Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 (Lunchtime*) : Snowy chaos in Helsingborg

What I think:

*Note to any bosses at work who might read this: It's lunchtime, OK?
I'm not blogging during working hours. So there.

The weather in Helsingborg has been weird this winter. It's been so mild, with hardly any snow, and the little that we did have melted in no time.

Then yesterday, it started snowing. Lots.

And this morning, The Local (Sweden's news in English) reported that there's a "stay at home" warning to people living in Skåne.
(Skåne is the county on the southwestern tip of Sweden. Both Malmö and Helsingborg are in Skåne. End of Geography lesson.)

I took a few photos on the way to work this morning:

This is a view of Tranemansgatan - my road:

Here's a hill that I walk down every day
(although today I skied down on my Doc Martens):

This is a bus stop on Södergatan:

This is a view of
the outside of Sam's Bar on Carl Krooksgatan:

The building where I work is called Tretorn - this is Swedish for "The Three Towers".

It used to be the site of one of Sweden's largest rubber factories, specialising in boots. Now it isn't.

But there's a statue on the western side of the buiding
commemorating the site's heritage:

The Swedish government should invest in some winter coats for these guys. They look frozen. That's what I think.