May 26 - New areas to explore - the Haga, Lenne platsen and the Fish Market.

Today is Monday and we have much to explore.  We take the 1 tram out of our tram station - we have the 1, 7 and 8 lines here.  Only the 1 goes to the Jamtorget tram stop.  We had passed this stop several times and thought it looked interesting.  Then, on further research, I found that it was the stop for the Haga area which we both wanted to see.  The name of the name of the square - Jamtorget - means The Iron square.  This is because the square used to hold a large scale used to weigh iron that was exported from the harbor  The large fountain consisting of naked women around the edges and a ship high up in the middle.  The women represents 5 of the continents - Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.  Each of the naked women statues is recognizable by their hair style and the object they are holding.  

I think there were 5 female statues representing the 5 continents.  This looks like Africa.

On the very top was this ship - going to all these continents.   

This one seems to be from India. 

Buildings around the square.

And then into the Haga area.

The architecture is interesting.  It all looks so European. Lol!

Off in the distance we could see a church that was on our list of must sees.  So we took a detour to do a visit.

I know this is the same photo - just with a tractor and trailer in it.  There is a lot of road construction around the area - it looked like it was heading to one of them.  Just weird to see this scene here!

Street scenes along the way to the church.

 It is a neo gothic church called the Hagakyrkag.  It is very photogenic - especially as the sun peeked through just as we arrived.

Inside was beautiful as well.  There were 2 or 3 fathers with babies wandering the aisles.  One man kept raising his arms up in time with the organ music.  Later I saw his tiny baby was fast asleep. What ever he was doing was for himself.  

The organ pipes on the second floor.