all the pretty houses

A not so bold guess is that most everyone living in a city has favourite spots regarding architecture and ambiance (smultronställen, places of wild strawberries). As well as not. I quite like my own rural suburb, which offers the best of both worlds. But another suburb - closer to the city, with parts overall posher than mine, lots of lovely looking villas but with quite a varied suburbscape still - I really enjoy is the idyllic parts of the borough Bromma.

I have no idea if it's a happy, pleasing suburb with good neighbours to live in, I would presume that it has both its pros and cons in people and features like most places have, but what it does have is a totally irresistable charm and blend of overall well kept apartment buildings and stylish wooden villas, it's lush and seemingly peaceful.

And it isn't all that far fetched to believe in a notion that living in beautiful, colourful, lush surroundings makes for happier, harmonious, more content people. Generally thinking of course.

If you lived there you'd get to commute with the sweet Nockebybanan tram (which granted I so much preferred when it was an old style tram and not a modern train) and your local bakery - café could possibly be one of my (not so often visited, which probably is a good thing really...) café spots, Gateau.

That said, one of my favourite sights in Bromma is still this row of colourful, happy vibey houses that somehow screams British but with a Swedish (colours!) twist. If it's possible to be in love with buildings, I'm very, very much smitten by these particular houses...