Fittja is one of the suburbs of Stockholm known as "concrete suburbs" ("betongförorter") - so let's have a look at all this concrete. For those wishing a non-concrete experience of Fittja, a counterpoint to this entry is Mångkulturellt Centrum, where delicious food is served Monday to Friday and select weekends.
The burnt ruins of the Whitehouse Restaurant at the foot of Granholmstoppen.
A 360-degree VR panorama of Järvafältet, as seen from Granholmstoppen after sunset.
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View of Hästa gård in the distance by the sunset and Hästa pond immediately in front. The purpose of the pond is to increase biological diversity by re-establishing a wetland ecosystem near the nearby Igelbäcken stream.
This is Petasites Hybridus, known in Swedish as pestskråp (lit. "plague-butterbur"), as it was believed it could even cure plague. Its main use, however, was to cure convulsions, something it has been used for since the Middle Ages. This use, unlike curing plague, has a basis in science: The active substance, an alkaloid named petasin, was isolated from the plant the 1950's and is 15 times as powerful as papaverin, which is used to cure cramps.
Way back in the early 2000's I heard about a Thai restaurant named Koh Phangan in Södermalm, Stockholm. Rumor had it that it was quite good.
If Stockholm is the secular caputal of Sweden, then Uppsala is the religious capital. The town was originally situated a couple of kilometers north, at a place called Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala). This was, according to Adam of Bremen, the pagan center of Sweden. As the old gods were jettisoned for the new God, the church made sure to do a thorough job of bringing the light of Christ to this pagan cesspool: Uppsala was made into an archdiocese, with its Archbishop becoming the primate of Sweden. There would be no heathen relapses. |