Green Foxy's summer 216

A walk in the
 town Umeå

Part 2
2018

The East part of town

I made a guided tour in the district we call "East of town" The guide was talking interesting about the buildings. But I am not a real guide. I only can mention some names of buildings and refer to Wikipedia.

Me waiting for the bus to town. This picture was taken 2018-09-14.

A guided tour East of Town

2018-08-20. The Umeå City Church. (Umeå Stads kyrka).
2018-08-20. A sculpture of a boy with a diving suit In front of the church.
2018-08-20. Lieutenant-Colonel JZ Duncker's Memorial Monument
About Duncker
2018-08-20. We only walked with the guide at the east part of town close to the centre.

This house is called Moritzska gården. Listed.

2018-08-20. The front door of Moritzska gården. Behind the tree.
2018-08-20. Moritzska gården.
2018-08-20. A part of the garden by Moritzska gården.
2018-08-20. Scharinska villan.
2018-08-20. About Scharinska villan.
I took this picture of Scharinska villan Taken 2017-08-29.
2018-08-20. Scharinska villan's door with a relief.
2018-08-20. The county governor's residence.
2017-08-29. The county governor's residence.
2017-08-29. The county governor's residence.
2018-08-20. This building was in former times a prison. I took this with the telephoto lens. I could not go  closer because the guide did not go there with us.
This picture of 2017-08-29 is better. The building is now used as a hotel.
2017-08-29. The old prison has been repurposed and is now a hotel.
2018-08-20. A modern house It's an art college
2013-05-15. The high house is Bildmuseet. "The Picture Museum". They show all kind of art exhibitions. The building at the right is an architect school.
2015-05-15. A view over the river from the museum.
2017-05-15. A view over the east side of town from the museum.
2018-08-20. Beside the school they are building a new house. It's not ready yet. They will have offices there.
2018-08-20. On this hill is the park named Döbelns park.

A walk I did alone at East of Town

2018-08-14. This is the east part of town closer to my home. The houses are apartments and offices.
2018-08-14. Here they are building a new house.
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2018-08-14. This house is a book café. You can borrow books there , authors can tell about their books. Artists can have vernissage and exhibition there. You can drink coffee or tea with cake. I have been here on a vernissage.
2018-08-14. Beautiful flowers in a garden.
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2018-08-14. Another picture of the book café.
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2018-08-14. This building belongs to our church. They can have meetings and events there. And you also can marry there if you want have a smaller wedding. We married in this house.
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2018-08-14. A company has business in this house.

Photo: Wilhelmina Schedin

Wilhelmina Schedin 2018-10-03