Halmstad, Sweden

I was in Halmstad on business in 2015 and spent the evenings and free hours walking the city with a camera. It's a small city on Sweden's west coast, built along the Nissan River where it meets the sea, and in summer the light hangs around late, under big, fast-moving skies.

What's in the gallery

The Nissan River from its banks and bridges, with the glass City Library built out over the water on pillars. The pedestrian shopping streets around Storgatan, St. Nikolai Church on Stora Torg, a half-timbered building in red brick and black beams, the inner harbor below the grain silos and a marina packed with sailboats, and a red farmhouse in the open fields outside town.

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Pink flowers and tall grasses framing the Nissan River and the glass Halmstad City Library
Woman cycling across a flower-lined bridge over the Nissan River, the city library behind her
Shoppers on a pedestrian street in central Halmstad, the spire of St. Nikolai Church rising at the end
Modern apartment buildings along the Nissan River under a cloudy sky, a small boat on the water
Crowded pedestrian shopping street with cafés and brick buildings in Halmstad
Cyclists on a quiet cobblestone street lined with café terraces and planters in Halmstad
The Nissan River at dusk with the Halmstad City Library reflected in the still water
Sailboats in Halmstad's inner harbor below the grain silos and a red crane
St. Nikolai Church on Stora Torg in Halmstad under dramatic clouds
Half-timbered red brick building with black beams on a street corner in Halmstad
Empty shopping street lined with brick apartment buildings and balconies in central Halmstad
Red Swedish farmhouse and barns beyond an open field in the countryside near Halmstad
Half-timbered farmhouse and dark barn beyond a golden field in the Swedish countryside outside Halmstad
Yellow tansy flowers in front of a marina full of sailboats under summer clouds in Halmstad
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