Medieval Market

A few market stall photos from my visit to the Medieval market at Kungsträdgården. There were a lot to see, taste and buy here.

Posing Warriors

I visited the annual Medieval Market at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm a while back. It is called Medeltidsmarknaden in Swedish. The organizers were lucky with the weather. Warm and sunny. The park was absolutely packed with people. Many were probably there for the Cherry Blossom and were pleasantly surprised to walk into the market. I was there for the photos, of course. I had hoped to see the warriors fight it out, as they normally do a couple of times during a day like this. But during my visit, they were only posing for photos. More people photos tomorrow.

Four Fun Portraits

My last post from the historical Christmas market in Handen that I visited over the weekend. Four fun portraits, and a slideshow with all the photos. Top left is a Viking family. They were just visiting, and didn't have anything for sale at the market, but I think they are member of the Tattarklanen. Top right shows my flickr friend Jim trying his best to stop Fenja the goat from eating his camera equipment. Bottom left is a fun portrait of the girl who was in charge of the coffee and saffron buns at the museum. She took turns with her mother posing with this rather unusual headwear. Not sure about here name, but I met her at the Christmas market in Västerhaninge a few weeks ago. Bottom right shows Agnes. She 's one of the organisers and runs the museum together with her husband Martin, the Blacksmith. She was in charge of the food distribution and here you see her serving me a hot dog. If she looks familiar it's because you have met Agnes here before. I took a portrait of her and Martin at a musical event in September last year.

A Day at the Museum

There was Medieval music at the historical Christmas marke in Handen last Saturday. This duo is called Korp (Raven). To the left Gunnar Nordlinder who plays drums, Jew's harp and a few more instruments. To the right Karen Petersen who sings and as you can see here she also plays the fiddla, a type of violin. The fiddla dates back to the Middle Ages. There were lots of handmade Christmas items for sale in the museum. Like these rather unusual candle holders. On the third and last photo you can spot The Ring Bearer talking to Jocke Lavett, two of the Vikings that I met back in October.

A Day at the Market

As promised, here are a few more photos from the historical Christmas market that I visited last weekend. Arranged by the Blacksmith Martin (third photo) and his wife Agnes (who designs jewellery), at their museum in Handen. Outside you could buy handicraft made by the Blacksmiths, and also get a hot dog that was cooked over an open fire (second photo). The museum (top photo) has a rather unusual story. It's an old cottage called Svensro that Martin and Agnes has been able to save.They have moved it from it's original location with the help of some of their friends. You can see photos at their web site. After enjoying a hot dog and talking to some of the Vikings that I met in October, and taking a portrait of Caroline I went inside for a coffee and some music,photos of that to come tomorrow.

Caroline

Remember all the Vikings I showed you earlier this year? This weekend they have a historical Christmas market at the museum in Handen. I visited today with my flickr pal Jim and met quite a few people, and I will show you some photos from the event in the coming week. And here is the first portrait. Meet Caroline. She was selling ecological sheep skin rugs that she imports from Iceland. The rugs comes from meat lambs and comes in many varieties of shades and tones. Caroline is setting up her own business at the moment, it will be called Ekoviking, or in English Eco Viking.