dan collier

Pictures of boats and the archipelago.

The Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009 came to Stockholm last week. On June 21st, quick “in-port” races were held in Kanholmsfjärden in the Stockholm archipelago (quite close to Bullandö). We went out to watch the races, some images are below.

If you’re wondering about Kanholmsfjärden, it is Kanholm’s fjärd – and a fjärd is “a large open body of water within an archipelago (particularly on the east coast of Sweden).

We spent mid-summer weekend in Bullandö this year. Because mid-summer is the biggest party day/night of the year in Sweden, dancing around the midsommarstången (mid-summer pole or Maypole) was held on Friday.

Here are some pictures from midsommarafton.