First post: Myttinge / Rindö Adventure in Stockholm County
This is the first post on my photoblog, so let me set a few things straight. When I go exploring with my camera, the central goal of my picturing is to reproduce my journey as accurately as possible. To that extent, the only time my D90 comes off auto is when the camera’s having trouble making a picture like my eye sees it, and my eyes don’t tend to stare closely at flowers or see the world in black and white. If you are looking for a hipster art blog, go somewhere else. Everything is in chronological order, and I try to comment only as much as necessary to glue a story together. Ok lets go..
My day started at 0830 when I took a two minute bus ride to the ferry terminal at Nacka Strand.
It was overcast and gross out but the weather was supposed to improve by midday.
The ferry I took to Vaxholm was operated by Waxholmsbolaget, which is unfortunately not part of SL and thus precludes the use of my transit card. The ride was over an hour long and cost around $15.
Here we are approaching Vaxholm
While it seems to blend into the mainland, the castle behind the right crewmember’s head is actually on a small island which sits in-between Vaxholm on the left and Rindö on the right. I was ultimately headed for Myttinge, but the only way to get there from Vaxholm is by ferry hopping via Rindö (requiring three boats in total from home).
Making the quick trip from Vaxholm to Rindö.
I got off at Vegabryggan, a small dock at the end of a quiet residential street. It’s at Rindö’s midway point, and I had to walk to from there to the eastern end of the island to catch the final boat to Myttinge.
I like the thoughtful touch on the trashcan.
It’s a very beautiful place, and quiet at that. Most of the time I felt like I was there by myself.
Thought of Dad and made a quick video:
Picture of me.
In the background you can see what looks like a lighthouse, and I decided to stop by and investigate.
The lighthouse sits maybe a hundred meters from the road on a little hill, and it seemed abandoned to me. The windows in the front (not shown) are broken, and there is a padlock on the door. I found out later it’s actually a water tower (or used to be).
Just mulling about the tower hill I saw this thing:
It’s clearly a large airvent for something underground, and I wanted to see what for. I walked down the street a little ways and found a tunnel entrance.
This got me really excited, and I immediately thought about walking inside but was initially too nervous. It’s just eerie, and the sign outside says you aren’t supposed to go in. I walked away on a path behind some empty buildings. I realize this is extremely boring story telling when I read it back, but I’m not very eloquent or exciting and don’t claim to be lols. I’m just trying to glue the pictures together for the sake of my own memory, and don’t intend anyone to actually read this.
So anyway, I’m walking behind these buildings in the direction of the main street I was originally walking on before I detoured into this school yard where I found the tunnel. The further I walked away the more I knew in the back of my head that I wanted to go inside, but I didn’t really have the courage. Then I came to a chainlink fence, separating me from the ferry to Myttinge. This whole walk across Rindö only took maybe 30 minutes, it’s not that big.
With the fence in my way I had to turn back and get on the main road again anyway, so I had a second chance to walk by the tunnel again. You can see I’m walking on the grounds of an elementary school, but it was 10am on Saturday and nobody was there. I mean really, Rindö is a ghost town. The only vehicle I saw in motion was that red bus that drove back and forth between each end of the island, and every time I glanced inside I never saw anyone in there. Feeling secluded gave me more confidence.
There were many doors inside that were all shut and locked, like this one.
