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Stockholm: airport and connection to city

Ilya Birman — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:22:57 +0500

Ilya Birman:

I’ve shown you the Stockholm metro in detail.

But I’ve got a lot more from Stockholm. Today it’s the airport and the connection to the city.

Arrivals:

It’s a great idea to point to the next restroom in the narrow hallway:

In the baggage claim area there is a nice advertisement for the express buses to the city:

Swedish is white, English is yellow. Customs has two spaces:

Passage to another terminal:

Stairs to the boarding gates. Curiously, the arrows and exit numbers are yellow, not white:

But I had to go to the city, and the express bus didn’t appeal to me. It turned out to be cheaper and more interesting to get there by regular transportation, not a dedicated airport service. I took a bus to a place called Märsta, then a commuter train from there.

Outside the airport:

The bus stop:

Bus 583 to Märsta:

An almost-selfie from the bus:

A bus stop in Märsta:

The commuter train station next to it:

The trains await at the platform:

A sign:

The door doesn’t open automatically. A funny character points to the button from above:

Inside the train:

There’s an ad in the transportation system style here, too, like I’ve shown on metro trains before. Nice:

The “don’t sit with your feet on the other seat” icon:

I got off at Stockholm’s Central Station and some people went further on. Now the character points to the button from below:

After three days in Stockholm, I went back to the airport — this time, on the very bus from the ad. It runs from the Central Station as well. The boarding gate has automatic doors:

Departures:

The map of terminal 5:

The pictures are from the trip in June 2016.

Samara in October, 2013

Ilya Birman — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:00:36 +0500

Ilya Birman:

There are many beautiful old buildings in the city center:

They have fantastic signs:

And gorgeous balconies:

Many buildings have arches:

For some reason, when I was here for the first time, I did not have any curiosity to what was inside. But I should have:

The true Samara yards are behihd those arches. With shoes being dried on a little fence:

With wonderful stairs:

With colorful doors:

Without any doors:

With impossible brickwork:

With numbers written on a wall:

With numbers written on a fence:

And, of course, with mailboxes:

Look at those mailboxes!

Samara

Ilya Birman — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:42:15 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Samara is a city on the Volga river in Russia.

There are reversible lanes here. Also, notice the sign on the very right:

Street name plates have two names:

One is historical, the other one is current:

Trolleybus route plate utilises a beautiful font:

Tram and trolleybus authority:

An anchor:

Entrances to a bath-house and a laundry:

The artists’ society:

The house is barely standing:

The pictures are from the trip in October, 2010.

Milan

Ilya Birman — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:09:50 +0500

Ilya Birman:

Can’t help but envy those who see this beauty on their way to work:

The buildings with these plaques are also gorgeous:

A ceiling in a shopping mall:

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Suits ride motorcycles here:

Local police drive Alfa-Romeos:

The trams are adorable:

Or skewed:

Or just have six bellows:

People sew in Milan. Even a fountain is stitched to a square:

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Italian is easy to understand:

Bank:

Patriotism:

The pictures are from the trip in July, 2010.