Utility box art in Gothenburg and Brussels
Utility box art questions: Is there a popular name for an electricity enclosure? Why do people paint them in Brussels but not Gothenburg. What are they called in French?
Stops and Stories
A travel blog about Stops and Stories. Read TheSupercargo’s Travel Blog for more detail or scroll down.
Taking a selfie with Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman was leafletting for Fi, all alone, at the Hjalmar transport hub on Thursday – normal political practice and true democratic behaviour.
Gothenburg Culture Festival 2018 – a photo essay
Gothenburg’s 2018 Culture Festival – Kulturkalaset – was an opportunity for me to try out my new camera and lenses and see inside some historic buildings.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Bruegel Fountains of Brussels
The Bruegel Fountains of Brussels, a photo essay. Manneken Pis apart, Brussels is blessed with dozens of public fountains, among them the Bruegel fountains.
Brussels parakeets make the world a better place – or don’t
Depending on your point of view these Brussels parakeets make the world a better place, or they’re a green menace. Either way they’re not easy to photograph.
Gothenburg by Paddan – playing at being a tourist
The Paddan boats are a popular tourist attraction in Gothenburg. Sometimes it’s fun to play at being a tourist in your home town.
Skagen – why we went and what we saw
To Skagen in Denmark – a long weekend away with Mrs SC in the Danish town of artists, tourists, fisherfolk, history and weather.
A brief return to Belgium – a photo gallery
A bief return to Brussels for a boring bureaucratic task yields photo-memories of places we planned to visit but never managed during our three years in Belgium.
In the Dieweg Cemetery
A photo essay from the disused but not quite yet abandoned Die Weg cemetery in Uccle just south-west of Wolvendael park in Uccle.
Portrait wall at Overleie in Kortrijk
A tourist visit to Kortrijk (Courtai in French) leads us through the town on the Golden Spurs trail and out to Little Buda and a wall of portraits that turns out to be an artistic protest.