There's an old part of Eskilstuna in Sweden where they've kept a lot of old smithies and ye olde shoppes. They're called 'Rademacher-smedjorna'. The first part is oldish German for 'wheelwrights', and the second part is Swedish for 'smithies'.
The buildings are all painted red and rather beautiful. Several have been turned into quaint little rustic cafés and restaurants; the rest are hand craft shops.
I usually pick up some kind of coffee mug whenever I visit a new place. I found mine from Eskilstuna here - and got a mighty crack on the head as I exited the craft shop, forgetting how low the door was... I didn't need a bandage afterward; the cut wasn't deep enough, but the headache lasted the rest of the day...
Taken with 'The Monstrosity'; a Lensbaby 3G at f/5.6, with the Lensbaby 0.6x Wide Angle Lens attachment.
Thank you! :-) Personally, I like the sometimes somber mood the local - unstable - weather gave me.
Thank you for the comment, Brian! :-)
:-) Ye olde town shoppes... Loving this kind of houses...