I took these pictures on the way back from the market my first week here. This was in sharp contrast to the walk to the store. I was a whopping 34 degrees with strong wind and sideways rain! my umbrella was a mess in no time and I kept taking wrong turns. So I we elated to come out to find (after 10 min in the store) the sun was shining and such beautiful light but the pics are a little blurry.

 This is my street taken just a few minutes later. I was facing the storm clouds and the sun was setting fast so the light had changed quite a bit. I notice that there is a significant shadow even at high noon because we are so far north!

 This was taken Oct 23 at the farmer's market down the street. They are there every Wednesday and Saturday. They have fruits, veggies, raw meat and fish, cheese, eggs, a bakery and also flowers and plants. This Saturday I forgot a bag so my journey home was a bit interesting. I did get a one bag from a vendor which is more than you will get at a store unless you buy one.

These are things we walk by on the main drag into the shopping area. 

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On closer inspection one rainy day I read the explanation:

I was excited to see some influence of Halloween!

 Statue at city hall....

 This is a museum exhibit called Den Gemle By meaning "the old town." They have restored some old buildings to what they would have looked like in the mid 1800's and claims that Hans Christian Andersen grew up in this neighborhood and have stories of his boyhood.

 The carving in the wood says 1593!

 Proof that we were there : )

A cobbler's store

A candlemaker's shop

A carpenter's shop

These are from the Mint-maker's mansion. This was (the very end of) the baroque period and I guess the fashion at the time was to mock expensive materials (maybe if you couldn't afford the real thing?) so the walls and woodwork are painted to look like expensive fabric or marble or a jungle.. yep a jungle. There was one room so ugly I couldn't even document it.

And my favorite!!!!! for Halloween or harvest I don't know they tradition is to carve turnips and make candy (anise flavored but almost all candy here is that flavor!) Pretty scary huh? think they get scarier as they age!