025.
Travelsjöleden, Sweden.
A shelter along the Tavelsjöleden trail system north of Umeå.
Reindeer that escaped the annual roundup in Travelsjöleden.
Overlook of Lake Tavelsjön, Sweden. August 31, 2025.
Reindeer in Travelsjöleden, Sweden. August 31, 2025.
Uppsala
Uppsala: A classic university town, where bicycles crowd the streets, students gather in historic courtyards, and the spires of Uppsala Cathedral rise above one of Scandinavia’s oldest centers of learning.
Danmarks church on the outskirts of Uppsala.
Uppsala Cathedral framed in the arch of the Glunten & Magistern sculpture in Odinslund Park.
The Fyris River in the center of Uppsala.
Danmarks church.
Uppsala Cathedral interior.
Uppsala Cathedral.
Uppsala Castle set on the highest point of Uppsala.
A student rolls through Odinslund Park with Uppsala Cathedral in the background.
Odinslund Park and Uppsala Cathedral.
Uppsala Cathedral interior.
Canons at Uppsala Castle overlooking Uppsala Cathedral.
The Gunilla Bell at Uppsala Castle.
Svandammen Park, Uppsala, Sweden.
Danmarks Church outside of Uppsala, Sweden.
Fyris River. Uppsala, Sweden.
The Fyris River in the center of Uppsala.
Uppsala town center.
Canons at Uppsala Castle.
Children’s park in central Uppsala.
A passenger plane between the spires of Uppsala Cathedral. September 2, 2025.