The Culture Warehouse

There were once some rather beautiful warehouses down on the docks in Sundsvall, where the ships berthed. They were built in the 1890's and held flour, sugar, spices, coffee, dried fruit etc. There were no new deliveries between December and April, because the harbour was frozen,  so you needed plenty of storage.
With the coming of the railway and roads the warehouses became redundant and early in the 1980's a glass roof was built to create a large indoor area. The town museum and library moved in and Kulturmagasinet was born.
(Retired language teacher point - in English the word "magazine" is still used for "storage place" when talking gunpowder and ammunition.)
We were there to look at a photo exhibition by Lena Granefelt. Very beautiful and huge prints of seedheads and gardens after the frost has killed the plants. Take a look at her pictures if you have time.
Then we moved on to an exhibition of Sami work where we were fortunate enough to meet Birger Nordin, a Sami gentleman who owned all the things on show! Jan has written about that so I'll pass you on to her blip for more information (and an extra of one of Lena G's photographs).