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Between November 1986 and Januari 1999, I lived here at the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam. Some old and new photo’s from this place:

On our beautiful Resarö island, there has been a famous historic mine, unkown to many. In this Ytterby mine, located on Resarö in Vaxholm Kommun, outside Stockholm nine elements were discovered here for the first time in history: Yttrium (named after Ytterby) Ytterbium (named after Ytterby) Terbium (named after Ytterby) Erbium (named after Ytterby) Holmium […]

After our first day at work, after the summer vacation, we decided to enjoy the journey home from Stockholm to Vaxholm. So, we had a little afterwork party at the Väddö boat from Strömkajen (Stockholm) to Ytterby brygga in Vaxholm.

The visit of Hillary Clinton to Sweden yesterday week was a historic event. It was only the second time that a US Secretary of State visited Sweden. Last time that a US Foreign Affairs Minister visited SWeden was in 1976 when Henry Kissinger stayed for one day. Hillary Rodam Clinton and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl […]

Today visited US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton our beautiful Vaxholm! Clinton had a meeting with Carl Bildt and Defense Minister Karin Engström (from Vaxholm) for talks on a boat trip from Stockholm to Vaxholm and back, through Stockholm’s Skärgården. Later she will be meeting Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Crown Princess Vistoria for […]

After having some days with warm weather, the winter is still trying to leave its footprint behind. Approximate 20 cm snow came in the Stockholm region on the early saturday…