Blackeberg pictures in context

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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by dongregg » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:08 pm

Cool. What is on the ground floor?
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by metoo » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:47 pm

dongregg wrote:
Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:08 pm
Cool. What is on the ground floor?
What appears as the ground floor is actually the basement, which because of the uneven ground is entirely above ground at this end of the house.
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Post by dongregg » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:02 pm

Thanks!
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by a_contemplative_life » Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:21 am

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Happened to find a video today on youtube, showing an apartment on Ibsengatan in Blackeberg that is for sale. As fas as I can tell, this apartment has exactly the same layout as the one Oskar was supposed to live in. It is situated in the house across Ibsengatan relative to the one where "Oskar lived".
Interesting how this rather ordinary, empty apartment assumes significance when we imagine the scenes from the book and film taking place within it. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by be-me-a-little » Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:46 am

Wow!! Wish I could live there! Seems so cozy!
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by Phobos » Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:11 pm

Interesting how this rather ordinary, empty apartment assumes significance when we imagine the scenes from the book and film taking place within it. Thanks for sharing!
imagine one wants to move into that apartment, only to find Eli sleeping in the bathtub :D
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by a_contemplative_life » Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:44 am

Phobos wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:11 pm
Interesting how this rather ordinary, empty apartment assumes significance when we imagine the scenes from the book and film taking place within it. Thanks for sharing!
imagine one wants to move into that apartment, only to find Eli sleeping in the bathtub :D
Back out slowly & quietly...return keys to rental office...
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by sauvin » Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:25 am

a_contemplative_life wrote:
Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:44 am
Phobos wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:11 pm
Interesting how this rather ordinary, empty apartment assumes significance when we imagine the scenes from the book and film taking place within it. Thanks for sharing!
imagine one wants to move into that apartment, only to find Eli sleeping in the bathtub :D
Back out slowly & quietly...return keys to rental office...
... because if you don't, you'll be lucky enough not to have to remember where you parked the car. If you're not lucky, you'll be lugging around cases of Halothane for the rest of your life.
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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by Phobos » Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:31 pm

Back out slowly & quietly...return keys to rental office...
I can imagine that conversation... :)

- i can´t move into that apartment, here are the keys back.
- what´s wrong with it?
- there´s a vampire girl in my bathtub

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Re: Blackeberg pictures in context

Post by gkmoberg1 » Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:01 pm

What would I do were I the one showing the apartment? How about something subtle? such as a framed copy of the Morse Code alphabet, preferably hand done but neatly, on a wall in the bedroom. You know which one.

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