Below is a picture I took at the local clinic.  

There are a few things to make note of in this picture.  

One is that to the far right is a small machine with which you generate a number.  Although I was certainly familiar with them in the U.S., these are everywhere here.  

The second thing of note, and the actual reason I took the picture, are the shoe covers.  As I believe I wrote earlier, when entering someone's home in Sweden, one takes off one's shoes at the door.  Typically slippers are provided by the host/hostess.  I have been to open-houses to look at Swedish real estate, and although sometimes I have been allowed to leave my shoes on, there are more occasions when I have been asked to take off my shoes, or have been provided with shoe covers.

In some businesses, like the one pictured above, shoe covers are provided if the weather is messy.  

Airport luggage trolley-carts

As I have now kinda become a world traveler (who knew?!), I have come to realize that many airports outside the U.S. provide luggage trolleys for free.  No deposit is required.  Simply use it, and leave it when you are finished with it.  Why can't we do that in the U.S.?  Hmmmm?

Thank you for listening,,,

Statues and art

Malmö is not a big city.  It has approximately 300,000 inhabitants.  But like other cities, at least other cities we have visited in Europe, art is part of the scenery.
I was thinking about this last week as John and I were walking to a restaurant.  There is a fair amount of art here.  I like some pieces better than others, but regardless of my opinion of the individual pieces, I like the fact that it is there.  The following are pictures of the pieces we passed on our walk to and from the restaurant.  We did not go out of our way to intersect with pieces.  This is simply a look at the pieces, and the number of pieces on our 35 minute walk.

These first three pictures were taken close to the water.

The fish woman

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There are two pieces in this picture.  Obviously, there is a  large angular piece resembling sails. There is a second statue that is in the distance, to the immediate right of the one in the foreground.

An upcoming installation: a propeller, honoring Malmö's history in ship building. 

The Optimists Parade near StorTorget (the large square)

Gustav Adolf in StorTorget

Fountain in StorTorget

An odd but somehow appealing piece.

A nice new light installation at Caroli (an area within Malmö) can be seen in the distance.

In front of a new apartment complex on the canal.

This is, again, only a sampling of the many pieces around town.  There are others I prefer. 

That said, I love the fact that the community recognizes the value of investing in art.