The Moderna Museet in Stockholm is just about to close for the day, and the last visitors are making their way out into the cold.

Stockholm at twilight.

Abisko in Swedish Lapland is one of the most northern outposts in Sweden

In the Icehotel village on February 13th after a cranberry vodka at the Absolut Icebar

Kiruna train station at 4.50pm, and I am waiting for the train that would never come.

Touring the Icehotel, a colorful drink at the Absolutbar, and frozen fingers are nothing without a good measure of northern lights. The recipe:

The pictures above show the chapel at the Icehotel. Sometimes there are 2 weddings a day during the busy Icehotel season, and apparently most of the couples exchanging vows are British, since there is a direct flight from the U.K. to Kiruna.

If you happen to be in Stockholm between now and April 25, 2010, this is the exhibition to catch: Lee Lozano at the Moderna Museet.

4:53 pm in Stockholm on February 8, and the sun has just set. The calm and quiet atmosphere in the picture belies the fact that it is very, very cold.

Across the street from the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, visitors leaving the museum are caught in the light of a street lamp. They briefly stop to look at the surreal light that emanates from the art gallery facing the museum of modern art.

Check out Walter's balancing act, brilliant!

Arriving by ferry in southern Sweden. At 10:00am the water is slick and nearly frozen, so the gentle ripples move in slow motion. The sun is rising, but in January it barely grazes the horizon, and daylight lasts only a few precious hours.