On the road towards Varberg on the west coast (Monday July 8 - the first day of our holiday). The grey&black striped plastic around the hay bales in the fields (first photo) made them look like giant pieces of licorice candy.
Kallbadhuset (the "cold bath house") at the seaside resort Varberg in the province of Halland Sweden: The present building is from 1903, but there have been similar bathhouses here ever since 1866.
What a beautiful day it was! And I notice the bath house has little turrets, like in Russia.
ReplyDeleteIt was indeed a very good start to our holiday :)
DeleteIt's beautiful! You're right, the hay bales do look like liquorice :-)
ReplyDeleteThe bathhouse reminds me of Brighton pier.
Yes the bathhouse in Varberg is from more or less the same time period as the Brighton pier I suppose - although much smaller. And it was/is only a bath house. Well there is also a small café out there. But no gambling machines like I remember from piers in England back in the 70s...
DeleteStriped hay bales!? Mint humbugs! Beautiful skies. The onion domes are rather unusual on such buildings I think.
ReplyDeleteGraham, the Swedish equivalent of mint humbugs (polkagris) is traditionally white with red stripes. If I see grey-and-black ones sold at a market stand (as one sometimes does), I would assume those to be salty (salmiak) liquorice (which we love here in Sweden). So that's what the striped hay bales reminded me of. A much more common sight is hay bales covered with all white plastic, reminding of marshmallows, though. I don't think I've ever seen this grey-and-black variety before... That's why I took the photo!
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