September 11, 2016 9:13 am
First impression of any building: the front door. A well-chosen one is unique and inviting. This one looks like a face, don’t you think? Maybe a friendly cat?
The Swedish town of Kalmar has a lot of unique doorways. Kalmar was once an important strategic town, on the old border between Sweden and Denmark. It still have a wonderful historic castle. Where there’s a royal castle, people always go to the trouble and expense of putting up fine homes and grand public buildings.
Some Kalmar doors are beautiful in their simplicity.
Some are a little more elaborate.
Beautiful shades of red, blue and green are favorites everywhere in Sweden.
Sometimes flowers add color, even at the very end of the way-too-short Swedish summer.
How about some classic geometrics?
Sometimes a door invokes the past. This one is on a grand seafront building, right next to an inviting beach. I’m thinking “Bad Hus” means “bath house.” How about a swim?
Not today. It’s early September. Leaves are changing and the days are getting cold in Sweden. We’ll have to wait for summer! I hope to be back.
Join me next time for more explorations in the art and history of Europe!
Posted by Claudia Suzan Carley
Categories: Architecture, Scandinavia, Why I Love Sweden
Tags: Doorways in Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden
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Loved your Kalmar doors, too. Is it the potential hidden behind the door that makes us so curious? Is a couple falling love behind that door?? Did the King of Sweden visit? Was there a tragedy here?
I love doors. Thanks again.
By Ford Cornell on September 13, 2016 at 1:52 am
Thank you! Now I can’t stop noticing doors. More on the way. You’re right, it’s the tantalizing hint of stories behind them…Plus they can be beautiful.
By Claudia Suzan Carley on September 13, 2016 at 11:19 am